Question

Use the following information to answer the following question(s).
Your firm is planning to pay a 15% stock dividend. The market price for the stock has been $84. The table below presents the equity portion of your firm's balance sheet before the dividend.
Common stock
Par value
(1 million shares
outstanding; $4 par value) $4,000,000
Paid-in capital 16,000,000
Retained earnings 30,000,000
Total equity $50,000,000

Which of the following would result from payment of the stock dividend?
A) Total equity would remain at $50,000,000.
B) Total equity would increase to $57,500,000.
C) Total equity would decrease to $43,478,261.
D) The effect on the equity account would depend on the market's reaction to the dividend.

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