Using Percentage of Sales. Eagle Sports Supply has the following financial statements. Assume that Eagles Assets are proportional to its sales.

a) Find Eagles required external funds if it maintains a dividend payout ratio of 70% and plans a growth rate of 15% in 2020.

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?

d) Now suppose that the firm plans to increase long-term debt only to $1,100 and does not wish to issue any new shares of stock. What is now the balancing item?

e) What will be the share of this new balancing item?

INCOME STATEMENT, 2019 Sales $950 Costs 250 Interest 50 Taxes 150 $500 Net income BALANCE SHEET, YEAR-END 2018 2019 2018 2019 Assets $2,700 $3,000 Debt $ 900 $1,000 Equity Total 1,800 $2,700 2,000 $3,000 Total $2,700 $3,000