Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Constraints on Growth [LO3] Volbeat, Inc., wishes to maintain a growth rate of 12 percent per year and a debt–equity ratio of .35. Profit margin is 6.1 percent, and the ratio of total assets to sales is constant at 1.80. Is this growth rate possible? To answer, determine what the dividend payout ratio must be. How do you interpret the result?
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