A dividend preference for preferred stock means that

A)Preferred stockholders receive their dividends before common shareholders

B)Dividends are paid quarterly

C)Preferred stockholders prefer dividends more than common stockholders

D)Dividends must be declared stock

 

Return on equity can be compared to 

A)Interest rates paid by a bank

B)Rates of return on other similar investments

C)Return on debt(cost of debt)

DAll of the above

 

The total amount of stock that a corporation’s charter allows it to issue is referred to as

A)Issued stock

B)Outstanding Stock

C)Common stock

D)Authorized stock

 

A stock dividend will

A)Increase total equity

B)Not affect total equity

C)Decrease total equity

D)Decrease cash

 

Stockholder’s equity consits of

A)Long-term assets

B)Paid in capital &retained earnings

C)Paid in capital & par value

D)Retained earnings & cash

 

Treasure stock is classified as 

A)An asset acct

B) A contra asset acct

C)A revenue acct

D)A contra equity acct

 

The following data regarding its common stock were reported by a corporation:

Authorized shares	20,000
Issued shares	15,000
Treasury shares	3,000

 
The number of outstanding shares is:

A)$12,000

B)15,000

C)17,000

D$20,000

 

A company issued 60 shares of $100 par value stock for $7,000 cash. The total amount of paid in capital in excess of par is

A)$100

B)$600

C)1,000

D)$6,000

 

A company’s board of directors votes to declare a cash dividends of $0.75 per share. The company has 15,000 shares authorized, 10,000 issued, and 9,500 shares outstanding. The total amount of the cash dividends is

A)$375

B)$4,125

C)$7,125

D)$7,500

 

Cherry Corp outstanding stock is $100 par, 11% cumulative preferred stock and 2,000 shares of $12 par common stock. Cherry paid $1,600 in cash dividends during the year. No dividends are in arrears. Common stockholders received

A)$ 0.

B)$ 500.

C)$2,500

D)$1,100

 

A company had a beginning bal in retained earning of $43,000. It had net income of $6,000 and paid out cash dividends of $5,625 in the current period. The ending bal in retainaed earnings

A)$108,625

B)$(12,625)

C)$11,375

D)$43,375

 

Earnings that a stockholder receives from a corp is an example of which stockholder right?

A)Vote

B)Dividends

C)Liquidation

D)Preemption

 

The right of common shareholders to protect their proportionate interest in a corporation by having the first opportunity to buy additional proportionate shares of common stock issued by the corporation is called a

A)Preemitive right

B)Proxy right

C)Right to call

D)Voting right

 

Which of the following is not a right of comon stock ownership?

A)Right to vote in corporate matters

B)Right to share in earnings

C)Right to make purchase decisions

D)Right to share in assets if the company is liquidted

 

The date the board of director’s votes to gice a dividend to shareholders is called the

A)Date of sharehpolders meetings

B)Date of declaration

C)Date of records

D)Date of payment

 

Which of the following needs to happen before cash dividends are paid to common stockholders?
A)They are sufficient retained earnings, sufficient cash and a formal declaration of dividends made by the board of directors

B)The dividend amount must be stated on the stock certificate and the board of directors must okay the payment

C)There must be sufficent cash and common stockholders must own the stock for 5 years

D)There needs to be sufficent numbers of stockholders to collect the cash set a side for dividends payments

 

The amount of income earned per share of a company’s common stock is known as

A)Restricted retained earnings per share

B)Earnings per share

C)Continuing operations

D)Dividends per share