Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9780077861759
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 30QP
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To determine: The Company’s sustainable growth rate and sustainable growth rate
Sustainable Growth Rate:
Sustainable growth rate refers to the maximum growth that a firm can have without using external funds or increasing the financial leverage of the company.
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Plank’s Plants had net income of $10,000 on sales of $100,000 last year. The firm paid a dividend of $400. Total assets were $600,000, of which $300,000 was financed by debt.
a. What is the firm’s sustainable growth rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.)
b. If the firm grows at its sustainable growth rate, how much debt will be issued next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
c. What would be the maximum possible growth rate if the firm did not issue any debt next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.)
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Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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