burcle of Steve 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: Tolbotics Inc. currently has 15,000 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 3 for 1 as described in the animation. $12 If Tolbotics Inc. declares a 3-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 Tolbotics's leading competitors. Hackworth's market intelligence research team shares Tolbotics's plans of announcing a stock split, influencing the distribution policy makers. Consequently, executives at Hackworth decide to offer stock dividends to its shareholders. Hackworth currently has 1,300,000 shares of common stock outstanding. If the firm pays a 5% stock dividend, what will be the total number of shares outstanding after the stock dividend? 1,501,500 shares 1,433,250 shares 1,706,250 shares 1,365,000 shares