Suppose that a bank wants to grow during the next year but does not want to issue

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Suppose that a bank wants to grow during the next year but does not want to issue any new external capital. Its current financial plan projects a ROA of 1.25 percent, a dividend payout rate of 35 percent, and equity to asset ratio of 8 percent. Calculate the allowable growth in the bank’s assets supported by these projections. What growth rate could be supported if the bank issued additional common stock equal to 1 percent of bank assets, with the same earnings projections?
Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Bank Management

ISBN: 978-1133494683

8th edition

Authors: Timothy W. Koch, S. Scott MacDonald

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