alculate the dividend per share of common stock.

Seacrest Company has 15,000 shares of cumulative preferred 1% stock, $100 par and 50,000 shares of $10 par common stock. The following amounts were distributed as dividends: Year 1 $37,500 Year 2 12,000 Year 3 45,000 Determine the dividend per share for preferred and common stock for each year. Round all answers to two decimal places.

Agri Gold Ltd. began operations on January 1, 1983 by issuing 54,000 common shares at $13 per share and 26,000 $8 cumulative preferred shares at $20 per share. During 1983 Agri Gold Ltd issued an additional 8,000 common shares at $11 per share and 2,000 preferred shares at $30 per share. 2019 profit was $355,000 and the Board declared $81,000 in dividends. Required: Prepare the Shareholders' Equity section of Agri Gold Ltds Balance Sheet at December 31, 1983.

The board of durectors declared a $2 per share cash dividend on common stock and the corporation had 5,000 shares authorized and 4,000 shares outstanding.  The journal entry for the dividend declaration would be:

Healthy Life Co. is an HMO for businesses in the Fresno area. The following account balances appear on Healthy Life’s balance sheet: Common stock (800,000 shares authorized; 460,000 shares issued), $4 par, $1,840,000; Paid-in capital in excess of par—common stock, $800,000; and Retained earnings, $31,940,000. The board of directors declared a 2% stock dividend when the market price of the stock was $12 a share. Healthy Life reported no income or loss for the current year.   Required: a. Journalize the entries to record (1) the declaration of the dividend, capitalizing an amount equal to market value, and (2) the issuance of the stock certificates. b. Determine the following amounts before the stock dividend was declared: (1) total paid-in capital, (2) total retained earnings, and (3) total stockholders’ equity. c. Determine the following amounts after the stock dividend was declared and closing entries were recorded at the end of the year: (1) total paid-in capital, (2) total retained…