Question

A company has 360,000 shares authorized, 200,000 shares issued, and 100,000 shares outstanding. The balance in its Common Stock account is $200,000. The company does a 2-for-1 stock split. What is the par value of its stock after the split

Answer 1

$1 par value

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the par value of the stock after the split is given below:

= $200,000 ÷ (100,000 × 2 )

= $200,000 ÷ 200,000

= $1 par value

Hence, the par value of its stock after the split is $1 par value

We simply divide the balance by the number of outsanding shares so that the par value could come