CH.6 PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS: FORECASTING. The Techniques of Forecasting The Overall Structure of...

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CH.6 PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS: FORECASTING

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The Techniques of Forecasting (Cont’d) Getting started: Points of Departure Last year performance, last year performance adjusted with recent trends, average performance over several prior years The behavior of sales growth: mean reverting The behavior of earnings: random walk The behavior of ROE: mean reverting The behavior of components of ROE Operating asset turnover, net financial leverage: stable NOPAT margin and spread: most variable

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Page 1: CH.6 PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS: FORECASTING. The Techniques of Forecasting The Overall Structure of Forecasts Do it comprehensively Involve many forecasts.

CH.6PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS:

FORECASTING

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The Techniques of Forecasting• The Overall Structure of Forecasts

• Do it comprehensively• Involve many forecasts• Key “drivers”: sales, profit margin

• Focus on projecting “condensed” financial statements

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The Techniques of Forecasting (Cont’d)• Getting started: Points of Departure

• Last year performance, last year performance adjusted with recent trends, average performance over several prior years

• The behavior of sales growth: mean reverting

• The behavior of earnings: random walk• The behavior of ROE: mean reverting• The behavior of components of ROE

• Operating asset turnover, net financial leverage: stable

• NOPAT margin and spread: most variable

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Making Forecasts• Table 6-1: forecasting assumptions• Table 6-2: forecasted income

statements and balance sheet

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Sensitivity Analysis• Seasonality and Interim Forecasts

• Can not focus only on performance of the most recent quarter, but also the performance of the comparable quarter of the prior year