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smokedetector
Jun 26, 2008, 02:30 PM
When applying dividends to outstanding stock, does that include stock in the treasury, since it is still issued stock? Also, what is the difference between par stock and non par stock? I doesn't have anything to do with preferred and common stock, right?

Criado
Jul 1, 2008, 03:43 AM
No; Treasury stock should not receive dividends.

Par Stock is valued using its Par Value. Non Par is valued based on how much you sold it for. Preferred and common stock are different issues. ;)

morgaine300
Jul 2, 2008, 06:30 PM
As an added note, treasury stock isn't outstanding. Yes, it's still issued because the stock still exists. But outstanding is what the company is not holding itself, so treasury stock isn't outstanding.

Par stock is not "valued" using its par. There isn't any "value" about it. The par is "legal capital," i.e. the amount that cannot be given out as dividends. It's value could be anything. That may have been a "value" when it was first issued, but as time goes by its value changes. Think of the companies with penny par. Is its value only a penny? Non par simply means it has no par. It might have a stated value instead which can be used the same way par is used.

smokedetector
Jul 3, 2008, 02:47 AM
So if you were to buy par stock, you would pay the current value, but the company would record it at the par value?

morgaine300
Jul 4, 2008, 11:53 AM
The company would record it at the price paid for it, but it's split up between the par and the amount over par. (Assuming it has a par or stated value.) If you ever see something like "additional paid-in (contributed) capital" or something like that on there, that may partially be what that is -- the extra over par it was sold for. So it's just split up is all. They can't not record money they get, and the total equity is still there. (Additional paid-in capital can come from selling treasury stock over cost also.)

This is all assuming, of course, that you're buying newly issued stock.