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Retained earnings and stockholders' equity are decreased by a per-share cash dividend that is paid on common and preferred shares of stock, and not on shares of repurchased or treasury stock.
Despite stockholder's concern, the company continued to raise their retained earnings, because they needed to complete their debt payments from the last year. 17 people found this helpful. I wanted to perform a quick calculation of the retained earnings of the company so I had to first obtain the stockholders equity. 14 people found this helpful. Some of your retained earnings should be funneled back into the business to try and generate future bigger returns for you.