Question

Ryan Corporation began business on March 1, 2016. At that time, it issued 20,000 shares of $60 par value, seven percent cumulative preferred stock and 100,000 shares of $5 par value common stock. Through the end of 2018, there had been no change in the number of preferred and common shares outstanding.

Required

a. Assume that Ryan declared dividends of $0 in 2016, $195,000 in 2017, and $200,000 in 2018. Calculate the total dividends and the dividends per share paid to each class of stock in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Round to two decimal places.

Year	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Preferred per share	Common per share
2016	Answer	Answer	Answer	Answer
2017	Answer	Answer	Answer	Answer
2018	Answer	Answer	Answer	Answer

b. Assume that Ryan declared dividends of $0 in 2016, $90,000 in 2017, and $190,000 in 2018. Calculate the total dividends and the dividends per share paid to each class of stock in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Round to two decimal places.

Year	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Preferred per share	Common per share
2016	Answer	Answer	Answer	Answer
2017	Answer	Answer	Answer	Answer
2018	Answer	Answer	Answer	Answer

Answer 1

a.	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Preferred per share	Common per share
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	$ 1,68,000	$           27,000	$         8.40	$          1.35
2018	$     84,000	$       1,16,000	$         4.20	$          5.80
b.	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Preferred per share	Common per share
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	$     90,000	0	$         4.50	0
2018	$ 1,62,000	$           28,000	$         8.10	$          1.40
Workings:
Preferred Dividend	=	20000 X $60 X 7%
	=	$           84,000
a.	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Total	Preferred per share	Common per share
	(i)	(ii)		(i) / 20000	(ii) / 100000
2016	0	0	0	0	0
2017	$ 1,68,000	$           27,000	$ 1,95,000	$          8.40	$              1.35
2018	$     84,000	$       1,16,000	$ 2,00,000	$          4.20	$              5.80
b.	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Total	Preferred per share	Common per share
	(i)	(ii)		(i) / 20000	(ii) / 100000
2016	0	0	0	0	0
2017	$     90,000	$                    -	$    90,000	$          4.50	$                   -
2018	$ 1,62,000	$           28,000	$ 1,90,000	$          8.10	$              1.40