5. Stock dividends and stock splits Companies sometimes consider stock splits to bring down the price so that the stock attracts more purchases. Consider the following case: Happy Monkey Manufacturing currently has 20,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Its management believes that its current stock price of $100 per share is too high. The company is planning to conduct stock splits in the ratio of 2 for 1 as described in the animation. If Happy Monkey Manufacturing declares a 2 -for-1 stock split, the price of the company's stock after the split, assuming that the total value of the firm's stock remains the same after the split, will be Hackworth Hardware Company is one of Happy Monkey's leading competitors. Hackworth Hardware Company's market intelligence research tearn shares Happy Monkey's plans of announcing a stock split, influencing the distribution policy makers, Consequently, executives at Hackworth decide to offer stock dividends to its shareholders. A stock dividend is another way of keeping the stock price from going too high. Hackworth currently has 3,200,000 shares of common stock outstanding. If the firm pays a 5% stock dividend, how many shares will the firm lissue to its existing shareholders? 136,000 shares 160,000 shares 128,000 shares 144,000 shares