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The model's full reasoning — Q2 2022 call → NOWe need answer only YES or NO. Need evaluate based on transcript. Company Surgery Partners. They report adjusted EBITDA $86.1M, positive. Revenue $615M, 13% growth. They are profitable on adjusted EBITDA. They have net losses? They don't discuss net income. They are not "still unprofitable" in terms of adjusted EBITDA. They have positive adjusted EBITDA and margins 14%. They are already solidly profitable at EBITDA level. Question asks "STILL UNPROFITABLE OR ONLY MARGINALLY PROFITABLE but whose losses, burn, or shortfall are VISIBLY AND MATERIALLY SHRINKING" driven by growth. But management describes positive adjusted EBITDA, growth, reaffirming guidance. They are not discussing losses or burn. They have positive free cash flow? They say "reported positive free cash flows in the second quarter with $42 million of cash flow from operations, $61 million of distributions to partners and CapEx, and $22 million of repayments of Medicare advanced payments." Actually cash flow from operations $42M, distributions and CapEx $61M, so negative free cash flow? They say "positive free cash flows" but then list outflows? Let's parse: "We reported positive free cash flows in the second quarter with $42 million of cash flow from operations, $61 million of distributions to our partners and CapEx, and $22 million of repayments of Medicare advanced payments." That seems contradictory. Maybe they mean positive free cash flow before distributions? But anyway they are not unprofitable. They have adjusted EBITDA positive and growing. They are already profitable at EBITDA. The question asks if company is still unprofitable or only marginally profitable but gap closing. Here they are profitable and growing. So answer NO. Need only YES or NO.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNKD | MannKind Corporation | Q4 2023 | 2024-02-27 | C |
| EMKR | EMCORE Corporation | Q4 2023 | 2023-12-12 | C+ |
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| SPIR | Spire Global, Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-10 | B |
| ULCC | Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-07 | C+ |
| TACT | TransAct Technologies Incorporated | Q4 2022 | 2023-03-08 | A |
| TOST | Toast, Inc. | Q4 2022 | 2023-02-16 | C+ |
| OGI | OrganiGram Holdings Inc. | Q3 2022 | 2022-07-14 | B+ |
| IRTC | iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Q1 2022 | 2022-05-07 | C+ |
| AMC | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | Q2 2021 | 2021-08-09 | D |
| BCOV | Brightcove Inc. | Q1 2018 | 2018-04-26 | B+ |
| WYY | WidePoint Corporation | Q3 2016 | 2016-11-09 | D |
| ARAY | Accuray Incorporated | Q4 2016 | 2016-08-17 | B |
| VRNS | Varonis Systems, Inc. | Q2 2016 | 2016-08-09 | B+ |
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