An equity manager conducted a stock screen on $5,000$ U$.$S$.$ stocks that comprise her investment universe. The results of the screen are presented in the table below.

Criterion

$\%$ of Stocks

Meeting Criterion

Price per share$/$Sales per share $<1\mathrm{.}25$

$35\mathrm{.}0$

Total asset$/$Equity $<=2\mathrm{.}5$

$48\mathrm{.}2$

Dividends $>0$

$58\mathrm{.}6$

Consensus forecast EPS $>0$

$75\mathrm{.}0$

Meeting all $4$ criteria simultaneously

$10\mathrm{.}8$

If all the criteria were completely independent of each other, determine the value for the number of stocks meeting all four criteria.

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