The newspaper reported last week that Harrington Enterprises earned $21 million this year. The report also stated that the firm’s ROE is 8 percent. (You can assume that the ROE is a fair representation of the return earned by reinvested money.) Harrington retains 70 percent of its earnings.What is the firm's earnings growth rate? (Answer as a percentage (without the "%" sign) and with two decimal places. For example, if the return is 3.21%, your answer should be 3.21.)
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The newspaper reported last week that Harrington Enterprises earned $21 million this year. The report also stated that the firm’s ROE is 8 percent. (You can assume that the ROE is a fair representation of the return earned by reinvested money.) Harrington retains 70 percent of its earnings.What is the firm's earnings growth rate? (Answer as a percentage (without the "%" sign) and with two decimal places. For example, if the return is 3.21%, your answer should be 3.21.)
Solution
The firm's earnings growth rate can be calculated using the formula for the growth rate of a company's earnings, which is the Retention Ratio (b) times the Return on Equity (ROE).
The Retention Ratio is the percentage of net income that is retained by the company rather than distributed as dividends. In this case, Harrington Enterprises retains 70% of its earnings, so b = 0.70.
The Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of financial performance calculated by dividing net income by shareholders' equity. In this case, the ROE is 8%, so ROE = 0.08.
Substituting these values into the formula gives:
Growth Rate = b * ROE Growth Rate = 0.70 * 0.08 = 0.056 or 5.60%
So, the firm's earnings growth rate is 5.60%.
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