Question

The newspaper reported last week that Bennington Enterprises earned $34.08 million this year. The report also stated that the firm’s return on equity is 17 percent. The firm retains 75 percent of its earnings. What is the firm's earnings growth rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) What will next year's earnings be? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.)

Answer 1

Consider the following calculation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sustainable growth rate =(Retention rate*Return on equity)

=(0.75*0.17)=.1275

=12.75%

Next year earnings =$34.08 million *112.75%

=$38.4252 million

=$384,25,200 .