Question

The stockholders' equity section of a company's year-end balance sheet follows:


Preferred stock, $100 par value, 9%
cumulative and nonparticipating, 5,000
shares outstanding
$500,000
Paid-in capital in excess of
par value, preferred stock
50,000
Total capital paid-in by preferred
Stockholders ..
$550,000
Common stock, $5 par value, 150,000 shares
outstanding .
$750,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par value,
common stock ...
150,000
Total capital paid-in by common
Stockholders .
900,000
Total paid-in capital $1,450,000
Retained earnings 1,660,000
Total stockholders equity $3,110,000

The preferred stock has a call price of $103 per share plus dividends in arrears. Only one year of dividends is in arrears. Calculate the book value per (1) preferred share, and (2) common share.

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