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The portion of the balance sheet that represents the capital received from investors in exchange for stock (paid-in capital), donated capital and retained earnings. Stockholders' equity represents the equity stake currently held on the books by a firm's equity investors.

It is calculated either as a firm's total assets minus its total liabilities.

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What are the two principal components of stockholders' equity?

paid-in capital and retained earnings.


Do Revenues represent decreases in stockholders' equity?

no, they represent increases in stockholders' equity.


How do cash dividends affect stockholders equity and how would a stock dividend affect stockholders equity?

They do not.


Dividends is what type of account?

Dividends are classified as stockholders' equity. They reduce stockholders' equity so they can also be called a contra equity account.


Net worth is equal to a stockholders equity plus what?

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The denominator is the stockholders' (assuming there is more than one stockholder) equity


How do you compute a Return on common stockholders equity?

(Net Income - Preferred Stock Dividends) / Average common stockholders' equity


What items affect stockholders equity?

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Does expenses increase stockholders' equity?

no


Where does a corporation get its equity capital from?

From stockholder's equity which is the money the corporation's stockholders invest.


Where does a corporation gets it equity from?

From stockholder's equity which is the money the corporation's stockholders invest.


How is the stockholders' equity section of a corporate balance sheet different from that in a single-owner business?

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