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A firm wishes to maintain an internal growth rate of 9.5 percent and a dividend payout ratio of 42 percent. The current profit margin is 7.5 percent, and the firm uses no external financing sources. What must total asset turnover be? (round 4 decimals)
Growth rate = ROE * Retention Ratio
Retention ratio = 1 - Div payout Ratio
= 1 - 0.42
= 58%
ROE = Growth Rate / Retention ratio
= 9.5% / 58%
= 16.38%
Asset Turnover = Sales / Assets
ROE = Net Income / Assets ---- As No external financing is there.
Profit Margin = Netincome / Sales
Asset Turnover = [ Sales / Net Income ] * [ Net Income / Assets ]
= [ ( 1 / 7.5% ) * 16.38% ]
= 2.184 times