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Johnson Products earned $4.30 per share last year and paid a dividend of $1.65 per share. If ROE was 16 percent, what is the sustainable growth rate?
Dividend payout ratio=Dividend payout/Net income
=1.65/4.3
=0.38372093
Retention ratio=1-Dividend payout ratio
=1-0.38372093
=0.61627907
Sustainable growth rate=(ROE*Retention ratio)/[1-(ROE*Retention ratio)]
=(0.61627907*0.16)/[1-(0.61627907*0.16)]
=10.94%(Approx)