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Conversion calendar in hand

Conversion calendar in hand: management narrates the coming year as dated deliveries of business already secured

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443
Answered YES
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Hit Rate
1.4%
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Ferrari N.V. (RACE) — this company's answers

NO on the Q3 2017 call 2017-11-02 C+
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2017 call → NOThe question asks whether management lays out a timetable of specific conversions that are already secured or in motion, each attached to an approximate timeframe, so the forward story reads as a schedule of things turning on. Let me examine the transcript for what management says about the next four or so quarters. Key forward-looking statements in the transcript: 1. Portofino - "Deliveries of the Portofino, which already has a robust waiting list will commence in 2018." - This is a product launch, already unveiled, deliveries commencing in 2018. This is a secured item - the car is launched, has a waiting list, deliveries will commence. 2. 812 Superfast - "just arrived in EMEA" - already ramping. 3. FXX K Evo - "It's not in this quarter. That's all I'll tell you. I think it will get delivered between the end of this year and next year." - This is a limited series, price known, deliveries between end of year and next year. 4. Hong Kong dealership - "We now have selected a permanent solution to the distribution in Hong Kong after a period of vacuum of deliveries into the customer base. That's the reason why Q3 looks as weak as it does. I think we'll see a recovery of the position, including product flow starting in Q4" - this is a recovery of an existing situation, not really a new conversion. 5. Patent box - "we've started officially the process with the tax authorities" - this is still in process, not secured. 6. Hybrid R&D costs - "you will see a ramp-up" in 2018 - this is a cost, not a revenue conversion. Now, does management present a timetable of secured items? The Portofino is launched, has a waiting list, deliveries commence in 2018. The FXX K Evo is sold (price known, deliveries between end of year and next year). The 812 Superfast is already arriving. But does management present these as a schedule driving results? Let me look at how they discuss 2018. When asked about LaFerrari Aperta leaving a hole in 2018 earnings, Marchionne says "Yes, the answer is yes" that volume and earnings from Superfast, Portofino, and GTC4Lusso variant will fill the gap. But he doesn't lay out a detailed schedule. When asked about 2018 ramp, Marchionne says "No, the answer is no, Stephen. I think we need to be careful. We have not unveiled the whole product range for 2018... There's other stuff coming which is typical of Ferrari.

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Using ONLY the supplied earnings call transcript and no outside information: On this call, when management talks about the company's NEXT FOUR OR SO QUARTERS, does it lay out a TIMETABLE OF SPECIFIC CONVERSIONS \u2014 identified pieces of business that are ALREADY SECURED OR ALREADY IN MOTION, each attached to an at-least-approximate time frame in which it starts contributing \u2014 so that the forward story reads as a schedule of things turning on, rather than as hopes about demand?\n\nAnswer YES when management's own words convey BOTH of the following as one coherent forward account, in whatever form fits the business:\n\n(1) THE ITEMS ON THE TIMETABLE ARE ALREADY REAL. Management identifies concrete business whose existence is no longer in question \u2014 already won, signed, awarded, ordered, booked, contracted, built, launched, closed, or already ramping \u2014 in whatever form fits the industry: contracted work or orders scheduled for delivery; a facility, capacity, product, service, or location recently completed or opening on a stated timetable and now filling; customers or programs already signed that go live or scale on a described schedule; an acquisition or expansion already closed whose contribution phases in; committed volumes stepping up on agreed dates. One substantial item or several smaller ones together both count. Items still being pursued, negotiated, piloted without commitment, or awaiting approvals, financing, or customer decisions do NOT count toward the timetable.\n\n(2) MANAGEMENT ATTACHES TIMING AND TREATS THE SCHEDULE AS THE FORWARD STORY. Management gives each identified item an at-least-rough time anchor within roughly the coming year (this quarter, next quarter, by mid-year, second half, a named month or season) and presents working through this sequence \u2014 starting, ramping, delivering, onboarding, filling \u2014 as the main driver of where the company's results go from here, conveying directly or plainly in substance that the period just reported does not yet meaningfully reflect these contributions, so today's numbers describe the company before the scheduled conversions land.\n\nAnswer NO if the forward discussion rests mainly on demand strength, market conditions, pipeline, opportunities being pursued, or general optimism, with no dated schedule of secured items. NO if the timetable consists of routine, ordinary-course activity at the company's usual scale \u2014 the normal cadence of openings, orders, or seasonal work it always has \u2014 that management does not present as stepping the company beyond its current level. NO if the named items are contingent on approvals, financing, negotiations, or decisions not yet made, or if the only timing given is vague ('over time', 'in the coming years', 'eventually'). NO if the scheduled items' contributions are already substantially reflected in the reported results. NO if management is chiefly explaining delays, slippage, cancellations, or problems with a previously described schedule. NO if the schedule is assembled only in an analyst's question or model that management does not itself adopt.\n\nUse only the supplied transcript. Answer only YES or NO.

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How the model reasoned

CPK · Q3 2017 → YESThe question is about whether management lays out a timetable of specific conversions for the next four or so quarters, with already secured business and approximate time frames.
SOL · Q3 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management lays out a timetable of specific conversions for the next four or so quarters, with already secured items and approximate time frames.
FLL · Q3 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management lays out a timetable of specific conversions for the next four or so quarters, with already secured items and approximate time frames.

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