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Personal bests piling up

Personal bests piling up: management reports multiple company-history records in the same quarter

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455
Answered YES
57
Hit Rate
12.5%
rare by design

ABM Industries Incorporated (ABM) — this company's answers

NO on the Q2 2017 call 2017-06-08 B
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2017 call → NOWe need to determine if management reports at least two distinct company-history bests in the same recent period. The transcript mentions strong growth, but no explicit "record" or "all-time high" or "first-ever" for the company. They talk about momentum, but no superlatives like "record revenue" or "largest contract ever". They mention "strong topline performance" but not record. They mention "solid organic growth" but not record. They mention "we are raising guidance" but that's future. No mention of "first time" or "all-time high". So answer NO.

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Using ONLY the supplied earnings call transcript and no outside information: On this call, does management itself report that the company has JUST SET MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMPANY-HISTORY BESTS IN THE SAME RECENT PERIOD — that is, does management describe, in its own words, at least TWO clearly different aspects of the business that have each just reached the highest, largest, fastest, or first-ever level in the company's own history? Answer YES when management's own account of the recent period includes SEVERAL genuine "never before for us" markers, each anchored to the company's own past — in whatever form fits the business. These company-history superlatives may include, for example: record or all-time-high orders, backlog, bookings, volumes, output, production, shipments, customer count, users, locations, utilization, win rate, retention, market position, or activity levels; the largest contract, order, program, deployment, or customer in the company's history; a first-ever achievement for the company (first profitable period, first time crossing a stated size threshold, first product of its kind shipped, first entry that the company has never accomplished before); or the fastest the company has ever done something it has done before. What matters is that (a) management ITSELF frames each item as a record, all-time high, largest-ever, or first-ever FOR THIS COMPANY — a comparison against the company's own entire history, not merely growth, a strong quarter, a multi-year high, or a best-since-some-date; (b) the superlatives come from at least TWO genuinely DIFFERENT dimensions of the business — different metrics, different parts of the operation, or different kinds of achievement — not one accomplishment restated in several ways (for example, record revenue AND record earnings from the same quarter count as closely related but still acceptable only if management also marks a record in something operational beyond the income statement, such as orders, customers, volumes, capacity, or a largest-ever win); and (c) each record concerns something that ALREADY HAPPENED — an achieved level or completed event in the recent period — not a projected, targeted, or hoped-for future record. Answer NO if management reports at most one company-history best, however impressive. NO if the superlatives are only relative comparisons — "strong growth," "best quarter in three years," "near record," "one of our best" — rather than clear firsts or all-time bests for the company. NO if the record language refers to the industry, the market, or a competitor rather than the company's own history. NO if the records are only forecast ("we expect record results next year") rather than already achieved. NO if the multiple "records" are really a single achievement described from several angles. NO if the record framing appears only in an analyst's question or summary that management does not itself state or affirm. Use only the supplied transcript. Answer only YES or NO.

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ET Energy Transfer LP Q2 2023 2023-08-02 C+
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BRX Brixmor Property Group Inc. Q1 2023 2023-05-02 A
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M Macy's, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-03-02 D
POOL Pool Corporation Q4 2022 2023-02-16 C+
PI Impinj, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-08 B+
CEIX CONSOL Energy Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-07 B
CNA CNA Financial Corporation Q4 2022 2023-02-06 B
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-01 F
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CIG Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais Q3 2022 2022-11-16 C+
PKOH Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. Q3 2022 2022-11-13 B
ICL ICL Group Ltd Q3 2022 2022-11-09 B+
SIBN SI-BONE, Inc. Q3 2022 2022-11-07 C+
HLNE Hamilton Lane Incorporated Q1 2023 2022-08-02 C+
KFY Korn Ferry Q4 2022 2022-06-22 B
BIG Big Lots, Inc. Q1 2022 2022-05-27 F
IRTC iRhythm Technologies, Inc. Q1 2022 2022-05-07 C+
CCRN Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. Q1 2022 2022-05-04 B
WRB W. R. Berkley Corporation Q1 2022 2022-04-26 B
NGVT Ingevity Corporation Q4 2021 2022-02-25 B
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation plc Q4 2021 2022-02-07 C+
FORM FormFactor, Inc. Q4 2021 2022-02-02 B
EXP Eagle Materials Inc. Q3 2022 2022-01-27 B
CYBR CyberArk Software Ltd. Q3 2021 2021-11-04 B+
IPGP IPG Photonics Corporation Q3 2021 2021-11-02 C
ASAN Asana, Inc. Q2 2022 2021-09-01 B+
UFI Unifi, Inc. Q4 2021 2021-08-07 B
CRS Carpenter Technology Corporation Q4 2021 2021-08-01 A
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Q2 2021 2021-07-13 A
OGE OGE Energy Corp. Q3 2018 2018-11-08 A
JBT John Bean Technologies Corporation Q2 2018 2018-07-26 B
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How the model reasoned

DXCM · Q4 2023 → YESThe question is: Does management report that the company has JUST SET MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMPANY-HISTORY BESTS IN THE SAME RECENT PERIOD? At least TWO clearly different aspects that each just reached t...YES Management itself describes multiple distinct company-history bests achieved in the recent period. Kevin Sayer states that 2023 featured “another year of record customer starts,” “record levels of free cash flow, which is up nearly 70% compared to 2022,” and “the largest expansion of coverage in our company’s history.” Jereme Sylvain separately notes “our fastest quarterly U.S. growth rate since the beginning of 2021” and “eight straight quarters of at least 250 basis points of year-over-year OpEx leverage.” These are framed as company-specific milestones (record starts, record FCF, largest coverage expansion 2023, fastest quarterly growth since 2021, eight-quarter OpEx leverage streak) rather than industry or market comparisons, and each concerns completed events in the just-ended period. The transcript therefore meets the criteria for at least two genuinely different dimensions of achievement.
PBR · Q4 2023 → YESThe question is: Does management report that the company has JUST SET MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMPANY-HISTORY BESTS IN THE SAME RECENT PERIOD? At least TWO clearly different aspects that each just reached t...YES In his opening remarks, President Jean Paul Prates explicitly states multiple company-history bests achieved in 2023: record oil and gas production levels, record refinement levels, and the highest energy efficiency in the company's history. These are distinct operational achievements framed as firsts or all-time highs for Petrobras itself, not 2023-specific growth or industry comparisons. Later, Director Joelson Mendes confirms pre-salt production broke records, and Director William Franca notes the RTC segment reached the best results in history. These qualify as multiple distinct business-dimension superlatives from management. No other records are projected or relative. The answer is therefore YES.
NICE · Q4 2023 → YESThe question is: Does management report that the company has JUST SET MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMPANY-HISTORY BESTS IN THE SAME RECENT PERIOD? At least TWO clearly different aspects that each just reached t...YES Management itself describes multiple distinct company-history bests achieved in the recent period. Barak Eilam states: “record cash generation of $561 million for the year” and “record-setting pipeline.” Beth Gaspich reports: “Total revenue for the fourth quarter was a record $623 million,” “Cloud revenue … 6% sequentially to a record of $429 million,” “our recurring revenue further increased to a record 88% of total revenue,” “Our outstanding cloud growth margin reached a record 71.1% in Q4,” “Earnings per share for the fourth quarter totaled a record $2.36,” and “for 2023 … record $561 million.

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