Kokaly Plastics Corporation was chartered in the state of Massachusetts. The company was authorized to issue 20,000 shares of $100 par value, 6 percent preferred stock and 100,000 shares of no-par common stock. The common stock has a $2 stated value. The stock-related transactions for the quarter ended October 31, 20xx, were as follows:

 

?Aug.       3              Issued 20,000 shares of common stock at $22 per share.                 

                15           Issued 16,000 shares of common stock for land. Asking price for the         

                                land was $200,000. Common stock’s market value was $12 per share.      

                22           Issued 10,000 shares of preferred stock for $1,000,000.  

Oct.        4              Issued 10,000 shares of common stock for $120,000.        

                10           Purchased 5,000 shares of common stock for the treasury for $13,000.    

                15           Declared a quarterly cash dividend on the outstanding preferred               

                                stock and $.10 per share on common stock outstanding, payable on         

                                October 31 to stockholders of record on October 25.        

                25           Date of record for cash dividends.             

                31           Paid cash dividends.      

Required

1. Record transactions for the quarter ended October 31, 20xx, in T accounts.

2. Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet as of October 31, 20xx. Net income for the quarter was $46,000.

3. User Insight: Calculate dividends yield, price/earnings ratio, and return on equity. Assume earnings per common share are $1.97 and market price per common share is $25. For beginning stockholders’ equity, use the balance after the August transactions.

4. User Insight: Discuss the results in 3, including the effect on investors’ returns and the firm’s profitability as it relates to stockholders’ equity.