Your company has been very profitable and expects continued financial success. Its stock price has reached a point where the company needs to make it more affordable. Would you recommend a stock dividend or a stock split? Why?
Stock dividends are not actual distributions of assets from the company and therefore not a liability when declared; represents only transfer of capital from retained earnings to contributed capital. Total stockholder's equity remain unchanged.
Under Stock split old stock is exchanged for new stock; accounted for by adjusting par value of the new shares for the split by a memorandum entry and thre is no Journal entry. In a 2 for 1 stock split, par value of 1,000 $10 stock will be replaced by 2,000 $5 stocks.
Therefore, I recommend a stock split.
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