Answer: D. Liabilities, stockholders' equity, and revenues.
Explanation: In case of liabilities and equity increase by credit because they are the funds with which the company has to finance the assets according to the balance sheet. Example: Accounts payable suppliers, share capital of shareholders.
Revenues correspond to the income statement and also increase in credit. Example: Revenue from sales, income from commissions.
In stocks you can earn money though appreciation of the stock or dividend of the company offers one. And you can earn interest of you invest in bonds.
Answer:
(a) increase its dividend;
dividends are increased for two reasons:
- the company has excess cash and it doesn't have any possible investments on hand
- the board and upper management want to increase the stock price and higher dividends always result in higher stock prices, even if it is only in the short run.
(b) buy back some of its common stock shares;
- the company has excess cash and the board and upper management believe that the stock price is too low.
(c) pay down some of its debt;
- the company has excess cash and it considers that the cost of its debt is too high and it can get cheaper financing from other sources if needed.
(d) increase its use of internal financing;
- the board and upper management considers that the company needs to invest in new or existing projects and they consider that the financing costs are too high. Also, on the long run if things work well, the stock price should increase.
(e) take the public firm private
- the company has excess cash and the board and upper management believe that the stock price is too low. It is similar to (b) only on an extreme situation.
Answer:
13.28%
Explanation:
return on stockholders' equity = net income after taxes and preferred stock dividends / average stockholders' equity
- net income = $1,429,000
- preferred stocks dividends = 8,000 stocks x $75 x 6% = $36,000
- average stockholders' equity = ($10,317,000 + $10,662,000) / 2 = $10,489,500
return on stockholders' equity = ($1,429,000 - $36,000) / $10,489,500 = 13.28%
