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 — Q1 2016 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 business in the reported numbers was still written at older, less favorable terms. Let's analyze the transcript. The question is about "economic terms of the company's newest business" - meaning prices, rates, fees, spreads, contract sizes, durations, or profitability at which its most recent deals, orders, contracts, renewals, or transactions are being struck. The context is likely about pricing increases, new build economics, mobile contracts, etc. We need to see if management says that the terms of new business have improved versus the company's own recent past, and that the reported results still mostly reflect old terms. From the transcript, Mike Fries discusses price increases across two-thirds of customer base in Q1. He says: "we were particularly pleased with this kind of volume growth after taking price increases across two-thirds of our customer base in the first quarter." He also mentions that they took lessons from last year to reduce churn and optimize benefits. He says: "Going forward, as we manage the price value relationship in this time frame Q4, Q1 we think this RGU growth in the first quarter is the new normal for us, and phasing will be more back ended throughout the year." That suggests that the price increases are new and will benefit later quarters. Also, he mentions that they are confirming guidance, and that OCF growth is in line with internal budget phasing, expecting ramp in second half. But the question specifically asks about "economic terms of the company's newest business" - meaning the deals, contracts, renewals, etc. The transcript discusses price increases, new build economics, mobile contracts, etc. However, we need to see if management explicitly says that the terms of new business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that the reported results still mostly reflect old terms. Let's look for specific statements. Mike Fries says: "We doubled our net ads versus last year. We exceeded our own internal expectations, pretty considerably.
| 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 ...