Question

The stockholders' equity section of a corporation's balance sheet follows:


Preferred stock, $25 par value, 6%, cumulative, 10,000 shares
authorized, 5,000 shares issued and outstanding ..
$125,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par value, Preferred stock. 50,000
Common stock, $10 par value, 50,000 shares authorized,
10,000 shares issued and outstanding...
100,000
Paid-in capital in excess of par value, Common stock 40,000
Retained earnings . 95,000
Total stockholders' equity . $410,000

(1) Assuming that the preferred stock is not callable and no dividends are in arrears, compute the book values per preferred share and per common share.
(2) Assuming that the preferred stock has a call price of $30 per share and one year of cumulative preferred dividends is in arrears, compute the book values per preferred share and per common share.

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