On October 31, the stockholders’ equity section of
Pele Company’s balance sheet consists of common
stock ₹648000 and retained earnings ₹400000. Pele is considering
the following courses of actions: a)
declaring 1:20 stock dividend on 81000 ₹8 par value shares
outstanding, or, b) effecting 2 for 1 stock
split that will reduce par value to ₹4 per share. The current
market price is ₹17 per share.
Prepare a tabular summary of the effects of the alternative actions
on the company’s stockholder’s
equity and outstanding shares. Use these column headings: After the
Stock Dividend and After the
Stock Split.
Particulars | After the stock dividend | After the stock spilit |
New number of shares | 4,050 | 40,500 |
Existing shares |
81,000 |
81,000 |
Total number of shares | 85,050 |
121,500 |
Market value before new issue |
$1,377,000 |
$1,377,000 |
Value per share after new issue of hares | $16.19 | $11.33 |
Explanation
New number of shars in case of stock spilit,as 1 shares will be issued to the person having 20 shars so 81000/20=4050 new shares will be issues
In case of stock spilit means person having 2 shares will be given one more ig is calculated by 81000/2=40,500
Total number of shares is calculated by adding existing shares with new shares
Value per share is calculated by dividing market value from total numbe of shares .
it has been observed that the market vaue is declined more in case of stock spilit
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