New business is being written on visibly better terms than the company's own recent norm, and the mix shift has just beg
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2023 call → NOWe need to determine if management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement has only begun to flow into reported results because most of the reported business was still written at older, less favorable terms. We need to look for both halves: (1) new business terms have visibly improved vs company's own recent past, and (2) reported results still mostly reflect old terms. From the transcript, management discusses pricing and cost management. They talk about managing price and cost, and that they have taken a more strategic approach to pricing. They mention that they are able to manage price and cost, and that they have improved gross profit performance. However, they do not explicitly say that the terms of new business (prices, rates, etc.) have stepped up meaningfully above their own recent norm. They talk about price increases due to cost inflation, but that is passing through cost increases, not a genuine step-up in economics. They also mention that they are managing price and cost, and that they have been able to improve margins. But they do not describe new contracts or orders being written at higher prices than before in a way that indicates a step-up beyond cost pass-through. They also mention that they are seeing favorability on input costs, which might suggest that they are not raising prices further. They also talk about slowing order rates and lead time compression. There is no indication that new business terms are meaningfully better than recent past. They talk about strategic pricing, but that seems to be about managing price/volume trade-offs, not necessarily higher prices. They also mention that they are managing price and cost, and that they have been able to improve margins, but that could be due to cost reductions rather than price increases. They do not say that the improvement is early in the numbers or that reported results still reflect old terms. In fact, they say that the margin performance was delivered by managing price and some increasing favorability on input costs. That suggests that the improvement is already in the reported results. They also say that they are not surprised by these gross margin levels, implying that the improvement is already reflected.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | CTO Realty Growth, Inc. | Q2 2023 | 2023-07-28 | B |
| CARS | Cars.com Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-06 | B |
| BRX | Brixmor Property Group Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-02 | A |
| CRBG | Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Q4 2022 | 2023-02-22 | B |
| FLR | Fluor Corporation | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-05 | D |
| CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-03 | C |
| BRKL | Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-30 | B+ |
| INVH | Invitation Homes Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-28 | B+ |
| MTB | M&T Bank Corporation | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-20 | B+ |
| GFS | GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. | Q3 2021 | 2021-11-30 | A |
| GNK | Genco Shipping & Trading Limited | Q2 2021 | 2021-08-07 | A |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | Q2 2018 | 2018-08-03 | B+ |
| ALLY | Ally Financial Inc. | Q1 2018 | 2018-04-26 | B+ |
CRL · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management's comments on Safety Assessment pricing and backlog directly address both required elements: they describe current bookings and backlog at "escalating prices" and "meaningful price increases" that are already achieved on real transactions (not targets or future expectations), while noting that the reported Q2 results are still dominated by older 2022 terms and that the stronger pricing is accelerating into H2 and 2023 bookings.
ESS · Q2 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management describes the loss-to-lease metric rising to 3.
CTO · Q2 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...