Nov. 15 Sold 2,000 shares of treasury stock—common at $54 per share.
P13-53, cont.
Requirements
1. Journalize Naxion’s transactions for 2018.
2. Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet as of December 31, 2018,
including the heading. Assume Naxion had net income of $15,000,000 during 2018. This is
the first year of operations.
3. Determine Naxion’s earnings per share for 2018, rounded to two decimal places. For the
average number of common shares outstanding, average the number of shares outstanding on
January 2 and December 31.
4. Assuming Naxion’s market value per common share as of December 31, 2018, was $55,
calculate Naxion’s price/earnings ratio for 2018, rounded to two decimal places.
SOLUTION
Continuing Problem
P13-54 Journalizing stock issuances, cash dividends, and stock dividends; preparing
stockholders’ equity section of balance sheet
This problem continues the Canyon Canoe Company situation from Chapter 12. After looking
into debt financing through notes, mortgage, and bonds payable, Canyon Canoe Company
decides to raise additional capital for the planned business expansion. The company will be able
to acquire cash as well as land adjacent to its current business location. Before the following
transactions, the balance in Common Stock on January 1, 2021, was $136,000 and included
136,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. (There was no Paid-In Capital in
Excess of Par—Common.)
Canyon Canoe Company had the following transactions in 2021:
Jan. 1 Issued 50,000 shares of $1 par value common stock for a total of $200,000.
10 Issued 20,000 shares of 4%, $3 par value preferred stock in exchange for
land with a market value of $70,000.
Dec. Declared total cash dividends of $15,000.