Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 11th Edition by Wayne McManus,Daniel Viele,David Marshall

Exercise 17

Interpret dividend information from an annual report Refer to the Campbell Soup Company annual report in the appendix. From the table of quarterly financial information and the Selected Financial Data (Five-Year Review-Consolidated), find the information relating to cash dividends on common stock.
Required:
a. How frequently are cash dividends paid?
b. What has been the pattern of the cash dividend amount per share relative to the pattern of earnings per share?
c. Calculate the rate of change in the annual dividend per share for each of the years from 2011 through 2014.