1. the growth factor can be treated as a growing perpetuity for the book value increament when you multiple B_0 to the G. PV(growth value)=B_0*g/(r-g)=B_0*G. Therefore, people call this part growth factor.
2. degree of operating leverage, DOL = (P-V)*X/(((P-V)*X)-FC). High level fixed cost compare to industry means the variable cost portion in the company is relatively small and relatively weak, therefore, sales decrease could have the potential to seriously decrease the DOL which finally result in a lower ROE. Compared to industry peers, this company would have weaker bargaining power over its customers.
where P means price
V means average variable cost
X means number of goods sold
FC means fixed cost |