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 — Q4 2021 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. We need to look for both halves: (1) terms of new business have visibly improved vs company's own recent past, and (2) reported results still mostly reflect old terms. From the transcript, we have discussion about pricing, ARPU, take rates, etc. Let's examine. Matt Oppenheimer: "Pricing is also a key part of localization and has been an additional strategic differentiator for Remitly. We drove strong pricing in the fourth quarter with average revenue per active customer up 13% year-over-year." That's about ARPU, not necessarily new business terms. Susanna Morgan: "Our average revenue per active customer increased 13% year-over-year to $48. This increase was primarily driven by active customers transacting more frequently with more than half of active customers transacting multiple times a month, along with an increase in revenue per transaction. This demonstrates the stability we're seeing in pricing and the differentiated value we're delivering for our customers." So they mention increase in revenue per transaction, but that's overall, not specifically new business vs old. Later, in Q&A, Ramsey asks about pricing strategy: "You mentioned some dynamics around pricing and I was just wondering if you both could give me some more, kind of, commentary on your pricing strategy in terms of the mix between taking specific actions as opposed to just benefiting from favorable geographic mix? And I guess has anything changed in terms of us thinking about pricing as a more meaningful kind of recurring input to your growth algorithm?" Matt Oppenheimer: "Overall, as we mentioned, our pricing trends have been favorable. Our ARPU, average revenue per user, was up 13% year-over-year. And the other context is that take rates have been very stable, above 2% over the past seven quarters. So, we feel good about our pricing. And the reason why we feel good is because of the fact that we know why customers choose us and continue to come back to us with that 90%-plus revenue retention.
| 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 ...