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Internal Growth RateThe internal growth rate is one of the two ratios that are used to estimate potentialfuture growth. This ratio is used to determine the maximum potential growth of a firmassuming that they receive no outside funding. Therefore, the firm will be using only funds fromtheir cash flows. This ratio would be very important to potential investors because they aremore likely to invest in a company that is predicted to grow as opposed to remaining the same.To calculate the internal growth rate (IGR) we use the following formula:IGR = ROA x (1- dividends/net income)ROA is the same return on assets number that we calculated earlier. The second portion of theformula is the plowback ratio (1 – dividends/net income), also known as the retention rate.This ratio shows how much net income is retained after paying out dividends. If a firm doesnot pay dividends, IGR is simply the return on assets calculated previously.10 IGR 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Schweitzer Universal Alliance Industry Avg. <strong>SWM</strong> (Restated) 127

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