A company currently has 200,000 shares issued and 190,000 shares outstanding. If the company purchases 20,000 shares of treasury stock, what amount of shares will be outstanding?

Respuesta :

Answer:

170,000 shares will be outstanding.

Explanation:

From the question, it can be easily stated that -

Authorized Shares = 200,000 shares

Issued Shares = 190,000 shares

Outstanding shares = Issued shares - Treasury stock (Repurchased shares)

Outstanding shares = (190,000 - 20,000) shares

Therefore, the company has 170,000 amount of outstanding shares.

As the company repurchase the stock, those shares will be deducted from issued shares to determine outstanding shares.