Sequential re-rating: management describes the same offering landing bigger the second and third time around
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if management describes successive engagements of the same kind coming in at progressively larger size. The question asks: does management convey that the deals, orders, contracts, projects, customers, sites, or programs it is landing NOW are individually bigger, broader, or longer than the ones it was landing for the same offering not long ago, so that each new instance of essentially the same business is worth more to the company than the last? We need to look for management's own words that indicate escalation of unit size, with comparison to recent past, already real and recurring, and early stage. Let's scan the transcript for any such statements. The call covers Q2 2022 results. Management discusses revenue growth, enterprise revenue growth, new enterprise customers, etc. But we need to see if they mention that the size of individual deals or contracts is increasing. Key points: Hayden Brown mentions "enterprise revenue increased 45% year-over-year to $12.3 million. And the number of clients that spent $1 million or more in the trailing 12 months, increased significantly year-over-year." That's about number of clients, not necessarily size of each deal. Also "Our sales team achieved their deals per rep productivity targets." That's about productivity, not deal size. Jeff McCombs mentions "overall spend across the 800,000 approximate clients we have on the platform is up 16% year-over-year, those are spending over 100,000 are up 38% and million dollar spenders are growing significantly as well." That indicates that the larger clients are growing faster, but that could be due to expansion of existing clients, not necessarily new deals being larger. The question specifically asks about successive engagements of the same kind coming in at progressively larger size. That is, when the company signs a new deal, is that deal bigger than previous deals? Or when a client comes back for more, is the follow-on larger? The transcript mentions "strong client reengagement rates" and "clients are averaging a much faster time to hire" and "they're also returning to do follow-on work, which often is in the talent marketplace at a much higher rate 50% higher than we've seen with talent marketplace jobs historically." That is about reengagement, but not necessarily about the size of those follow-on engagements being larger.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASO | Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. | Q1 2024 | 2024-06-11 | C+ |
| AKYA | Akoya Biosciences, Inc. | Q2 2023 | 2023-08-07 | C+ |
| SPT | Sprout Social, Inc. | Q2 2023 | 2023-08-04 | B+ |
| SGRY | Surgery Partners, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-02 | B+ |
| CYBR | CyberArk Software Ltd. | Q3 2021 | 2021-11-04 | B+ |
| ASAN | Asana, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2021-09-01 | B+ |
| OWL | Blue Owl Capital Inc. | Q2 2021 | 2021-08-10 | B+ |
AKYA · Q2 2023 → YESThe question is: Does management describe that the company's SUCCESSIVE ENGAGEMENTS OF THE SAME KIND ARE COMING IN AT PROGRESSIVELY LARGER SIZE? YES The transcript shows management describing a clear pattern of escalating project sizes in the translational/clinical space. Brian notes a migration from exploratory studies (reasonable size) to larger retrospective studies and even larger retrospective-prospective ongoing clinical studies, with projects moving "further and further downstream.
ASAN · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is: Does management describe that the company's SUCCESSIVE ENGAGEMENTS OF THE SAME KIND ARE COMING IN AT PROGRESSIVELY LARGER SIZE? YES Management describes exactly this pattern. Dustin notes the company is “closing larger deals and expanding seats across departments and geographies quickly in large organizations,” and that the growth in the >$50k cohort “reflected an acceleration in our largest enterprise customers.
SGRY · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is: Does management describe that the company's SUCCESSIVE ENGAGEMENTS OF THE SAME KIND ARE COMING IN AT PROGRESSIVELY LARGER SIZE? YES The transcript shows management describing exactly this pattern for physician recruiting cohorts. Wayne notes that the 2022 cohorts are “no exception to this trend, bringing more cases with a higher overall net revenue per case than our 2021 cohorts did in the same period last year.