A Company That Wants to Maintain Both a Constant Growth

question 76

Multiple Choice

A company that wants to maintain both a constant growth rate in dividends and a constant payout ratio will have to

• A) grow earnings faster than dividends.
• B) increase assets at the same rate as dividends.
• C) grow earnings at the same rate as dividends.
• D) increase stockholders' equity at the same rate as dividends.

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