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title: Corporate Financial Metrics and Growth
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4883487/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4883487
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4883487
featured: 2024-07-10
citations: unknown
topic: Corporate Finance
---


# Corporate Financial Metrics and Growth

A study shows that return on equity greatly influences the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and stock prices, suggesting that profitability and effective equity management are crucial for sustainable growth.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4883487
- Identifier: SSRN 4883487
- Released: 2024-06-30
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 56 (2024-07-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-07-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Corporate Finance

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