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 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if management indicates that the economic terms of new 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 reported business was still at older terms. Looking at the transcript, there is discussion about the SOFR transition, fee waivers, and the RPC (revenue per contract) for SOFR futures and options. Management says they are not yet at the point where RPC equals historical Eurodollar levels. They mention that the goal is for SOFR RPC to equal what they had historically for Eurodollar, but they are not there yet. This implies that the new SOFR business is currently at lower revenue per contract than the old Eurodollar business, but they expect it to improve over time. However, this is about the transition from one product to another, not necessarily a step-up in terms of new business versus the company's own recent norm. The fee waivers are temporary incentives to encourage adoption, and they plan to conclude the SOFR first for options initiative in August. The costs associated with that are in license fees. They don't explicitly say that the terms of new business have improved meaningfully above the company's own recent norm. In fact, they are offering fee waivers, which means lower revenue per contract for SOFR products compared to Eurodollar. They expect to eventually get RPC to equal historical levels, but that is a future expectation, not an achieved improvement. Also, they mention that the reported results still reflect the old terms? Actually, they say they are not there yet, meaning the RPC is still lower, so the reported results include the lower RPC for SOFR. But they don't say that the improvement has only begun to flow into results; rather, they are still in the process of transitioning and expect to reach parity in the future. This is not a step-up in terms; it's a convergence to historical levels. So the answer is NO. Another point: They invested in S&P Dow Jones Indices JV, but that's an investment, not about terms of new business. They talk about revenue growth, but not about pricing improvements. Thus, the answer is NO.
| 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 ...