Reporting the counterparty's growth as its own: management explains the company's coming year by narrating what its cust
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2018 call → NOThe question asks whether management explains the company's business direction by narrating what its counterparties are themselves doing and scaling. I need to check if the transcript shows management speaking about counterparties' growth as the driver of the company's own coming activity, with the company already embedded in that growth, and the counterparties' trajectory being early and large. Looking at the transcript, management discusses: - Strong growth in the Delaware Basin supported by critical midstream infrastructure coming online - Ramsey facility running above nameplate capacity - Strong demand for water services - Volumetric growth in DJ Basin - 2019 expectations of at least 20% organic growth in adjusted EBITDA However, the key question is whether management narrates what its counterparties (customers, producers) are themselves doing. The transcript mentions "our large customers' pro-activity in securing takeaway out of the basin" - this is a brief mention. Management mentions Anadarko's comments about strength in diversity and optionality to move rigs. But the bulk of management's forward account seems focused on the company's own infrastructure coming online (Mentone, Ramsey, Whitethorn), its own capital expenditures declining, and its own growth projections. The counterparties' trajectories are not substantially narrated as the driver of the company's coming activity. When asked about 2019 growth, management says "we can give more than a rough breakout when we give guidance" and mentions Delaware as the high growth entity where capital was spent. This is about the company's own assets, not about counterparties' expansion. The mention of Anadarko's optionality to move rigs is in response to a question about hypothetical scenarios, not a forward account of counterparty growth driving the company. Management does not substantially describe what specific producers are doing - their drilling programs, production schedules, or build-outs - as the driver of Western Gas's coming volumes. The account is primarily about the company's own infrastructure and capital plans. Therefore, the answer is NO.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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OOMA · Q3 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management narrates what its counterparties are doing and scaling, presenting the company's future volume as a consequence of those parties' trajectories.
MBLY · Q2 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management narrates what its counterparties are doing and scaling, presenting the company's volume as a consequence of those parties' trajectories.
ILMN · Q1 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management narrates what its counterparties are doing and scaling, presenting the company's future as a consequence of those parties' trajectories.