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 2023 call → NOWe need to determine if management indicates that the economic terms of the 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 the economic terms of new business: prices, rates, fees, spreads, contract sizes, durations, profitability. The key is whether management says that new deals are being struck at better terms than the company's own recent past, and that the reported results still mostly reflect old terms. In the transcript, management discusses various aspects: sales growth, volume growth, market share, inflation, gross profit per case, etc. They mention that they are winning new business at "strong profit profiles versus historical averages" and that these are multi-year contracts. Specifically, Kevin Hourican says: "It is important to note that we are winning this business at strong profit profiles versus historical averages and these are multi-year contracts." That suggests that the new national sales contracts are more profitable than historical averages. That is a step-up in terms. Also, they mention that they are gaining market share and growing more than 1.4 times the market. But the key is whether the reported results still reflect old terms. They say that the strong start to the year gives confidence in reaffirming full year guidance. They also mention that the improvement in operating costs is expected in the second half. But regarding the new business terms, they say that the new national sales wins are at strong profit profiles, and these are multi-year contracts. However, they don't explicitly say that the reported results are still dominated by older, less favorable contracts. They do say that the wins are on top of more than $2 billion of net new national sales wins delivered over the past two years. But they don't say that the current quarter's results are still mostly from older contracts. Let's look for any statement about the mix shift. They mention that the new business is at strong profit profiles, but they don't explicitly say that the reported results are still mostly from older terms.
| 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 ...