Question

AE Corp. completed the following transactions during Year 1: Issued 3,000 shares of $10 par common stock for $25 per share. Repurchased 500 shares of its own common stock for $26 per share. Resold 200 shares of treasury stock for $30 per share. Required a. How many shares of common stock were outstanding at the end of the period?

Answer 1

4,700 shares

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the number of shares of common stock outstanding at the end of the period is shown below

= Beginning shares + issued shares - repurchase shares + reissue shares

= 2,000 shares + 3,000 shares - 500 shares + 200 shares

= 4,700 shares

We applied the above equation to find out the number of shares outstanding at the end of the year