Metal Fabricators recently sold its poorest performing division and realized net proceeds from the transaction of $1.63 million. The firm has 320,000 shares of stock outstanding and a market price of $49 a share. The firm is now preparing to distribute the entire sale proceeds in the form of a liquidating dividend. What is the best estimate of the ex-dividend stock price

Afirm wants to strengthen its financial position. which of the following actions would increase its current ratio? a. reduce the company's days' sales outstanding to the industry average and use the resulting cash savings to purchase plant and equipment. b. use cash to repurchase some of the company's own stock. c. borrow using short-term debt and use the proceeds to repay debt that has a maturity of more than one year. d. issue new stock, then use some of the proceeds to purchase additional inventory and hold the remainder as cash. e. use cash to increase inventory holdings.