If subsequently resold for a sum larger than the cost, Alcoa should report for the sale of the treasury stock by debiting cash for the sale cost, crediting treasury stock for cost, and crediting additional paid-in capital from repurchased stock for the excess of the selling price over the cost. Adversely, if the stock is retired, Alcoa
Preferred stakeholders do not have voting rights. Each structure of preferred stocks are different depending on the corporation. Preferred stocks contain characteristics of both debt and equity. Normally preferred stocks are used when a corporation already has common shares and the stakeholders purchase these stocks in more interest in obtaining an income. Corporations can acquire a treasury stock by not selling all of the shares of the original stock.
shares). In a fundamental sense, the value of a firm’s shares should reflect investors’ expectations of the firm’s future profitability. However, data on expected future profitability is non-existent. Instead, empirical financial studies must use measures such as current income, sales, assets and debt of the firm as explanatory variables. In addition to the general question of how stock markets value firms, a second question is also receiving considerable attention by financial economists in recent years.
Option (A) provides a clearer picture on how the stock options affect the company’s equity through the balance sheet. Expense: An expense represents the actual or expected cash outflow that results from an entity’s ongoing major or central operations. Option (A) values the compensation based on the value of the stock options. Therefore, this transaction
This week we learned that companies are required to prepare a statement of cash flows because it gives a more accurate snapshot of the actual cash flow of a company. Financial statements give an overall picture of how much revenue a company is reporting, but high revenue does not guarantee that the company has the ability to pay its bills. The statement of cash flows is a tool designed to help external users make sound economic decisions about the company. The statement of cash flows is divided into three sections: 1) operating activities, 2) investing activities, and financing activities. The operating activities section analyzes the company's flow of cash as it relates to a net loss or net income.
Compute the book value weights that the comptroller currently uses for the company’s capital structure. Common stock weight 28.6% Preferred stock weight 14.3% Long-term debt 57.1% c. Based on the suggestion that the focus should be on market values, compute the weights of debt, preferred stock, and common stock. MV debt weight 19.4% MV preferred weight 4.2% MV common stock weight 76.3% d. Are book value or market value weights better for calculating the firm’s weighted average cost of capital? Market value weights are better for calculating the firms WACC because market value is the worth today and is more like the current situation and it can change daily. 2. a.
Financial Analysis A company’s strengths and weaknesses are better understood by their financial statements such as Income Statement, Cash Flow statement, and Balance sheet. As Financial consultants, our goal is to help CanGo understand their financial statements and where CanGo needs to improve to gain the competitive edge in the market. Every company needs to understand their own financials before analyzing the market or industry. After analyzing CanGo’s efficiency ratios, we found them to be very un-attractive for investors. For example, CanGo has a very high receivables turnover rate.
It requires reasonable business thinking to analyze if the stock will go up or down. Hence, it needs a portion of reading the recent news about the corporation. At least, I got an overview of how the stock market work by learning new business terms like short sell, margin, options, and many more. The stock market has influence me to be careful in buying shares from corporations. Stock market can either make me more money or lose more money.
When the Fed lowers the reserve ratio, it means that banks are able to loan out more money to its customers since they need to keep fewer dollars in cash reserves relative to the amount of money they lend out. The final way the Fed controls money is by buying and selling United States securities. When the Fed buys securities, it has the effect of increasing the money supply within the market, since the Fed issues cash in exchange for the securities it is purchasing. On the other hand, if the Fed sells securities it
Real World Case 12-6 Corporations frequently invest in securities issued by other corporations. Some investments are acquired to secure a favorable business relationship with another company. On the other hand, others are intended only to earn an investment return from the dividends or interest the securities pay or from increases in the market prices of the securities—the same motivations that might cause you to invest in stocks, bonds, or other securities. This diversity in investment objectives means no single accounting method is adequate to report every investment. Merck & Co., Inc., invests in securities of other companies.