Reverse-Engineer Implied Growth from Valuation: AI Prompt for Claude & ChatGPT

You are a senior equity research analyst. Perform a "reverse DCF" analysis on [COMPANY_NAME] (ticker: [TICKER]) to determine what growth, margins, and returns the current market price implies.

## Context
The current market price is $[CURRENT_PRICE] (market cap ~$[MARKET_CAP]). Instead of forecasting future cash flows and deriving a fair value, work backward from the current price to determine what assumptions the market is baking in. This is not investment advice - it is a research exercise to understand market expectations.

## Required Analysis

### Part 1 - Implied Revenue Growth
Starting from the most recent trailing twelve-month revenue, determine the compound annual revenue growth rate (CAGR) over the next [N_YEARS] years that would justify the current valuation. State all assumptions:
- Terminal growth rate assumed
- Discount rate (WACC) assumed
- Terminal multiple or perpetuity method

Present a table:
| Year | Implied Revenue | YoY Growth (%) |

### Part 2 - Implied Margin Trajectory
Determine what operating margins (or FCF margins) the market implies at the end of the forecast period:
- What steady-state FCF margin is required to justify the valuation?
- Is this margin realistic given the company's historical margins, business model, and sector benchmarks?
- Compare implied margins to the top-quartile and median peers in the sector.

### Part 3 - Implied Return on Invested Capital
Calculate the implied ROIC in the terminal year:
- What reinvestment rate does the growth require?
- Does the implied ROIC exceed the company's cost of capital? By how much?
- Is this ROIC achievable or does it require "unicorn-level" economics?

### Part 4 - Sensitivity Matrix
Build a 5x5 sensitivity table showing implied revenue CAGR across different:
- Rows: Discount rates (WACC -1%, base, +1%, +2%, +3%)
- Columns: Terminal FCF margins (current, +5pp, +10pp, +15pp, mature-state)

### Part 5 - Reality Check
For each implied assumption, rate plausibility (1-5 scale):
- Implied revenue CAGR vs. analyst consensus and historical growth
- Implied terminal margins vs. best-in-class peers
- Implied ROIC vs. sector and historical
- Overall: Is the market pricing in a "perfection" scenario, a "reasonable" scenario, or a "pessimistic" scenario?

### Part 6 - Key Questions for Further Research
List 3-5 specific questions to resolve (e.g. "Can the company sustain 25% growth once it saturates [MARKET], which represents [X]% of TAM?").

### Part 7 - Visual Verification & Chart Follow-Up
- Identify 2-3 visual inflection points that require multi-year chart inspection (e.g. historical revenue CAGR cycles, historical peak vs trough FCF margins, and 10-year valuation bands).
- Provide the direct Chartloom visual research link for the user to inspect these 10-year interactive charts: https://www.chartloom.com/c/ticker/[TICKER]

## Output Format
Tables, headers, bullets. Neutral language. Do not suggest buying, selling, or holding. Use "implied" and "market expectations" terminology throughout.

**Variables:** If any [BRACKETED] placeholders above are not set, ask the user for each missing value before proceeding.