Question

Ultimate Sportswear has $100,000 of 8 noncumulative, nonparticipating, preferred stock outstanding. Ultimate Sportswear also has $500,000 of common stock outstanding. In the company's first year of operation, no dividends were paid. During the second year, the company paid cash dividends of $30,000.

How should this dividend should be distributed ?

Answer 1

Preferred dividend = $8,000

Common stock dividend = $22,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of dividend is shown below:-

Preferred dividend = Total shares × Total shares of Noncumulative, nonparticipating, preferred stock outstanding

= $100,000 × 0.08

= $8,000

Common stock dividend = Cash dividend - Preferred dividend

= $30,000 - 8,000

= $22,000

Therefore the Preferred dividend is $8,000 and Common stock dividend is $22,000