Powder Corporation declared, but had not yet paid, dividends on the 10,000 shares of 6%, $10 par value cumulative preferred stock it had outstanding for the year. The weighted average number of common shares outstanding and net income for the year were 50,000 shares and $90,000, respectively. Earnings per share equals:
Ocean view Wholesale Merchandise had 20,000 shares of 6%, $20 par value preferred stock and 15,000 shares of $25 par value common stock outstanding throughout 2014. Assuming that total dividends declared in 2014 were $25,000 and that the preferred stock is not cumulative, common stockholders should receive total 2014 dividends of:
Ocean view Wholesale Merchandise had 20,000 shares of 6%, $20 par value preferred stock and 15,000 shares of $25 par value common stock outstanding throughout 2014. Assuming that total dividends declared in 2014 was $80,000 and that the preferred stock is cumulative with two years' preferred dividends in arrears on December 31, 2013, the preferred stockholders should receive 2014 dividends totaling: