Retained earnings account balance after stock dividend


Problem: Assume a firm has declared a 20% stock dividend on its 1 million shares of outstanding $5 par value common stock. If the market value of the stock at the date of the stock dividend is $14 per share and the retained earnings account balance before the stock dividend was $7,600,000, what is the retained earnings account balance after the stock dividend?

a. $3,600,000

b. $1,960,240

c. $7,600,000

d. $4,800,000

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