In: Accounting
2018 | 2017 | ||
Net Income | $49,500 | $38,250 | |
Dividends—Common | 24,000 | 24,000 | |
Dividends—Preferred | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
Total Stockholders' Equity at Year-End | |||
(includes 75,000 shares of common stock) | 790,000 | 610,000 | |
Preferred Stock | 230,000 | 230,000 | |
Market Price per Share of Common Stock | $17.50 | $12.00 |
calculate the price/earnings ratio for 2018 and 2017
(Round interim calculations to the nearest cent, $X.XX and your answers to two decimal places, X.XX.)
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calculate the dividend yield on common stock for
2018 and 2017.
(Round interim calculations to the nearest cent, $X.XX, and your final answers to one tenth of a percent, X.X%.)
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calculate the dividend payout for
2018 and 2017
(Round interim calculations to the nearest cent, $X.XX, and your final answers to the nearest whole percent, X%.)
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Determine whether the common stock has increased or decreased in attractiveness during the past year.
The stock's attractiveness during 2018 as shown by the increase or decrease
in the price/earnings ratio. If an investor is looking at the stock for dividend potential, then the stock is less attractive or more attractive
than last year; both the dividend yield and the dividend payout decreased or increased
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