Suppose an Investor Buys a Share of Stock for $40

question 133

Essay

Suppose an investor buys a share of stock for $40 and sells it for $45 after one year. At the end of that year, the dividend per stock is $1. The company has 100,000 shares outstanding and a total profit for the year of $500,000. Calculate the price-earnings ratio for this firm at the time the stock was sold.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entries

Journal entries used to adjust account balances in order to reflect more accurate financial information at the end of an accounting period.

Journal Entry

A record in accounting that notes a specific financial transaction in the books.

Debit Amount

A financial entry that increases an asset or expense account, or decreases a liability, equity, or revenue account.

Credit

A financial term that refers to the provision of resources (such as funds) by one party to another, where the second party does not repay the first party immediately but incurs a debt and is usually obliged to pay interest.