Pecan Theatre Inc. owns and operates movie theaters throughout Florida and Georgia. Pecan Theatre has declared the following annual dividends over a six-year period: Year 1, $80,000; Year 2, $90,000; Year 3, $150,000; Year 4, $150,000; Year 5, $160,000; and Year 6, $180,000. During the entire period ended December 31 of each year, the outstanding stock of the company was composed of 250,000 shares of cumulative, preferred 2% stock, $20 par, and 500,000 shares of common stock, $15 par.

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Pecan Theatre Inc. owns and operates movie theaters throughout Florida and Georgia. Pecan Theatre has declared the following annual dividends over a six-year period: Year 1, $80,000; Year 2, $90,000; Year 3, $150,000; Year 4, $150,000; Year 5, $160,000; and Year 6, $180,000. During the entire period ended December 31 of each year, the outstanding stock of the company was composed of 250,000 shares of cumulative, preferred 2% stock, $20 par, and 500,000 shares of common stock, $15 par.

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1.  Determine the total dividends and the per-share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of the six years. There were no dividends in arrears at the beginning of Year 1. Summarize the data in tabular form. If required, round your per share answers to two decimal places. If the amount is zero, please enter "0".

    Preferred Dividends Common Dividends

Year
  Total
Dividends

Total

Per Share

Total

Per Share
Year 1     $   80,000     $fill in the blank 1       $fill in the blank 2       $fill in the blank 3       $fill in the blank 4      
Year 2     90,000     fill in the blank 5       fill in the blank 6       fill in the blank 7       fill in the blank 8      
Year 3     150,000     fill in the blank 9       fill in the blank 10       fill in the blank 11       fill in the blank 12      
Year 4     150,000     fill in the blank 13       fill in the blank 14       fill in the blank 15       fill in the blank 16      
Year 5     160,000     fill in the blank 17       fill in the blank 18       fill in the blank 19       fill in the blank 20      
Year 6     180,000     fill in the blank 21       fill in the blank 22       fill in the blank 23       fill in the blank 24      
              $fill in the blank 25               $fill in the blank 26      

2.  Determine the average annual dividend per share for each class of stock for the six-year period. If required, round your answers to two decimal places.

Average annual dividend for preferred $fill in the blank 27 per share
Average annual dividend for common $fill in the blank 28 per share

3.  Assuming a market price per share of $25.00 for the preferred stock and $17.50 for the common stock, determine the average annual percentage return on initial shareholders' investment, based on the average annual dividend per share (a) for preferred stock and (b) for common stock. Round your answers to one decimal place.

Preferred stock fill in the blank 29 %
Common stock

fill in the blank 30 %

 

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