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CHAPTER 14

Financial Planning and Forecasting Financial

Statements

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Topics

Financial Statements 101 Ratio Analysis Financial Planning and Forecasting

AFN Percent of Sales Method

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Three Financial Statements

Balance Sheet Income Statement Cash Flow Statement

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Balance Sheet of The firm (Snap Shot of the Firm) Current Assets have a

life of less than 1 year and include:

•Cash

•Account receivable

•Inventory

Current Liabilities have a life of less than 1 year and include:

•Short-term liability

•Accounts PayableCA - CL

Shareholders’ Equity = Assets - Liabilities

Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders’ Equity

•Bank loans

•Long-term borrowings

•Machine, Equipment

•Patents

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Duke Corp.: Balance Sheet (Assets)

2008 2009Cash 9,000 7,282 S-T invest. 48,600 20,000 AR 351,200 632,160 Inventories 715,200 1,287,360 Total CA 1,124,000 1,946,802 Gross FA 491,000 1,202,950 Less: Depr. 146,200 263,160 Net FA 344,800 939,790 Total assets 1,468,800 2,886,592

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Balance Sheet: Liabilities & Equity

2008 2009Accts. payable 145,600 324,000 Notes payable 200,000 720,000 Accruals 136,000 284,960 Total CL 481,600 1,328,960 Long-term debt 323,432 1,000,000 Common stock 460,000 460,000 Ret. earnings 203,768 97,632 Total equity 663,768 557,632 Total L&E 1,468,800 2,886,592

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What effect did the expansion have on the asset section of the balance sheet?

Net fixed assets almost tripled in size.

AR and inventory almost doubled. Cash and short-term investments

fell.

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Liquidity of Assets

The order of assets on the balance sheet reflects their liquidity. (decreasing order of liquidity)

Liquidity is the speed at which the asset can be converted to cash with little or no loss in value

Liquid firms are less likely to experience financial distress

But, liquid assets earn a lower return Liquid Assets

Account receivable and possibly inventory Non-liquid Assets

specialized fixed asset (e.g., equipment) and intangible assets (e.g., patents and trademarks)

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Book Value vs. Market Value

Find the book value. Historical cost Recorded amount in financial statements

GAPP says “You record historical cost!” Find the market value.

More important True value of the firm The amount of cash we would get if we

actually sell the firm now. Is NOT on the financial statements “Replacement” value

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Income Statement (Example)

2008 2009Sales 3,432,000 5,834,400 COGS 2,864,000 4,980,000 Other expenses 340,000 720,000 Deprec. 18,900 116,960 Tot. op. costs 3,222,900 5,816,960 EBIT 209,100 17,440 Int. expense 62,500 176,000 EBT 146,600 (158,560)Taxes (40%) 58,640 (63,424)Net income 87,960 (95,136)

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What happened to sales and net income?

Sales increased by over $2.4 million.

Costs shot up by more than sales. Net income was negative. However, the firm received a tax

refund since it paid taxes of more than $63,424 during the past two years.

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GAAP Allows Accrual Basis Accounting!

Matching principle: GAAP says to show revenue when it accrues and match the expenses required to generate the revenue

Realization Principle: GAAP says to recognize revenue when the earnings process is virtually complete and the value of an exchange of goods or services is known or can be reliably determined.

What does this mean? Records revenue when it is earned, whether or not the

revenue has been received in cash. Records expense when they are incurred, even if the

money has not actually been paid out.

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Profits and cash flows are not the same thing!

The potential problem with GAAP to understand the firm’s financial condition

Mismatch between the time when the income (cost) is realized and the time when the revenue (cost) is collected

This is because GAAP requires that sales be recorded on the income statement when made, not when cash is received

GAAP also requires that we record cost of goods sold when the corresponding sales are made, regardless of whether we have actually paid our suppliers yet

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Noncash items

A typical noncash item is depreciation expense

Hypothetical number

Noncash items are irrelevant to firm valuation in general because they do not represent true cash inflow or outflow

However, noncash items are still important to understand the firm’s financial condition because they affect the firm's tax liability (and, therefore, cash flow)

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So, what can we conclude? The accrual accounting and noncash

items results in inequality between cash flows and net income (or earnings).

Finance Emphasizes the Importance of Timing Timing of Cash Flow Matters Accrual Accounting May Obscure Timing “You Can’t Deposit Net Income, Only Cash”

Therefore, we must present cash flow statement to understand the firm’s financial condition better.

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The Sources and Uses of Corporate Cash

Decrease in any asset

Increase in any liability

Net profits after taxes

Depreciation and other non-cash charges

Sale of stock

Increase in any asset Decrease in any liability Net loss Dividends paid Repurchase or

retirement of stock

SourcesSources UsesUses

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Statement of Cash Flows: 2009

Operating ActivitiesNet Income (95,136)Adjustments: Depreciation 116,960 Change in AR (280,960) Change in inventories (572,160) Change in AP 178,400 Change in accruals148,960 Net cash provided by ops.(503,936)

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Long-Term Investing Activities Cash used to acquire FA(711,950)

Financing Activities Change in S-T invest. 28,600 Change in notes payable 520,000 Change in long-term debt676,568 Payment of cash dividends (11,000)Net cash provided by fin. act.1,214,168

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Summary of Statement of CF

Net cash provided by ops.(503,936)Net cash to acquire FA (711,950)Net cash provided by fin. act.1,214,168 Net change in cash (1,718)Cash at beginning of year9,000Cash at end of year 7,282

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What can you conclude from the statement of cash flows?

Net CF from operations = -$503,936, because of negative net income and increases in working capital.

The firm spent $711,950 on FA. The firm borrowed heavily and sold

some short-term investments to meet its cash requirements.

Even after borrowing, the cash account fell by $1,718.

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EDGAR EDGAR stands for Electronic Data

Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system. Since May 6, 1996, the SEC has required

all domestic public companies to post their filings on EDGAR.

EDGAR includes the annual reports known as 10-Ks and the quarterly reports known as 10-Qs, as well as proxy.

Go to www.sec.gov

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Why Evaluate Financial Statements?

Internal uses Performance evaluation –

compensation and comparison between divisions

Planning for the future – guide in estimating future cash flows

External uses Creditors Suppliers Customers Stockholders

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Why are ratios useful?

Standardize numbers; facilitate comparisons

Used to highlight weaknesses and strengths

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Five Major Categories of Ratios Liquidity: Can we make required

payments as they fall due? Asset management: Do we have the

right amount of assets for the level of sales?

Debt management: Do we have the right mix of debt and equity?

Profitability: Do sales prices exceed unit costs, and are sales high enough as reflected in PM, ROE, and ROA?

Market value: Do investors like what they see as reflected in P/E and M/B ratios?

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Price = $12.17.

EPS = = = $1.01.

P/E = = = 12x.

NIShares out.

$253.6250

Price per shareEPS

$12.17$1.01

Calculate and appraise theP/E.

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Price-Earning Ratio

If PE ratio =10, then we would say the company's stock sell for 10 times earnings.

PE ratio measures how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of current earnings.

The higher the PE ratio is, the higher the firm’s growth prospects would be in the future.

Growth Stock= stocks with relatively higher PE ratio (e.g., Tech stocks)

Value stock= stocks with relatively lower PE ratio (e.g., Utility stocks)

Watch out: If the firm generates almost no earnings, then PE ratio could be very large. (Why?) So, care is needed in interpreting this ratio

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Industry P/E Ratios

Industry Ticker* P/E

Banking STI 16.43

Software MSFT 31.59

Drug PFE 22.56

Electric Utilities

DUK 20.04

Semiconductors

INTC 28.38

Steel NUE 13.03

Tobacco MO 13.25

S&P 500 21.52*Ticker is for typical firm in industry, but P/E ratio is for the industry, not the individual firm; www.investor.reuters.com, May 2006

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Benchmarking Ratios are not very helpful by themselves; they

need to be compared to something Time-Trend Analysis

one-year ratios do NOT provide a full picture Used to see how the firm’s performance is changing

through time Do multi-year analysis

Peer Group Analysis Compare to similar companies or within industries SIC and NAICS codes (http://www.naics.com/)

Should be used in conjunction with other qualitative measurements. For example, heterogeneity in accounting practice, market structures, customer bases, capital structures, etc.

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Peer Group Analysis:Advanced Micro Device (AMD)

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Financial Forecasting

Financial planning Additional Funds Needed (AFN)

formula Pro forma financial statements

Sales forecasts Percent of sales method

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Financial Planning and Pro Forma Statements

Three important uses: Forecast the amount of external

financing that will be required Evaluate the impact that changes in

the operating plan have on the value of the firm

Set appropriate targets for compensation plans

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Steps in Financial Forecasting

Forecast sales Project the assets needed to support

sales Project internally generated funds Project outside funds needed Decide how to raise funds See effects of plan on ratios and

stock price

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2007 Balance Sheet(Millions of $)

Cash & sec. $ 20 Accts. pay. &accruals $ 100

Accounts rec. 240 Notes payable 100Inventories 240 Total CL $ 200 Total CA $ 500 L-T debt 100

Common stk 500Net fixedassets

Retainedearnings 200

Total assets $1,000 Total claims $1,000 500

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2007 Income Statement(Millions of $)

Sales $2,000.00Less: COGS (60%) 1,200.00 SGA costs 700.00 EBIT $ 100.00Interest 10.00 EBT $ 90.00Taxes (40%) 36.00Net income $ 54.00

Dividends (40%) $21.60Add’n to RE $32.40

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AFN (Additional Funds Needed):Key Assumptions

Operating at full capacity in 2007. Each type of asset grows proportionally

with sales. Payables and accruals grow

proportionally with sales. 2007 profit margin ($54/$2,000 =

2.70%) and payout (40%) will be maintained.

Sales are expected to increase by $500 million.

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Definitions of Variables in AFN

A*/S0: assets required to support sales; called capital intensity ratio.

∆S: increase in sales. L*/S0: spontaneous liabilities ratio M: profit margin (Net income/sales) RR: retention ratio; percent of net

income not paid as dividend.

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Assets

Sales0

1,000

2,000

1,250

2,500

A*/S0 = $1,000/$2,000 = 0.5 = $1,250/$2,500.

Assets =(A*/S0)Sales= 0.5($500)= $250.

Assets = 0.5 sales

Assets vs. Sales

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AFN= Required Assets

- Spontaneous Liabilities

- Retained Earnings

Required Assets

=Asset to Sales

Ratiox Sales

= 0.500 x $500.00= $250.00

Spontaneous Liabilities

=Spontaneous Liab. to Sales

Ratiox Sales

= 0.050 x $500.00= $25.00

Retained Earnings

= Profit Margin x Sales xRetention

Ratio

= 0.027 x $ 2,500.0 x 0.600= $40.50

AFN= Required Assets

- Spontaneous Liabilities

- Retained Earnings

= $250.00 - $25.00 - $40.50AFN= $184.50

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If assets increase by $250 million, what is the AFN?

AFN = (A*/S0)∆S - (L*/S0)∆S - M(S1)(RR)

AFN = ($1,000/$2,000)($500) - ($100/$2,000)($500) - 0.0270($2,500)(1 - 0.4)

AFN = $184.5 million.

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How would increases in these items affect the AFN?

Higher sales: Increases asset requirements,

increases AFN. Higher dividend payout ratio:

Reduces funds available internally, increases AFN.

(More…)

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Higher profit margin: Increases funds available internally,

decreases AFN. Higher capital intensity ratio, A*/S0:

Increases asset requirements, increases AFN.

Pay suppliers sooner: Decreases spontaneous liabilities, increases

AFN.

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Projecting Pro Forma Statements with the Percent of Sales Method

Project sales based on forecasted growth rate in sales

Forecast some items as a percent of the forecasted sales Costs Cash Accounts receivable

(More...)

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Items as percent of sales (Continued...) Inventories Net fixed assets Accounts payable and accruals

Choose other items Debt Dividend policy (which determines retained

earnings) Common stock

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Sources of Financing Needed to Support Asset Requirements

Given the previous assumptions and choices, we can estimate: Required assets to support sales Specified sources of financing

Additional funds needed (AFN) is: Required assets minus specified

sources of financing

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Implications of AFN

If AFN is positive, then you must secure additional financing.

If AFN is negative, then you have more financing than is needed. Pay off debt. Buy back stock. Buy short-term investments.

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How to Forecast Interest Expense Interest expense is actually based on

the daily balance of debt during the year.

There are three ways to approximate interest expense. Base it on: Debt at end of year Debt at beginning of year Average of beginning and ending debt

More…

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Basing Interest Expense on Debt at End of Year

Will over-estimate interest expense if debt is added throughout the year instead of all on January 1.

Causes circularity called financial feedback: more debt causes more interest, which reduces net income, which reduces retained earnings, which causes more debt, etc.

More…

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Basing Interest Expense on Debt at Beginning of Year

Will under-estimate interest expense if debt is added throughout the year instead of all on December 31.

But doesn’t cause problem of circularity.

More…

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Basing Interest Expense on Average of Beginning and Ending Debt

Will accurately estimate the interest payments if debt is added smoothly throughout the year.

But has problem of circularity.

More…

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A Solution that Balances Accuracy and Complexity Base interest expense on

beginning debt, but use a slightly higher interest rate (say, 0.5% higher). Easy to implement Reasonably accurate

See Ch 14E Toolkit.xls for an example basing interest expense on average debt.

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Percent of Sales: Inputs

2007 Actual 2008 Proj.

COGS/Sales 60% 60%

SGA/Sales 35% 35%

Cash/Sales 1% 1%

Acct. rec./Sales 12% 12%

Inv./Sales 12% 12%

Net FA/Sales 25% 25%

AP & accr./Sales 5% 5%

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Other Inputs

Percent growth in sales 25%

Growth factor in sales (g) 1.25

Interest rate on debt 10%

Tax rate 40%

Dividend payout rate 40%

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2008 First-Pass Forecasted Income Statement

Calculations 2008 1st Pass

Sales 1.25 Sales07 = $2,500.0

Less: COGS 60% Sales08 = 1,500.0

SGA 35% Sales08 = 875.0

EBIT $125.0

Interest 0.1(Debt07) = 20.0

EBT $105.0

Taxes (40%) 42.0

Net Income $63.0

Div. (40%) $25.2

Add to RE $37.8

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2008 Balance Sheet (Assets)

Calcuations 2008

Cash 1% Sales08 = $25.0

Accts Rec. 12%Sales08 = 300.0

Inventories 12%Sales08 = 300.0

Total CA $625.0

Net FA 25% Sales08 =

625.0

Total Assets $1,250.0

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2008 Preliminary Balance Sheet (Claims)

5 Calculations

2008 Without AFN

AP/accruals 5% Sales08 =

$125.0

Notes payable

100 Carried over

100.0

Total CL $225.0

L-T debt 100 Carried over

100.0

Common stk 500 Carried over

500.0

Ret earnings 200 +37.8* 237.8

Total claims $1,062.8

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What are the additional funds needed (AFN)? Required assets = $1,250.0 Specified sources of fin. = $1,062.8 Forecast AFN: $1,250 - $1,062.8 =

$187.2 NWC must have the assets to make

forecasted sales, and so it needs an equal amount of financing. So, we must secure another $187.2 of financing.

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Assumptions about how AFN will be raised

No new common stock will be issued.

Any external funds needed will be raised as debt, 50% notes payable, and 50% L-T debt.

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How will the AFN be financed?

Additional notes payable=0.5 ($187.2) = $93.6.

Additional L-T debt= 0.5 ($187.2) = $93.6.

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2008 Balance Sheet (Claims)

w/o AFN AFN With AFN

AP accruals $125.0 $125.0

Notes payable

100.0 +93.6 193.6

Total CL $225.0 $318.6

L-T Debt 100.0 +93.6 193.6

Common stk 500.0 500.0

Ret earnings 237.8 237.8

Total claims $1,062.8

$1250.0

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Equation AFN = $184.5 vs.

Pro Forma AFN = $187.2.

Equation method assumes a constant profit margin.

Pro forma method is more flexible. More important, it allows different items to grow at different rates.

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Forecasted Ratios

2007 2008(E) Industry

Profit Margin 2.70% 2.52% 4.00%

ROE 7.71% 8.54% 15.60%

DSO (days) 43.80 43.80 32.00

Inv turnover 8.33x 8.33x 11.00x

FA turnover 4.00x 4.00x 5.00x

Debt ratio 30.00% 40.98% 36.00%

TIE 10.00x 6.25x 9.40x

Current ratio 2.50x 1.96x 3.00x

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What are the forecasted free cash flow and ROIC?

2007 2008(E)

Net operating WC(CA - AP & accruals)

$400 $500

Total operating capital(Net op. WC + net FA)

$900 $1,125

NOPAT (EBITx(1-T))Less Inv. in op. capital

$60 $75

$225

Free cash flow -$150

ROIC (NOPAT/Capital) 6.7%

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Proposed Improvements

Before After

DSO (days) 43.80 32.00

Accts. rec./Sales 12.00% 8.77%

Inventory turnover 8.33x 11.00x

Inventory/Sales 12.00% 9.09%

SGA/Sales 35.00% 33.00%

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Impact of Improvements (see Ch 14 Mini Case.xls for details)

Before After

AF $187.2 $15.7

Free cash flow -$150.0 $33.5

ROIC (NOPAT/Capital) 6.7% 10.8%

ROE 7.7% 12.3%

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If 2007 fixed assets had been operated at 75% of capacity:

Capacity sales =Actual sales

% of capacity

= = $2,667.$2,000

0.75

With the existing fixed assets, sales could be $2,667. Since sales are forecasted at only $2,500, no new fixed assets are needed.

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How would the excess capacity situation affect the 2008 AFN?

The previously projected increase in fixed assets was $125.

Since no new fixed assets will be needed, AFN will fall by $125, to:

$187.2 - $125 = $62.2.

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Ass

ets

Sales0

1,1001,000

2,000 2,500

Declining A/S Ratio

$1,000/$2,000 = 0.5; $1,100/$2,500 = 0.44. Declining ratio shows economies of scale. Going from S = $0 to S = $2,000 requires $1,000 of assets. Next $500 of sales requires only $100 of assets.

BaseStock

Economies of Scale

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Ass

ets

Sales

1,000 2,000500A/S changes if assets are lumpy. Generally will have excess capacity, but eventually a small S leads to a large A.

500

1,000

1,500

Lumpy Assets

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Summary: How different factors affect the AFN forecast.

Excess capacity: lowers AFN. Economies of scale: leads to less-

than-proportional asset increases. Lumpy assets: leads to large

periodic AFN requirements, recurring excess capacity.


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