During this week's readings, we learned that a Sustainable Growth Rate is the rate of growth in revenue that a firm can sustain without negatively impacting its financial resources such as needing to issue new equity, changing its payout of dividends, or changing its debt policy.The sustainable growth of a firm depends on operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities in association with policies.During this week's Critical Thinking Assignment, we will apply Sustainable Growth toa firm of your choosing.

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For this week's Critical Thinking assignment, identify the Sustainable Growth Equation for Lowe's Home Improvement, using profit margin, asset turnover, financial leverage, and retention ratio.After calculating the Sustainable Growth, discuss the implication of the Sustainable Growth identified versus the Actual growth of the firm currently.Answer and determine if the firm will need to issue or utilize additional equity in order to maintain growth, determine if the firm can increase dividends, and determine if the firm will be able to grow via acquisition if needed into the future?