Assignment: Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada
The Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada financial statements for their years ended October 31, 2015 can he found on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
Instructions
(a) What is the average carrying amount of each RNANCE company's common shares? Compare these values ADD alp with market prices. What stock exchanges do these banks trade on?
(b) What is the authorized share capital of each company?
(c) Comment on how each company presents its shareholders' equity.
(d) Describe the changes (number of shares and price) in each company's common share accounts over the past three years. What types of activities are contributing to the changes?
(e) What amounts of cash dividends per share were declared by each company during the fiscal 2015 year? What was the total dollar effect of the cash dividends on each company's shareholders' equity?