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Reverse DCF + Base Rates: A Better Way to Test Growth Expectations

I recently wrote about reverse DCF and one concept I think deserves more attention: **base rates**.

Instead of only asking whether a company's growth story sounds plausible, base rates ask how often similar companies have actually achieved that level of growth historically.

That makes reverse DCF more useful: first identify what growth the current price requires, then compare it with company history and an external base rate.

Michael Mauboussin has done some great work on this idea, and I included it in the article because I think it's a concept many investors still underuse.

Full article: https://moateyscore.com/blog/reverse-dcf-implied-growth