Principles of Financial Accounting.
24th Edition
ISBN: 9781260158601
Author: Wild
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 13, Problem 2AA
Use the following comparative figures for Apple and Google.
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- 1. Compute the book value per common share for each company using these data.
- 2. Compute the basic EPS for each company using these data.
- 3. Compute the dividend yield for each company using these data.
- 4. Compute the price-earnings ratio for each company using these data.
- 5. Based on the PE ratio, for which company do investors have greater expectations about future performance?
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Your boss has asked you to calculate the profitability ratios of Diusitech Inc. and make comments on its second-year performance as compared with its
first-year performance.
The following shows Diusitech Inc.'s income statement for the last two years. The company had assets of $4,700 million in the first year and $7,518
million in the second year. Common equity was equal to $2,500 million in the first year, and the company distributed 100% of its earnings out as
dividends during the first and the second years. In addition, the firm did not issue new stock during either year.
Diusitech Inc. Income Statement For the Year Ending on December 31 (Millions of dollars)
Year 2 Year 1
2,540
2,000
1,610
1,495
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80
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803
80
723
181
542
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Chapter 13 Solutions
Principles of Financial Accounting.
Ch. 13 - A corporation issues 6,000 shares of 5 par value...Ch. 13 - A company reports net income of 75,000. Its...Ch. 13 - A company has 5,000 shares of 100 par preferred...Ch. 13 - A company paid cash dividends of 0.81 per share....Ch. 13 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 13 - What are organization expenses? Provide examples.Ch. 13 - How are organization expenses reported?Ch. 13 - Prob. 3DQCh. 13 - What is the difference between authorized shares...Ch. 13 - Prob. 5DQ
Ch. 13 - List the general rights of common stockholders.Ch. 13 - What is the difference between the market value...Ch. 13 - Identify and explain the importance of the three...Ch. 13 - Prob. 9DQCh. 13 - How does declaring a stock dividend affect the...Ch. 13 - What is the difference between a stock dividend...Ch. 13 - Prob. 12DQCh. 13 - Prob. 13DQCh. 13 - How is book value per share computed for a...Ch. 13 - Prob. 15DQCh. 13 - Prob. 16DQCh. 13 - Prob. 17DQCh. 13 - Prob. 1QSCh. 13 - Issuance of common stock Prepare the journal entry...Ch. 13 - Issuance of par and stated value common stock...Ch. 13 - Issuance of no-par common stock Prepare the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 5QSCh. 13 - Accounting for cash dividends Prepare journal...Ch. 13 - Prob. 7QSCh. 13 - Accounting for small stock dividend The...Ch. 13 - Prob. 9QSCh. 13 - Accounting for dividends For each of the following...Ch. 13 - Preferred stock issuance and dividends 1. Prepare...Ch. 13 - Dividend allocation between classes of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13QSCh. 13 - Prob. 14QSCh. 13 - Purchase and sale of treasury stock On May 3,...Ch. 13 - Prob. 16QSCh. 13 - Prob. 17QSCh. 13 - For each situation, identify whether it is treated...Ch. 13 - Prob. 19QSCh. 13 - Basic earnings per share Murray Company reports...Ch. 13 - Epic Company earned net income of 900,000 this...Ch. 13 - Price-earnings ratio Compute Topp Companys...Ch. 13 - Prob. 23QSCh. 13 - Book value per common share The stockholders...Ch. 13 - Prob. 1ECh. 13 - Prob. 2ECh. 13 - Accounting for par, stated, and no-par stock...Ch. 13 - Recording stock issuances Prepare journal entries...Ch. 13 - Stock issuance for noncash assets Sudoku Company...Ch. 13 - On June 30, Sharper Corporations stockholders...Ch. 13 - Prob. 7ECh. 13 - The stockholders equity section of TVX Company on...Ch. 13 - Prob. 9ECh. 13 - Yorks outstanding stock consists of 80,000 shares...Ch. 13 - Prob. 11ECh. 13 - Prob. 12ECh. 13 - In Draco Corporations first year of business, the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 14ECh. 13 - Prob. 15ECh. 13 - Prob. 16ECh. 13 - Prob. 17ECh. 13 - Price-earnings ratio computation and...Ch. 13 - Prob. 19ECh. 13 - The equity section of Cyril Corporations balance...Ch. 13 - Prob. 21ECh. 13 - Stockholders equity transactions and analysis...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2APCh. 13 - Prob. 3APCh. 13 - The equity sections for Atticus Group at the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 5APCh. 13 - Stockholders equity transactions and analysis...Ch. 13 - Balthus Corp. reports the following components of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 3BPCh. 13 - Prob. 4BPCh. 13 - Prob. 5BPCh. 13 - Santana Rey created Business Solutions on October...Ch. 13 - Prob. 1AACh. 13 - Use the following comparative figures for Apple...Ch. 13 - Prob. 3AACh. 13 - Prob. 1BTNCh. 13 - Access the March 1, 2017, fi ling of the 2016...Ch. 13 - Prob. 5BTN
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