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 Corp. has declared the following annual dividends over a six-year period ended December 31 of each year: 2009, $24,000; 2010, $10,000; 2011, $126,000; 2012, $100,000; 2013, $125,000; and 2014, $125,000. During the entire period, the outstanding stockof 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:

1. 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 on January 1, 2009. Summarize the data in tabular form. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. If the amount is zero, please enter "0".

					Preferred Dividends								Common Dividends
Year	Total Dividends				Total				Per Share				Total				Per Share
2009	$24,000				$				$				$				$
2010	10,000
2011	126,000
2012	100,000
2013	125,000
2014	125,000
									$								$

2. 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	$ per share
Average annual dividend for common stock	$ per share

3. Assuming a market price of $100 for the preferred stock and $5 for the common stock, calculate 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 one decimal place.

Preferred stock	%
Common stock	%