Question

Larry Nelson holds 1,000 shares of General Electric (GE) common stock.

Larry holds 2,000 shares of common stock in a company that only has 20,000 shares outstanding. The company's stock currently is valued at $41.00 per share. The company needs to raise new capital to invest in production. The company is looking to issue 5,000 new shares at a price of $32.80 per share. Larry worries about the value of his investment. Larry's current investment in the company is _______.

Answer 1

$82,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the current investment is shown below:

Current investment = Number of shares of common stock × price per share

= 2,000 shares × $41 per share

= $82,000

By multiplying the number of shares of common stock with the price per share we can get the current investment in the company

All other information which is given is not relevant. Hence, ignored it