a. b. C. What is the sustainable growth rate for the company? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) What is the sustainable growth rate if you use the formula ROE x band beginning- of-period equity? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) What is the sustainable growth rate if you use end-of-period equity in this formula? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

If you were an investor considering purchasing the stock of a company and you were concerned about the company's ability to produce income or operating success for a given period of time, which of the following trends would worry you most? O a decreasing inventory turnover ratio an increasing return on common stockholders' equity ratio O a decreasing return on assets ratio an increasing current ratio

Below is an equation that breaks down the concept of Return on Equity into its components (individual parts). ROE = Net income Sales Net Profit margin Sales Total assets Asset turnover ROA X Total assets Total equity Equity multiplier Using this equation, explain briefly how a company can improve its Return on Assets (ROA), and the impact of this improvement on its Return on Equity (ROE). Is an improvement in ROA that the only way that ROE can increase?

Brandtly Industries invests a large sum of money in R&D; as a result, it retains and reinvests all of its earnings. In other words, Brandtly does not pay any dividends, and it has no plans to pay dividends in the near future. A major pension fund is interested in purchasing Brandtly's stock. The pension fund manager has estimated Brandtly's free cash flows for the next 4 years as follows: $2 million, $7 million, $12 million, and $14 million. After the fourth year, free cash flow is projected to grow at a constant 5%. Brandtly's WACC is 13%, the market value of its debt and preferred stock totals $50 million, the firm has $15 million in nonoperating assets, and it has 12 million shares of common stock outstanding. a. What is the present value of the free cash flows projected during the next 4 years? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. $ 51339694.5