Eagle Sports Supply has the following financial statements. Assume that Eagle's assets are proportional to its sales.
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Eagle Sports Supply has the following financial statements. Assume that Eagle's assets are proportional to its sales.
INCOME STATEMENT, 2017
Sales ...................................... $950
Costs ........................................ 250
Interest ...................................... 50
Taxes ....................................... 150
Net income .............................. $500
a. Find Eagle's required external funds if it maintains a dividend payout ratio of 70% and plans a growth rate of 15% in 2018.
b. If Eagle chooses not to issue new shares of stock, what variable must be the balancing item?
c. What will be the value of this balancing item?
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 978-1259722615
9th edition
Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus