&gt;&gt; At what point can a companies growth slow down without it being a concern?<p>That depends on how reliant the company is on perpetual growth.  Many tech companies are not profitable.  If growth slows for them, and the rate of slowdown points to a bad place, they may never make a profit and so backers will flee.  But others with established businesses don&#x27;t need growth.  They can go on steadily with a mildly increasing market value or pay slow dividends to shareholders.  Unless they are over-valued and have leveraged whatever stock they have retained.  Such companies may be doomed even if profitable.  So there is no definitive answer.