Equity Securities Quiz Flashcards
An American investor that would like to purchase the shares of a foreign company’s stock with the same regulatory protection given a domestic security could
Purchase American depositary receipts on the foreign company
A corporation has issued 10 million shares of common stock that are currently trading for $5 per share. There are 2 million shares of treasury stock. What is the total value of outstanding common stock shares?
$40 million
A shareholder owns 200 shares of stock with cumulative voting rights. If there are five vacancies being voted upon what is the maximum number of votes the shareholder may cast for any one vacancy?
1,000
The equation for outstanding stock is
Issued shares minus treasury stock
Which type of preferred stock would potentially pay dividends in addition to the stated dividend of a company has excess earnings?
Participating preferred
The term for active stock that represents the number of shares owned by the public is
Outstanding stock
If a corporation wishes to retain the right to buy back their preferred stock at a future date they will issue which type of stock?
Callable preferred
Which of the following is true of preferred stock?
It’s gives its owner the right to be paid dividends before common stockholders
All of the following are true concerning preferred stock?
Preferred stock dividends are always paid prior to common stock dividend being paid
Bond interest payments are considered senior to preferred stock dividend payments
Preferred stock certificates can be callable for a period of time throughout their ownership
Jack received a notification that Wee R Dun inc has declared bankruptcy and is in Chapter 11 at this time. Jack owns 1000 share of preferred stock in the company. On the letter jack received the company stated it will be liquidating all company assets and that investors will be paid according to the seniority of their claim.
The order of liquidation will be bonds preferred stock and then commons stock of assets are available
Which of the following best defines treasury stock?
Issued shares minus outstanding shares
Corporations generally issue warrants in connection with which if the following?
Bonds in order to secure a lower interest rate
A company has been in arrears on dividend payments for 3 quarters. Which of the following must get paid before common shareholders can receive a dividend?
Callable preferred convertible preferred and cumulative preferred
ADRs are used to facilitate which of the following?
Domestic trading of foreign securities
If a US corporation was looking for maximum tax relief which of the following investments should the registered representative recommend?
Common stock issued by another US corporation
If a company decides to liquidate its assets which of the following is correct regarding the order of the liquidation?
Bond holders are paid first then preferred stockholders and finally common stockholders
All of the following apply to preferred stock?
Preferred shares are senior to common shares
Preferred shares receive dividends prior to common stock when dividends are declared
Preferred stock is often convertible to common shares
If a common stockholder received a dividend this year which of the following would also be paid a dividend?
Cumulative preferred
Convertible preferred
Participating preferred
Which of the following is true regarding warrants?
Warrants can trade separately from the common stock
Warrants have a longer life than rights
warrants typically have a long life perhaps even the subscription price is above the stocks current market value
Warrants are issued along with a bond offering. The principal reason is
To improve marketability
Tim is an investor in Ajax corporation a publicly traded corporation. As an owner of common stock atom has the right to
Inspect the financial market of Ajax corporation
James owns 300 shares of LYPA stock which is currently trading at $60 per share. The company announces a 1:3 reverse split. what will James own after the split?
100 shares at $180 per share
Which of the following statements about conventional convertible securities financing is true?
The conversion formula is usually fixed
XYZ corporation has been experiencing some financial difficulty in the last few years. However they are confident that the company will be profitable again in the next few years. XYZ would like to borrow some money from investors by sorting issuing bonds but they are concerned that the interest rate they will have to pay will be too high based on their most recent financial report. If XYZ would like to reduce the interest rate on the bonds and increase the marketability of their bonds which of the following could XYZ do?
Attach warrants to the bond
Joe received a certificate from a commercial bank that represents his interest in shares of a foreign company on a foreign exchange. What is this certificate called?
American depositary receipt
The equation for outstanding stock is
Issued shares minus treasury stock
Shares of stock that have actually been sold to the public are known as
Issued stock
ABC corporation shares are currently trading at $50 per share. ABC is about to performa two for one stock split. After the split an investor who currently owns 100 shares of ABC stock would own.
200 shares at $25
Once the dividend is declared by a corporation which of following will occur?
Retained earnings will decrease
ABC corporation originally authorized 1 million shares and has issued 600,000 shares. ABC corporation has decided to buy 50,000 of their shares back and place them in treasury. How many shares are currently outstanding?
550,000 shares
The amount of stock that a corporation is allowed to issue is called
Authorized stock
Individuals holding shares of common stock have the right to participate in the underlying corporations earnings. Which of the following statements is true?
Lower earnings yields lower dividends
In the event of a company’s liquidation who has the sensor claim over the assets?
The bond holders
Which type of preferred stock may be exchanged for shares of common stock?
Convertible preferred
The board of directors declares a dividend on Wednesday Oct 5 to shareholders of record as of Thursday October 20. If an investor purchased the stock on Thursday Oct 20 in a cash transaction which of the following statements would be true?
The investor would be entitled to receive the dividend because stock was purchased using cash settlement
An American corporation receiving which of the following is entitled to a 50% exclusion?
Dividends from common and preferred stock of another domestic corporation
The ex-dividend date is
The first date on which the stock trades without the dividend
When current stockholders have preemptive rights they are entitled to
The opportunity to purchase new shares before the shares are offered to the public
Preemptive rights allow a stockholder to
Maintain proportionate interest in the company
Which of the following has the greatest risk in the event of a company liquidation?
Common stock
A convertible preferred is convertible at $20 per share. The stock is currently selling on the market at $120. Which of the following are correct statements is correct?
The common stock must be selling at $24 to be at a parity with the preferred stock
Which of the following is true about treasury stock?
It has been issued and repurchased by the company
