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30. What the three important dates for Cash Dividends are and what they mean, and when the liability is recorded 31. The order things are reported on the full Income Statement 32. What Restrictions on Retained Earnings are. how they are reported-most are reported in notes, appropriations are restrictions that are reported in JES 33. Calculate Earnings Per Share 34. Name the three profitability measures 35. Calculate the Rate of Return on Common Stockholders' Equity.

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we all howo important dates to remember in awe livér such as birthdays and anniversaries. When it comes to investing for dividends, there are three Koy dates that overy one should memo ize. The theoreo dlates are the dak of decoration date of record, and date of payment. Most investors bly stocks only for their cash dividends, this is especially true now because interest rates are so low and invest ors are hungry for yield. However the next time you decide to buy a stock for its dividond. Keep the following three dates in mind to ensure you get the cash you deseruo. Dale of declaration! - The date of declaration is When the company's board of directors announces their intention to pay a Cash duidend once declared the Company incevis a liability can their books to reflect the proposed dividend to share- I holders. At the same time C meeting) the board of directors also announces the date of record and date of payment. Date of Record andox - dividendoate). The dale of Iveccord is how the company aletermines which I shareholders are entitled to the dividend. A Company maintains a record of all their shareholders eenless the shares are held in to street - name Street - namo means you own your shares through a brokerage ciccerent.

In such cases, the Company pays the backer and the bowker deposits the Coash dividend in your account. The ex-dividend date is two days before the date of record. Investors who own the stock before the ex-dividend date are entitled to the dividend whereas investors who buy the stock on or offer the ex- dividend cale Cwill not receive the dividond. As a result, the value of the stock declines on the ex-dividend date because the stock trades without the right to of the dividend and the value of the Company decreases because the dividend no longer belongs to the Company. Date of payment This is the last date to remem- ber for dividends because the date of peryment is when you actually receives the Cash dividend. Some times Company pays large special dividend because they have excess Cash on their books and they want to distribete it een to share holders. You could potentially miss out on a cash dividonc if you do not pay allontan to the thereo Key dales mention above. Most importantly, don't buy a stock just for its dividend dividend paying companies are usually mature Comp- anies that can no longer Meinuost their profit into the business to earn a seefficiout veetuin required by their shareholdus.

Preparing a fenancial statement is the last step in the accounting cycle before the cycle staut aver in anew period. After the account howe been adjusted and closed, the financial steelements are compiled. There is a logical order to preparing the financial statements becous they build one another. The feust step in the procoss is the trial beelanco. The trical balance. The trail balance is the balance . of all the accolents at the end of the accounting period. The Adby usted sial balance. After the bical balance is compelete, od testing cubies wee made, example of accounts that oflen require an adjustment include wages payable, Laccumulated depreciatican and preopaid office supplies. After the needed cedyusting entries are Completed all the accounts are included in the s adyusled trial beelance. Those totals are used to Compile the financial stalement. The income steelement . The first financial - Statement that is compiled . from the Adjusted tial balance is the income Statement. Its namo is self explanatory. It's the statement that lists the levonells and expenses for the bersinoss for a specific period. povene are listed first and then the companya expenses are listed and selbstracted. At the I bottom is of the income statement is the total
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Eauning per share also called not income per Chave, is a market pewspect ratio that measures the amount of net income earned per share of stock outstanding. Ecerning per sharo = Met income - Preferred Dividend wegitated average common sharees outstanding Types of peo fitee bility Ratio Cross margen Cross margin tells you about the profitability of your goods and sewices. I cross margen Chross profit ore Met Sales X Too & Saloa oporcetin margen . it teekos into account the costs n of puuducing the pewduct and services that are unrelated to the direct production of the product or services, such as ouer head and colovinistrative expenses. coperating morgen a operating pue fit - x100 Net sales
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Retwen an assets it measures how offectively - the corrispally peduces income from its assets Petwen an assets = Net Income Assets Retwen an Comman stockholder's equity ratio ? measures the sucess of a company in goverating income for the benefit of common stockholders- Rate of comman Stock-_ Net Encome - Preferred dividend holdwi's eqerite, ratio Average common stock holder's equity.