| Military art and science - 1897 - 354 pages
...sum paid to stockholders out of the net earnings is called a ' dividend,' and is always calculated as a certain per cent, of the par value of the stock. Thus, if you hold ten shares of the stock at $100 per share in the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and... | |
| John Charles Stone - Business mathematics - 1908 - 266 pages
...a part or all of the remainder of the net earnings is divided among the holders of the common stock as a certain per cent of the par value of the stock held. 8 7. Buying stock. There are two classes of buyers of stock, viz,, the investor who buys stock... | |
| John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - Arithmetic - 1911 - 272 pages
...141J Bait. & Ohio 108" Chi. Gt. Western 22f HI. Cent.... 134 . US Steel 74 Utah Copper 45 J designated as a certain per cent of the par value of the stock. There are two kinds of stock, common and preferred. The rate of dividend paid upon the preferred is... | |
| William Adam Sheaffer - Accounting - 1916 - 428 pages
...payable, and the date on which the transfer books are to be closed. The dividend is usually declared as a certain per cent of the par value of the stock outstanding, as, a 2% dividend or a dividend of $2 per share on a par value of $100 a share. Dividends... | |
| Theodore Lindquist - Mathematics - 1920 - 260 pages
...Mr. Granger to plant in wheat on the following conditions: the owner pays for the seed and receives \ of the grain. 7. If 5 pecks are planted per acre,...declares — pays — a semiannual dividend of3%? of H%? 2. State by an equation the per cent of dividends paid by a corporation in terms of its capitalization... | |
| Theodore Lindquist - Mathematics - 1920 - 260 pages
...your city. 6. Draw up a statement for the incorporation of the athletic association of your school. 252. Profitable and Non-Profitable Stocks. — A successful...which declares — pays — a semiannual dividend of 3%? of 1J%? 2. State by an equation the per cent of dividends paid by a corporation in terms of... | |
| Theodore Lindquist - Mathematics - 1924 - 384 pages
...Ex. 2 ? 4. Draw up a statement for the incorporation of the athletic association of your school. 363. Profitable and Non-Profitable Stocks. — A successful...declares — pays — a semiannual dividend of3%? of 11%? 2. State by an equation the per cent of dividends paid by a corporation in terms of its capitalization... | |
| Harry Anson Finney - Accounting - 1924 - 264 pages
...action is called "declaring a dividend." The amount of the dividend which is to be paid is usually stated as a certain per cent of the par value of the stock. For example, a 6% dividend on stock with a par value of $100.00 would give each stockholder $6.00 for... | |
| Joseph Clifton Brown, Albert Clayton Eldredge - Arithmetic - 1924 - 346 pages
...the stockholders. Such a division of profits is called a dividend. A dividend is usually expressed as a certain per cent of the par value of the stock. Any undivided profits are called surplus. cent of dividend, if there are enough profits to pay such... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1928 - 1958 pages
...corporation. These profits when they are distributed are called diridends. A dividend is usuallv declared as a certain per cent of the par value of the stock. Capital stock is of two kinds, common and preferred, ¡'referred stock is stock on which n certain... | |
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