Dividends on Preferred and Common Stock

Yosemite Bike Corp. manufactures mountain bikes and distributes them through retail outlets in California, Oregon, and Washington. Yosemite Bike has declared the

following annual dividends over a six$-$year period ended December $31$ of each year: $20$Y$1,$ $$23,750$; $20$Y$2,$ $$10,500$; $20$Y$3,$ $$125,750$; $20$Y$4,$ $$100,000$;

and $20Y6,$$$130,000.$ During the entire period, the outstanding stock of the company was composed of $25,000$ shares of cumulative preferred $2\%$ stock, $$90$ par, and

$100,000$ shares of common stock, $$4$ par.

Required:

Determine the total dividends and the per$-$share dividends declared on each class of stock for each of the six years. There were no dividends in arrears at the

beginning of $20$ Y $1.$ Summarize the data in tabular form. If required, round your per share answers to two decimal places. If the amount is zero, please enter $"0".$

Determine the average annual dividend per share for each class of stock for the six$-$year period. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Average annual dividend for preferred stock

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per share

Average annual dividend for common stock

Assuming a market price of $$100$ for the preferred stock and $$5$ for the common stock, determine the average annual percentage return on initial shareholders' investment, based on the average annual dividend per share $($A$)$ for preferred stock and $($B$)$ for common stock. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Preferred stock fill in the blank $29\%$

Common stock