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The model's full reasoning — Q4 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if the company described is still unprofitable or only marginally profitable, with losses shrinking, driven by business growth, and management treating profitability as near. From the transcript: The company is Veris Residential, transitioning to a pure-play multifamily company. They have been selling non-strategic assets, reducing debt, etc. They report net loss available to common shareholders of $0.63 per share for 2022, vs $1.39 in prior year. So losses narrowed. Core FFO was $0.05 for Q4 and $0.44 for full year 2022. They mention that earnings are variable due to transition, but they expect earnings to grow due to Haus25 lease-up, cost structure improvements, and balance sheet strengthening. They provide same store NOI growth guidance of 4-6% for 2023. They talk about strong rental growth, occupancy, etc. But is the company "still unprofitable"? They have net loss, but core FFO is positive? Actually core FFO is $0.44 for the year, so they are profitable on a core FFO basis? But they have net loss due to depreciation and other items. The question is about "unprofitable or only marginally profitable" - they have positive core FFO, but net loss. The improvement is driven by what? They sold assets, reduced debt, but also grew multifamily portfolio. They added 1,000 units, etc. But the improvement in net loss is partly due to gains on sales of non-strategic assets. They mention "higher gains recorded in 2022 on sales of non-strategic assets" as a reason for higher net income. So the improvement in net income is due to gains, not necessarily from operations. However, they also have core FFO positive, but that's a measure of operating performance. They say "core FFO was $0.05 and $0.44 for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022 respectively." That's positive, so they are profitable on a core FFO basis. But they also say "the transition to a pure play multi-family company continues to drive near term variability in our earnings." They are not giving guidance because of variability. They provide same store NOI growth guidance, but not company-level earnings.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNKD | MannKind Corporation | Q4 2023 | 2024-02-27 | C |
| EMKR | EMCORE Corporation | Q4 2023 | 2023-12-12 | C+ |
| QTRX | Quanterix Corporation | Q3 2023 | 2023-11-07 | B |
| ANGO | AngioDynamics, Inc. | Q1 2024 | 2023-10-04 | B |
| 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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