Question

Delta cabinets has 13,000 shares of stock outstanding at a market price of $19 a share. the earnings per share are $1.34. the firm has current assets of $49,000, net fixed assets of $220,000, and total liabilities of $187,000. today, the firm is paying a cash dividend of $.40 a share. ignore taxes. after the dividend, the firm's:

Answer 1

After the dividend, the firm's:

a. book value per share will be $6.31.

b. price-earnings ratio will be 13.88.

c. shareholder value per share will be $18.60.

d. stock price will be $19.00.

e. earnings per share will be $.94.

The answer is : b

We calculate the ex-dividend price of a share on the day dividend is paid as follows:

Ex-dividend Price = Share price before dividend - dividend paid per share

Ex-dividend price = $18.6 ($19 - $0.40)

We can use this ex-dividend price to calculate the company's P/E ratio after dividend.

P/E = $18.6/$1.34 = 13.88059