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Following is the current year data for Green Games, Inc. What are the Internal
Growth Rate and the Sustainable Growth Rate for GGI?
Sales
60,000
Costs
40,000
Assets
175,000
Liabilities
75,000
Equity
100,000
Dividends
8,000
Tax rate
21%
Internal growth rate is the maximum rate of growth that a company can achieve without the help of any external financing i.e. only through its retained earnings. The formula to calculate IGR is:
The idea behind the formula is that retained earnings is the amount of internal capital available to be reinvested as compared to the total size of the business (total assets).
First retained earnings need to be calculated as shown:
So,
or IGR = 4.46%
On the other hand, the formula to calculate sustainable growth rate is:
Where, the dividend payout is calculated as (dividends/net income) and Return on equity is calculated as (net income/Total equity)
or SGR = 7.8%