This is a more difficult but informative problem. James Brodrick & Sons, Incorporated, is growing rapidly and, if at all possible, would ike to finance its growth without selling new equity. Selected information from the company's five-year financial forecast follows. Year Earnings after tax ($ millions) Capital investment ($ millions) Target book value debt-to-equity ratio (%) Dividend payout ratio (%) Marketable securities ($ millions) (Year marketable securities = $220 million) 1 2 3 4 5 100 110 150 200 300 170 300 300 352 450 120 120 120 120 120 ? ? ? ? ? 220 220 220 220 220 . According to this forecast, what dividends will the company be able to distribute annually without raising new equity and while maintaining a balance of $220 million in marketable securities? What will the annual dividend payout ratio be? (Hint: Remember sources of cash must equal uses at all times.) Note: Round dividends to the nearest million dollars and the payout ratio % to the nearest ones place. Year Dividends (millions) Divident Payout ratio (%) 1 23 23 ($ millions) 2 3 4 5
This is a more difficult but informative problem. James Brodrick & Sons, Incorporated, is growing rapidly and, if at all possible, would ike to finance its growth without selling new equity. Selected information from the company's five-year financial forecast follows. Year Earnings after tax ($ millions) Capital investment ($ millions) Target book value debt-to-equity ratio (%) Dividend payout ratio (%) Marketable securities ($ millions) (Year marketable securities = $220 million) 1 2 3 4 5 100 110 150 200 300 170 300 300 352 450 120 120 120 120 120 ? ? ? ? ? 220 220 220 220 220 . According to this forecast, what dividends will the company be able to distribute annually without raising new equity and while maintaining a balance of $220 million in marketable securities? What will the annual dividend payout ratio be? (Hint: Remember sources of cash must equal uses at all times.) Note: Round dividends to the nearest million dollars and the payout ratio % to the nearest ones place. Year Dividends (millions) Divident Payout ratio (%) 1 23 23 ($ millions) 2 3 4 5
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