Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9781259277214
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 9CTCR
Dividend Policy. During 2014, 207 companies went public with common stock offerings, raising a combined total of $42.3 billion. Relatively few of these 207 companies involved paid cash dividends. Why do you think most chose not to pay dividends?
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The following information is available for Crane Enterprises:
2014
2013
Current liabilities
$168,000
$196,000
Long-term liabilities
272,000
336,000
Common stockholders' equity
732,000
880,000
Preferred stockholders’ equity
108,000
108,000
Dividends paid to common stockholders
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Dividends paid to preferred stockholders
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160,000
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4,960,000
Common shares outstanding
64,000
59,200
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Chapter 14 Solutions
Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Ch. 14.1 - Prob. 14.1ACQCh. 14.1 - Prob. 14.1BCQCh. 14.1 - Prob. 14.1CCQCh. 14.2 - Prob. 14.2ACQCh. 14.2 - Prob. 14.2BCQCh. 14.2 - Prob. 14.2CCQCh. 14.3 - Prob. 14.3ACQCh. 14.3 - Prob. 14.3BCQCh. 14.5 - Prob. 14.5ACQCh. 14.5 - Prob. 14.5BCQ
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