Increase or expansion Used in the phrase "economic growth" to mean an expansion in production, jobs, and revenue Often confused with Development, which does not necessarily include the idea of physical increase in size Indicator: A measurement that reflects the status of a system Examples: the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the number of spotted owls in a forest ecosystem, an oil pressure gauge on an engine
An investment style that focuses on companies with above-average current and projected-earnings growth Growth stocks tend to have relatively high earnings-growth rates and very low dividend yields These firms trade at high valuation levels, meaning they usually have high price-to-book (P/B) and price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-sales (P/S) ratios Because of their high prices and low yields, growth stocks tend to have less downside protection and more volatility than less expensive stocks
Growth and demand for telephone numbers are not specifically tied to population With the technology explosion and the advent of local competition in the telecommunications industry (to provide local service), more and more telephone numbers are needed Growth is measured in the demand for telephone numbers
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
Someone's growth is the development and progress of their character. the child's emotional and intellectual growth
An investment objective of many stock funds Current income, if considered at all, is a secondary concern for these funds Capital growth is achieved when the market value of a fund's holdings increases, causing the fund's net asset value per share to increase
That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result
A percentile ranking where 100 represents those companies with the greatest earnings growth potential, and 1 consists of those companies with the lowest
(1) expansion of graphic out of register due to screen stretch; (2) expansion of material due to mechanical embossing
An investment objective of equity funds which seek to provide capital gains, rather than dividend income