The stock of Level Corp. will go ex-dividend tomorrow. The dividend will be $1 per...

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The stock of Level Corp. will go ex-dividend tomorrow. The dividend will be $1 per share, and there are 15,000 shares of stock outstanding. The market-value balance sheet for Level is shown below.

Assets Liabilities and Equity
Cash $100,000 Equity $900,000
Fixed assets 800,000

Suppose that Level changes its mind and decides to issue a 5% stock dividend instead of either issuing the cash dividend or repurchasing 5% of the outstanding stock. How would this action affect a shareholder who owns 240 shares of stock? (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)

Total value of the position $

Compare the effects of the repurchase to the effects of the cash dividend.
The value of the position is ,the same as, higher than or lower than under the cash dividend?
Compare the effects of the repurchase to the effects of repurchasing 5% of the outstanding stock.
The value of the position is the same as, higher than, or lower than under the repurchase?

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