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1. Neal\'s Nails has Total Assets of $150,000, Net Income of $16,500, and divide

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Question

1. Neal's Nails has Total Assets of $150,000, Net Income of $16,500, and dividends of $4,950. What is the firm’s Internal Growth rate? Can the firm grow at 8 percent without raising external funds and why? (Hint: Need to compute the payout ratio, fraction reinvested, and ROA).

8.34 percent; No, because 8 percent < Internal Growth Rate

8.34 percent; Yes, because 8 percent < Internal Growth Rate

3.41 percent; No, because 8 percent > Internal Growth Rate

No idea

2. A firm has net working capital of $600, net fixed assets of $2,400, sales of $8,000, and current liabilities of $800. How many dollars worth of sales are generated from every $1 in total assets? Is the firm more or less efficient than its competitor that has a Total Asset Turnover of 2.45?

  

2.11, less efficient

2.11, more efficent   

1.44, less efficient

2.67, less efficient

2.67, more efficient

Explanation / Answer

return on assets = 16500/150,000 = 11%

fraction revested = 1 - 4950/16500= 0.70

Internal growth = 11*0.7%/(1 - 11*0.7%) = 8.34%

8.34 percent; Yes, because 8 percent < Internal Growth Rate

b. current assets = 800 + 600 = 1400

asset turnover = 8000/(2400 + 1400) = 2.11

2.11, less efficient