6e Statement of Stockholders’ Equity Page 109 Chapter 4
ACTIVITY 35 STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY—TYPES OF STOCK
Purpose: • Identify three types of stock.
• Identify the number of shares authorized, issued, and outstanding.
• Compute the total cost of contributed capital and the average cost per share.
The Statement of Stockholders’ Equity provides information about changes in a company’s stockholders’
equity, including contributed capital and retained earnings. It helps investors understand the structure of
a company’s ownership.
• Contributed capital (CC) includes amounts paid-in (contributed) by stockholders to purchase the
stock of a corporation. There are two types of stock: common stock and preferred stock. Each
corporation must issue common stock, whereas preferred stock is optional.
• When originally issued, amounts received from investors are recorded in two separate accounts—
the Par Value account and an Additional Paid-in-Capital account. Par Value is a legal value assigned
to each share of stock upon incorporation, which must be recorded separately in the financial
statements. Additional Paid-in-Capital (APIC) is the amount received in excess of par.
Par Value + Additional Paid-in-Capital = Total Issue Price of Stock
Refer to the Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. and accompanying notes
on page 107 to answer the following questions.
Upon incorporation, a company is authorized (by the state of incorporation) to issue a designated
number of shares to investors. Sometimes corporations buy back shares of stock that have been issued;
these are referred to as Treasury Stock. Shares outstanding are the total number of shares actually held
by investors at a given time, equaling shares issued less shares of treasury stock.
Shares issued – Treasury shares = Shares outstanding