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Crane Inc. currently only returns cash to its investors in the form of dividends. It pays out 39% of its earnings per share. The return on new investment for Crane is 18.7%. Given this information, estimate the growth rate for the future dividends of Crane. Express your result in percent and round to two decimals (do not include the %-symbol in your answer).
Growth rate = Rate of return on investment * (1 – Dividend payout ratio)
Growth rate = 0.187 * (1 - 0.39)
Growth rate = 0.1141 or 11.41%