Testaburger, Inc., uses no external financing and maintains a positive retention

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Testaburger, Inc., uses no external financing and
maintains a positive retention ratio. When sales grow by 15 percent, the firm has
a negative projected EFN. What does this tell you about the firm’s internal
growth rate? How about the sustainable growth rate? At this same level of sales
growth, what will happen to the projected EFN if the retention ratio is increased?
What if the retention ratio is decreased? What happens to the projected EFN if
the firm pays out all of its earnings in the form of dividends?

Explanation / Answer

The internal growth rate is greater than 15%, because at a 15% growth rate the negative EFN indicates that there is excess internal financing. If the internal growth rate is greater than 15%, then the sustainable growth rate is certainly greater than 15%, because there is additional debt financing used in that case (assuming the firm is not 100% equity-financed). As the retention ratio is increased, the firm has more internal sources of funding, so the EFN will decline. Conversely, as the retention ratio is decreased, the EFN will rise. If the firm pays out all its earnings in the form of dividends, then the firm has no internal sources of funding (ignoring the effects of accounts payable); the internal growth rate is zero in this case and the EFN will rise to the change in total assets.

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