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Issued Shares Authorized Shares = Issued Shares (sold to investors) + Unissued Shares Issued Shares = Outstanding Stock (held by investors) + Treasury Stock (stock bought back by company)
cash dividends are not paid on treasury stock, but what about stock dividends? I would think stock dividends would apply to treasury shares, but would like to know for sure. Also, I assume stock splits apply to treasury shares and would like this verified.
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Issued shares(I) are shares of stock that have been sold to investors. It includes both outstanding shares(O) and Treasury shares(T). Thus, I = O+T Outstanding shares(O) are shares of stock currently owned by the shareholders.
Common stock are the shares issued by a company to the public. Treasury stock are the common shares that the same company has bought back from the public. Companies tend to to do this when they want to restrict the number of total outstanding shares in the market. Another reason to buy back stocks is to hopefully sell them back to the market when the price per stock increases.
Issued Shares Authorized Shares = Issued Shares (sold to investors) + Unissued Shares Issued Shares = Outstanding Stock (held by investors) + Treasury Stock (stock bought back by company)
cash dividends are not paid on treasury stock, but what about stock dividends? I would think stock dividends would apply to treasury shares, but would like to know for sure. Also, I assume stock splits apply to treasury shares and would like this verified.
True.
debit treasury stock 2800credit cash / bank 2800
Treasury stock is stock that the issuing company buys back from the shareholders. Since the company is buying back its own shares, it decreases cash and stockholder equity, but increases a new balance called "Treasury Stock".
Issued shares(I) are shares of stock that have been sold to investors. It includes both outstanding shares(O) and Treasury shares(T). Thus, I = O+T Outstanding shares(O) are shares of stock currently owned by the shareholders.
Common stock are the shares issued by a company to the public. Treasury stock are the common shares that the same company has bought back from the public. Companies tend to to do this when they want to restrict the number of total outstanding shares in the market. Another reason to buy back stocks is to hopefully sell them back to the market when the price per stock increases.
Treasury stock is contra to share capital account as it is those shares which company purchase from own capital to reduce the share capital amount.
Treasury StockCommon stock that has been repurchased by the company and held in the company's treasury. These shares don't pay dividends, have no voting rights, and are not part of the total number of shares outstanding, although they are still counted as part of shares issued.See also "Stock Repurchase".Outstanding stock, purchased by the corporation, is known as treasury stock.The reasons as to why corporations buy back their outstanding stock include:☺to increase earnings per share and return on equity☺to provide tax efficient distributions of excess cash to shareholders☺to provide stock for employee stock compensation contracts☺to thwart takeover attempts☺to create or improve the market for the stock^_^
debit treasury stock 200000debit premium 40000credit cash 240000
[debit] treasury stock [credit] cash / bank
Those shares are shown as a contra-account in the Equity section of the Balance Sheet called Treasury Stock.