Following Is a List of Selected Financial Data for a Series

question 24

Essay

Following is a list of selected financial data for a series of companies:
$\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$$\text {| }$$\quad$$\quad$$\text {Per-share Data }$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\text {| }$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text {Ratios and Percentages }$

$\begin{array}{llccccc}\hline\text { Company } & \text {|} &\text { Price } & \text { Earnings } & \text { Dividends } & \text {|} &\text { P-E } & \text { Dividend-yield } & \text { Dividend-payout } \\\hline \text { Jacobs } & \text {|} &\$ 50 & \$ 1.75 & \mathrm{~A} & \text {|} &\mathrm{B} & \mathrm{C} & 30 \% \\\text { Simons } & \text {|} &\mathrm{\$} 35 & \mathrm{D} & \$ 2.25 & \text {|} &\mathrm{E} & \mathrm{F} & 40 \% \\\text { Russell } & \text {|} &\mathrm{G} & \$ 5.25 & \$ 1.75 &\text {|} &12.0 & \mathrm{I} & \mathrm{J}\end{array}$
1.Compute the missing figures and identify the company with
a. the highest dividend-yield.
b. the highest dividend-payout percentage.
c. the lowest market price relative to earnings.
2. Assume that you know nothing about any of these companies other than the data given and the computations you have made from the data. If you were interested in receiving dividend income, which company would you choose as
a. the most attractive investment? Why?
b. the least attractive investment? Why?

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