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 30,000 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.

If Tolbotics Inc. declares a 3-for-1 stock split, the price of the companys stock after the split, assuming that the total value of the firms stock remains the same after the split, will be __________ .

Fuzzy Muffin Manufacturing Company is one of Tolboticss leading competitors. Fuzzy Muffin Manufacturing Companys market intelligence research team shares Tolboticss plans of announcing a stock split, influencing the distribution policy makers. Consequently, executives at Fuzzy Muffin decide to offer stock dividends to its shareholders.

A stock dividend is another way of keeping the stock price from going too high. Fuzzy Muffin currently has 3,200,000 shares of common stock outstanding.

If the firm pays a 3% stock dividend, how many shares will the firm issue to its existing shareholders?

a. 105,600 shares

b. 81,600 shares

c. 100,800 shares

d. 96,000 shares