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Shares in Growth Corporation are selling for $50 per share. There are 1 million shares outstanding. The stock pays a 35 percent stock dividend. After the dividend: How many shares will be outstanding? What will be the price per share?
Please state your answer in millions and to 2 decimal places.
Outstanding shares = million
Price per share =
| Given in the problem | ||
| Shares Outstanding | 1,000,000 | |
| Current Selling Price | $50 | |
| Stock Dividend | 35% | |
| Calculation of outstanding shares after stock dividend | ||
| Total | In Millions | |
| Shares outstanding before stock dividend | 1,000,000 | 1 |
| Stock Divined @35% | 350,000 | 0.35 |
| New Outstanding | 1,350,000 | 1.35 |
| Calculation of outstanding share price after stock dividend | ||
| Formula | Stock price before stock dividend | |
| (1+ percentage of stock dividend) | ||
| Formula | $50 | |
| (1+ 35%) | ||
| New Stock price after stock dividend | $37.04 | |
| Hence the answer after stock dividend is | ||
| Outstanding shares = | 1 Million | |
| Price per share= | $37.04 | |
| Check:- After stock dividend there will be no change in the total value of stock outstanding | ||
| Action | Calculation | Answer |
| Before Stock dividend | 1M shares * $50 | $50M |
| After Stoch dividend | 1.35M Shares * 37.03703 | $50M |