Question

Corporate owners earn a return​ ________. A. through interest earnings and earnings per share B. through capital appreciation and retained earnings C. by realizing gains through increases in share price and cash dividends D. by realizing gains through increases in share price and interest earnings

Answer 1

Answer:

C. By realizing gains through increase in share price and cash divideneds.

Explanation:

For most corporations, the management must strive to ensure the firm is doing well in the market space. Once a company is doing well, it will affect its share price positively on the stock exchange.

An increase in the share price of fim is a gain to the firm and its corporate owners. I.e sharedholders. This means that the value of their investment in the firm has appreciated.

Furthermore, the firm must try to make profit which is one of the reason of being in business. A firm that is making profit will be able to declare same at the end of the financial period, hence corporate holders(shareholders) would be have part in profit declaration through dividened.