Dividends for preferred stockholders are often stated in advance and do not tend to fluctuate as much as those for common stock.
They do not.
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No they are considered earnings to be paid to stockholders.
(Net Income - Preferred Stock Dividends) / Average common stockholders' equity
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Dividends for preferred stockholders are often stated in advance and do not tend to fluctuate as much as those for common stock.
However, preferred stockholders are almost always given prior rights over common stockholders in the matter of dividends.
Profits paid to stockholders are called dividends.
Dividends are classified as stockholders' equity. They reduce stockholders' equity so they can also be called a contra equity account.
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A: Receive dividends before common stockholders.