Question

Rachel's Designs has 1,900 shares of 6%, $50 par value cumulative preferred stock issued at the beginning of 2019. All remaining shares are common stock. Due to cash flow difficulties, the company was not able to pay dividends in 2019 or 2020. The company plans to pay total dividends of $19,000 in 2021. How much of the $19,000 dividend will be paid to preferred stockholders and how much will be paid to common stockholders

Answer 1

Answer:

• Preferred Dividend = $17,100
• Common Dividend = $1,900

Explanation:

Cumulative preferred stockholders will always have their dividends paid to them eventually because the dividends will accrue for years where they went unpaid.

This means that in 2021 they will be paid their dividends for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Yearly preferred dividend = 1,900 * 6% * 50

= $5,700

Preferred dividends in 2021 = 5,700 * 3

= $17,100

Common stockholders would get = 19,000 - 17,100

= $1,900