Monday 9 July 2012

The stock of Payout Corp. will go ex-dividend tomorrow. The dividend will be $0.90 per share,


The stock of Payout Corp. will go ex-dividend tomorrow. The dividend will be $0.90 per share, and there are 21,000 shares of stock outstanding. The market-value balance sheet for Payout is shown on the following table. Ignore taxes.



  Assets
  Liabilities and Equity
  Cash
$
230,000  
  Equity
$1,260,000  
  Fixed assets

1,030,000  





a.
What price is Payout stock selling for today?

  Price
$  

b.
What price will it sell for tomorrow? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 

  Price
$  


Explanation:
a.
P = $1,260,000/21,000 = $60

b.
The price tomorrow will be $0.90 per share lower, or $59.10.

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