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 2015 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 whether management conveys both halves: (1) new business terms have visibly improved vs. own recent past, and (2) reported results still mostly reflect old terms. We need to look for any statements about pricing, contract terms, renewals, etc. The transcript discusses volume growth, price/cost, productivity, etc. But we need to see if there is any indication that new contracts or orders are being written at better economics than before. The transcript mentions price increases for tubes and core in the U.S. and Canada. Jack says: "We did see some benefit in the fourth quarter from the announced 5% to 8% price increase for tubes and core in the U.S. and Canada and that should continue into 2016." That is a price increase, but is it a step-up in terms of new business? It's a price increase that they announced and saw some benefit. But is it described as a meaningful improvement over their own recent norm? Possibly, but we need to see if they say that the reported results still mostly reflect old terms. They say "should continue into 2016" but that doesn't necessarily mean that the improvement is only beginning to flow in. They saw some benefit in Q4, so it's already partially reflected. Also, the price increase is for a specific product line, not necessarily the whole business. Another point: They mention that price/cost was favorable due to lower raw materials, but that's passing through cost decreases, not a step-up in economics. The question specifically says "NO if better pricing is described mainly as passing through the company's own cost increases" but here it's cost decreases, so that's not a step-up. Also, they talk about volume growth, but that's not about terms. We need to see if management indicates that new contracts are being signed at better rates. There is no mention of contract renewals at better terms, or new deals being more profitable.
| 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 ...