...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...Draw up a statement for the incorporation of a company to conduct an electric railway in your city. 252. Profitable and Non-Profitable Stocks. — A successful...which 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...

...Draw up a statement for the incorporation of a company to conduct an electric railway in your city. 252. Profitable and Non-Profitable Stocks. — A successful...which declares — pays — a semiannual dividend of3%? of 11%? " 4 2. State by an equation the per cent of dividends paid by a corporation in terms...

...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...

...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...

...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...