Question Bank › Front, middle, and back of the business all impr

Front, middle, and back of the business all improving at once, in management's own present-tense telling

Calls Tested
495
Answered YES
125
Hit Rate
25.3%
rare by design

SB Financial Group, Inc. (SBFG) — this company's answers

NO on the Q3 2017 call 2017-10-20 A
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2017 call → NOThe question is about whether management describes real, already-occurring improvement in all three zones: FRONT (new business coming in), MIDDLE (work being delivered), and BACK (business staying or ...

← Back to the full SBFG analysis

Show the exact prompt the model was given
Using ONLY the supplied earnings call transcript and no outside information: On this call, does management's own account of the just-reported period describe REAL, ALREADY-OCCURRING IMPROVEMENT IN ALL THREE ZONES OF THE BUSINESS AT THE SAME TIME \u2014 the FRONT (new business coming in), the MIDDLE (work being delivered or served), and the BACK (business staying, repeating, or committed forward) \u2014 each grounded in concrete current activity rather than hopes, and each attributed mainly to the company itself rather than to one-time or purely external causes?\n\nAnswer YES when management's own words convey, in whatever form fits the industry, ONE coherent picture of a business getting better across all three zones in the same recent period:\n\n(1) FRONT \u2014 MORE IS ARRIVING. Management describes new business actually coming to the company at a level above its own recent norm \u2014 in whatever form fits the business: new orders, bookings, wins, customers, accounts, enrollments, sign-ups, awards, traffic, or inbound activity that has actually happened or is happening now, described with some concrete grounding (who, what, how much, or compared to when), not pipeline, interest, or market opportunity.\n\n(2) MIDDLE \u2014 MORE IS BEING DELIVERED. Management describes the company's actual output or delivery of business also stepping up or running better \u2014 in whatever form fits the business: shipments, production, installations, completions, deployments, openings, patients served, projects executed, utilization, or throughput described as actually higher or improving now, not merely planned capacity or intentions.\n\n(3) BACK \u2014 MORE IS STAYING OR ALREADY SECURED FORWARD. Management describes the business the company has already won holding or deepening \u2014 in whatever form fits the business: customers renewing, reordering, returning, or expanding; retention or repeat behavior improving; backlog, committed work, contracted volumes, or forward bookings building beyond the company's usual level \u2014 described as already real (signed, ordered, recurring, or observed behavior), not hoped for.\n\nAll three zones must appear in management's own present-tense or just-happened account of the recent period \u2014 the improvements may be discussed anywhere on the call and in any vocabulary, and they need not be equal in size, but each must be real, current, and identifiable. It strengthens a YES when management itself connects the zones into one story of a business strengthening on multiple fronts and treats the combination as continuing rather than concluded.\n\nAnswer NO if only one or two of the three zones show real current improvement, however impressive \u2014 for example strong new orders while delivery or retention goes undiscussed or is flat/deteriorating, or great delivery of old backlog while new intake is soft. NO if any zone's 'improvement' exists only as plans, pipeline, targets, guidance, or market opportunity rather than as things already happening. NO if the improvements are attributed by management chiefly to one-time events, catch-up, pull-forward, restocking, an easy comparison, a single unusually large deal, commodity or price windfalls, or industry-wide conditions management expects to fade. NO if the company is chiefly explaining weakness, a turnaround still promised, or results being defended. NO if the three-zone picture is assembled only in an analyst's question or summary that management does not itself affirm with its own account. Use only the supplied transcript. Answer only YES or NO.

Companies that answered YES

TickerCompanyCallDateCall grade
CRGO Freightos Limited Q1 2024 2024-05-20 C+
WRBY Warby Parker Inc. Q1 2024 2024-05-09 A
AZEK The AZEK Company Inc. Q2 2024 2024-05-08 B+
ECPG Encore Capital Group, Inc. Q1 2024 2024-05-08 B
FWONK Formula One Group Q1 2024 2024-05-08 C+
LINC Lincoln Educational Services Corporation Q1 2024 2024-05-06 B+
AES The AES Corporation Q1 2024 2024-05-03 C+
CW Curtiss-Wright Corporation Q1 2024 2024-05-02 B+
ASB Associated Banc-Corp Q1 2024 2024-04-25 A
PBR Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Q4 2023 2024-03-08 D
NICE NICE Ltd. Q4 2023 2024-02-22 B+
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. Q4 2023 2024-02-15 B+
MET MetLife, Inc. Q4 2023 2024-02-01 B+
RDCM RADCOM Ltd. Q4 2023 2024-01-31 A
CHT Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. Q4 2023 2024-01-30 C
BRBR BellRing Brands, Inc. Q4 2023 2023-11-21 B+
EFXT Enerflex Ltd. Q3 2023 2023-11-09 C+
SCPH scPharmaceuticals Inc. Q3 2023 2023-11-08 B
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. Q3 2023 2023-11-02 C+
DASH DoorDash, Inc. Q3 2023 2023-11-01 C+
GRBK Green Brick Partners, Inc. Q3 2023 2023-11-01 B
VIPS Vipshop Holdings Limited Q2 2023 2023-08-18 C+
KMDA Kamada Ltd. Q2 2023 2023-08-16 B+
TGLS Tecnoglass Inc. Q2 2023 2023-08-08 A
AKYA Akoya Biosciences, Inc. Q2 2023 2023-08-07 C+
SPT Sprout Social, Inc. Q2 2023 2023-08-04 B+
ET Energy Transfer LP Q2 2023 2023-08-02 C+
PERI Perion Network Ltd. Q2 2023 2023-08-02 A
IMAX IMAX Corporation Q2 2023 2023-07-26 B+
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. Q2 2023 2023-07-13 A
SLF Sun Life Financial Inc. Q1 2023 2023-05-12 B
SPIR Spire Global, Inc. Q1 2023 2023-05-10 B
BRX Brixmor Property Group Inc. Q1 2023 2023-05-02 A
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-03-07 B
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-22 B
TOST Toast, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-16 C+
ADPT Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation Q4 2022 2023-02-14 C+
CEIX CONSOL Energy Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-07 B
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Q4 2022 2023-01-20 B
UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-01-18 B
PKOH Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. Q3 2022 2022-11-13 B
SIBN SI-BONE, Inc. Q3 2022 2022-11-07 C+
SYY Sysco Corporation Q1 2023 2022-11-01 C+
TMCI Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-13 B+
EVGO EVgo, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-09 C+
DM Desktop Metal, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-08 F
XHR Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-05 A
HLNE Hamilton Lane Incorporated Q1 2023 2022-08-02 C+
IT Gartner, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-02 A
SYM Symbotic Inc. Q3 2022 2022-08-01 B+
CME CME Group Inc. Q2 2022 2022-07-27 B
OGI OrganiGram Holdings Inc. Q3 2022 2022-07-14 B+
KFY Korn Ferry Q4 2022 2022-06-22 B
FLYW Flywire Corporation Q1 2022 2022-05-14 B+
ZVIA Zevia PBC Q1 2022 2022-05-12 B
FARM Farmer Bros. Co. Q3 2022 2022-05-07 D
BXP Boston Properties, Inc. Q1 2022 2022-05-03 A
WRB W. R. Berkley Corporation Q1 2022 2022-04-26 B
CNXC Concentrix Corporation Q1 2022 2022-03-30 B
FAT FAT Brands Inc. Q4 2021 2022-03-21 F
ZENV Zenvia Inc. Q4 2021 2022-03-17 C+
SOPH SOPHiA GENETICS SA Q4 2021 2022-03-15 C
RELY Remitly Global, Inc. Q4 2021 2022-03-02 B
FLUX Flux Power Holdings, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-02-10 D
VVV Valvoline Inc. Q1 2022 2022-02-09 C+
LC LendingClub Corporation Q4 2021 2022-01-26 A
OOMA Ooma, Inc. Q3 2022 2021-12-02 B+
GFS GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. Q3 2021 2021-11-30 A
ZH Zhihu Inc. Q3 2021 2021-11-22 D
BFI BurgerFi International, Inc. Q3 2021 2021-11-12 C
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc. Q3 2021 2021-11-04 A
WMB The Williams Companies, Inc. Q3 2021 2021-11-02 B
ASAN Asana, Inc. Q2 2022 2021-09-01 B+
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. Q2 2021 2021-08-18 C
CPRX Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q2 2021 2021-08-10 C+
OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. Q2 2021 2021-08-10 B+
AMC AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Q2 2021 2021-08-09 D
EMR Emerson Electric Co. Q3 2021 2021-08-04 B+
CRS Carpenter Technology Corporation Q4 2021 2021-08-01 A
TENB Tenable Holdings, Inc. Q2 2021 2021-07-27 A
CMTL Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Q1 2019 2018-12-07 B+
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. Q3 2019 2018-11-20 A
OGE OGE Energy Corp. Q3 2018 2018-11-08 A
UMH UMH Properties, Inc. Q3 2018 2018-11-02 C+
LRN Stride, Inc. Q1 2019 2018-10-23 B
ORAN Orange SA Q2 2018 2018-07-26 B
JBT John Bean Technologies Corporation Q2 2018 2018-07-26 B
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. Q2 2018 2018-07-26 A
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Q2 2018 2018-06-28 C+
NOVT Novanta Inc. Q4 2017 2018-05-12 B+
FSS Federal Signal Corporation Q1 2018 2018-05-12 A
SATS EchoStar Corporation Q1 2018 2018-05-10 C+
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. Q1 2018 2018-04-26 B+
ILMN Illumina, Inc. Q1 2018 2018-04-24 A
ATI Allegheny Technologies Incorporated Q1 2018 2018-04-24 B
TOUR Tuniu Corporation Q4 2017 2018-03-14 D
EPAM EPAM Systems, Inc. Q4 2017 2018-02-16 B
AVT Avnet, Inc. Q2 2018 2018-01-25 B
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation Q3 2017 2017-11-10 A
HOLX Hologic, Inc. Q4 2017 2017-11-08 D
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. Q4 2017 2017-11-08 C
MITK Mitek Systems, Inc. Q4 2017 2017-11-07 C+
RACE Ferrari N.V. Q3 2017 2017-11-02 C+
BCE BCE Inc. Q2 2017 2017-08-05 B+
CCOI Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. Q2 2017 2017-08-03 B
LEA Lear Corporation Q2 2017 2017-07-26 B+
BIIB Biogen Inc. Q2 2017 2017-07-25 B
CNS Cohen & Steers, Inc. Q2 2017 2017-07-20 B
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated Q2 2017 2017-06-08 B
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q1 2017 2017-05-09 C
SHOO Steven Madden, Ltd. Q1 2017 2017-04-21 C
ABR Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Q4 2016 2017-03-03 B+
ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, I Q4 2016 2017-02-28 B
BP BP p.l.c. Q4 2016 2017-02-07 B+
BDC Belden Inc. Q4 2016 2017-02-02 B
WYY WidePoint Corporation Q3 2016 2016-11-09 D
TGI Triumph Group, Inc. Q2 2017 2016-11-03 C+
MAT Mattel, Inc. Q3 2016 2016-10-19 C
NDSN Nordson Corporation Q3 2016 2016-08-23 A
LBTYK Liberty Global's Q1 2016 2016-05-10 C+
GOGO Gogo Inc. Q1 2016 2016-05-06 C+
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Q1 2016 2016-04-29 C+
WK Workiva Inc. Q4 2015 2016-03-01 B
HPP Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Q4 2015 2016-02-25 C
SAN Banco Santander, S.A. Q4 2015 2016-01-27 B

How the model reasoned

CRS · Q4 2021 → YESThe question is about whether management describes real, already-occurring improvement in all three zones: FRONT (new business coming in), MIDDLE (work being delivered), and BACK (business staying or ...YES The transcript shows management describing concurrent improvements across all three zones in the just-reported quarter. FRONT is evidenced by bookings up 14% sequentially and backlog up 20%, with specific wins like the Athens qualification. MIDDLE is supported by sales excluding surcharge increasing 17% on 27% higher volume, higher-than anticipated shipments, and sequential sales growth of 16-18% across segments. BACK is confirmed by the total backlog rising 20% sequentially and extending lead times. These are presented as current, real activities rather than plans or external factors alone, with management linking them to their strategic positioning and execution, creating a unified picture of strengthening business performance.
ILMN · Q1 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management describes real, already-occurring improvement in all three zones: FRONT (new business coming in), MIDDLE (work being delivered), and BACK (business staying or ...YES The transcript shows management describing real, already-occurring improvements across all three zones in the recent quarter, grounded in concrete current activity and primarily attributed to the company's own efforts rather than external or one-time factors. For FRONT (new business arriving): Management highlights strong adoption by new-to-sequencing customers, with approximately 50 % of benchtop shipments coming from this group and about 25 % of NovaSeq orders from new-to-Illumina or straight-from-benchtop customers. They also note approaching 100 iSeq orders and continued strong interest from current high-throughput customers, all presented as actual recent activity above recent norms.
XHR · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management describes real, already-occurring improvement in all three zones: FRONT (new business coming in), MIDDLE (work being delivered), and BACK (business staying or ...YES Management describes real, already-occurring improvement across all three zones in the same recent period, grounded in concrete current activity and primarily attributed to the company itself. FRONT (new business arriving): Group business benefited from solid in-the-quarter-for-the-quarter bookings and strong rate growth; notable improvement in citywide conventions; corporate transient demand continued to recover, with midweek occupancies building through the second quarter. MIDDLE (work being delivered): Q2 RevPAR up 2% vs 2019, occupancy 69.8%, all properties generating positive hotel EBITDA, margins improved; July preliminary RevPAR showing continued strength.

More from the question bank

The hard part is already doneSizing the constraint out loudSold out of itselfProven engine, fuel already in the tankYoung streak off a low baseFixed price, unfixed volumeAll questions →
Not investment advice. Artul.ai publishes AI-generated earnings-call quality grades and expected-volatility estimates — never buy or sell recommendations. We tested over 1,600 predictive hypotheses against 165,000 transcripts; the honest result, including what failed, is documented in our methodology.