Sustainable Growth Rate

Sustainable Growth Rate = Return on Equity (ROE)* Business Retention Rate

In this case Sustainable Growth Rate = Earnings retention ratio (1-dividend rate) *total asset turnover (sales/total assets) *net profit margin (net income/sales) *financial leverage ratio (Viguerie, Smit & Baghai, 2008).

Thus, Sustainable Growth Rate for 2011 to 2015 can be calculated as follows;

Sustainable growth rate for 2011 = 0.17 *(1-0.38) *1.64*0.261= 4.5%

Sustainable Growth rate for 2012 = 0.17* (1-0.49)*1.44*0.401= 5.0%

Sustainable Growth rate for 2013 = 0.793*(1-0.55)*1.79*0.435= 27.8%

Sustainable Growth rate for 2014 =0.228*(1-0.63)*1.99*0.40= 6.7%

Sustainable Growth rate for 2015 = 0.236*(1-0.62)*2*0.263= 4.7%

Recommendations to the firm

Based on the analysis of the sustainable growth rate from 2011 to 2015, it is clear that the firm has an average sustainable growth rate of about 9% for the 5-year period. Despite registering a 9% average growth rate in the 5-year period, the firm can register a higher growth rate, as in 2013, where the growth rate registered at 27.8%. However, the firm needs to ensure that it does not acquire new debt because by doing so, the growth rate will not be sustainable (Viguerie, Smit, & Baghai, 2008).

Equally, with regards to raising external capital, the firm can raise an amount equivalent to the sustainable growth rates for the 5-year period, which is around 9% of the total assets. However, funding by debt will not be a good option for the firm since the sustainable growth rate is not uniform for all the years; rather, it keeps fluctuating (Viguerie, Smit, & Baghai, 2008). The only viable option that the firm should consider is equity financing, where the firm can resort to issuing shares to the public or, better still, splitting the current shares.

Reference

Viguerie, P., Smit, S., & Baghai, M. (2008). The granularity of growth: How to identify the sources of growth and drive enduring company performance. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons.

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Sustainable Growth Rate

Use the data below to solve for the sustainable growth rates for 2011 to 2015.

Sustainable Growth Rate

What is the sustainable growth rate for each year? Based on your analysis of the sustainable growth rate between 2011 and 2015, what are your recommendations for the firm?