ACCT1021 Lecture 21: Chapter Eleven Lecture Notes (21&22)

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Stockholders" equity - terminology: the corporation"s stockholders" equity consists of three major components: We will focus only on the first two components. Note that retained earnings does not represent any cash or assets, it merely represents a source of assets: authorized shares of stock: the maximum number of shares of stock a corporation can issue. This is first established when the company files its articles of incorporation. This number will be less than than the authorized shares at any time. Note that you usually do not issue all your authorized stock at the beginning. Depending on your capital needs, the number of issued shares may increase over time: outstanding shares of stock: total number of shares of stock actually owned by outsiders, i. e. , parties other than the corporation itself. We make this distinction from the issued shares because a company may buy its own shares of stock.

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