Question

The stockholders' equity section of a company's year-end balance sheet follows:


Preferred stock, $100 par value, 9% cumulative and nonparticipating, 5,000 shares outstanding $500,000
Contributed capital in excess of par value, preferred stock 50,000
Total capital contributed by preferred stockholders $550,000
Common stock, $5 par value, 150,000 shares outstanding $750,000
Contributed capital in excess of par value, common stock 150,000
Total capital contributed by common stockholders 900,000
Total contributed capital $1,450,000
Retained earnings 1,660,000
Total stockholders equity $3,110,000

The preferred stock has a call price of $103 per share plus dividends in arrears. One entire year's dividends are in arrears. Calculate the book value per (1) preferred share and (2) common share.

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