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Answer:
Book value of common stock is $5,470,000
book value per share of common stock is $273.50
Explanation:
The book value of Meyer Inc's common stock comprises of the book value of total common stock plus the retained earnings as well as the net income for the year.No preferred dividends need be deducted because the company did not declare any dividends in the year under review.
The book value per share is the total book value arrived at using the approach above divided by the number of common stock outstanding.
Book value of common stock=(20,000*$20)+$5,000,000+$70,000=$5,470,000
Book value per share=$5,470,000/20,000=$273.50
Answer:
a. The total book value of Meyer's common stock is $5,470,000
b. The book value per share of Meyer's common stock is $273.50
Explanation:
a. In order to calculate the total book value of Meyer's common stock we would have to use the following formula:
Book value of equity=Par value of share+Retained Earnings+Net Income
Par value of the equity=20,000 shares×20=$400,000
Retained earnings=$5,000,000
Net income=$70,000
Book value of equity=$400,000+$5,000,000+$70,000
Book value of equity=$5,470,000
The total book value of Meyer's common stock is $5,470,000
b. In order to calculate the book value per share of Meyer's common stock we would have to use the following formula:
Book value per share=book value of equity
No. of common stock
book value per share=$5,470,000
20,000
book value per share=$273.50
The book value per share of Meyer's common stock is $273.50