Implied Growth Rate
The perpetual growth rate that, when plugged into a DCF (typically single-stage Gordon growth or multi-stage with explicit + terminal periods), produces a fair value matching the observed market price. The output of a reverse DCF. The implied growth rate is not a verdict on whether the price is right; it is a CONSTRAINT — the assumption the market is implicitly making. The investor's analytical job begins after the calculation: comparing the implied rate against the company's own track record, industry growth, and the long-run nominal GDP ceiling (~4% in the modern US). Implied rates above all three are aggressive bets; rates below all three may signal pessimism that's either justified (structural decline) or an opportunity (mispricing).
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