Farmer Company reports the following amounts for 2015: Net income $135,000 Average stockholders' equity 500,000 Preferred dividends Par value preferred stock 15,000 100,000 The 2015 rate of return on common stockholders' equity is: a) 30.0%. b) 24.0%. c) 27.0%. d) 33.8%.

Ratio Analysis MJO Inc. has the following stockholders equity section of the balance sheet: On the balance sheet date, MJOs stock was selling for S25 per share. Required: Assuming MJOs dividend yield is 1%, what are the dividends per common share? Assuming MJOs dividend yield is 1% and its dividend payout is 20%, what is MJOs net income?

Earnings per share Financial statement data for the years ended December 31 for Black Bull Inc. follows: 2016 2015 Net income 2,485,700 1,538,000 Preferred dividends 50,000 50,000 Average number of common shares outstanding 115,000 shares 80,000 shares a. Determine the earnings per share for 2016 and 2015. b. Does the change in the earnings per share from 2015 to 2016 indicate a favorable or an unfavorable trend?

The Castle Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $15.8 million. It has 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $1 million a year. The company’s stock currently trades at $60 per share. Compute the stock’s earnings per share (EPS). What is the stock’s P/E ratio? Determine what the stock’s dividend yield would be if it paid $1.75 per share to common stockholders.

Given the following year-end information for Somerset Corporation, compute its basic earnings per share. Net income, 13,000 Preferred dividends declared, 4,000 Weighted average common shares for the year, 4,500

Financial leverage Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) and Wel-Mart Stroes Inc. (WMT)reported the following data (in milllions) for a recent year: Compute the return on stockholders equity. Round to one decimal place.

Suppose the following financial information is available for Walgreen Company. (in millions) 2017 2016 Average common stockholders' equity $12,990.0 $11,690.0 Dividends declared for common stockholders 545 390 Dividends declared for preferred stockholders Net income 1,895 2,195 Calculate the payout ratio and return on common stockholders' equity for 2017 and 2016. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 12.5%.) 2017 2016 Payout ratio

Selected information for Brain Corporation is as follows:                                                                      December 31                                                                        2011      2012 Preference stock                                         180,000  P 180,000Common stock                                            648,000     840,000 Retained earnings                                      192,000     360,000                       Net incomefor the year ended                  144,000     240,000 What is Brain's rate of return on average stockholders' equity for 2012?a. 16.0%b. 20.0%c. 23.5%d. 26.0%

Suppose the following financial information is available for Walgreen Company. (in millions) 2017 2016 Average common stockholders' equity $12,880.0 $11,580.0 Dividends declared for common stockholders 490 410 Dividends declared for preferred stockholders Net income 1,840 2,140 Calculate the payout ratio and return on common stockholders' equity for 2017 and 2016. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 12.5%.) 2017 2016

Morgan Company reported the following information for the year ended December 31, 2015: Net income $ 600,000 Preferred dividends declared and paid 60,000 Common dividends declared and paid 90,000 Average common shares outstanding 90,000 Ending market price per share 45 Net sales 5,100,000 What was Morgan's earnings per share for 2015? $0.15 $5.11 $6.67 $6.00