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Two-sided intensity

Two-sided intensity: both new counterparties arriving and existing ones enlarging in the same recent period

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496
Answered YES
88
Hit Rate
17.7%
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Backblaze, Inc. (BLZE) — this company's answers

NO on the Q3 2022 call 2022-11-11 D
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2022 call → NO我们根据提供的财报电话会议记录,判断管理层是否描述了近期业务从两个方向同时加强:(1)新付费客户/账户/合作伙伴/项目实际签约、订购或开始交易;(2)现有客户/关系扩大订单、范围、数量、站点、使用量或承诺,且这种扩大是客户主动选择而非仅因价格上涨。管理层是否将这种双向增长视为已观察到的当前模式,并对公司未来有意义。 分析记录内容: - 管理层提到B2云存储业务增长48%,计算机备份增长17%。B2占总收入40%。 - 提到开发者客户增长:付费数据存储同比增长超过80%。这是新客户还是现有客户扩大?可能包含两者。 - 提到合作伙伴计划:技术合作伙伴、渠道合作伙伴,B2 Reserve项目,渠道合作伙伴开始销售B2 Reserve,B2 Reserve收入在Q3每月增长。这算是新合作伙伴加入,但具体签约数量未明确。 - 提到新客户案例:urlscan.io和Fiture,都是新客户。其中urlscan.io从AWS切换,Fiture从本地迁移。这些是新客户。 - 现有客户扩大:未明确提到现有客户主动扩大使用量,但NRR(净收入保留率)显示B2为123%,计算机备份108%,总NRR 114%。NRR高说明现有客户在增加消费,但管理层未具体描述现有客户扩大订单或使用量的事件。NRR是保留率指标,可能包含价格提升因素,但价格提升主要影响计算机备份。B2的NRR 123%可能反映现有客户使用量增长,但未具体描述。 - 管理层提到“数据增长每天发生”,但未明确说现有客户扩大。 - 关于B2 Reserve,是容量预订,新客户可能签约,但现有客户也可能升级,未明确。 问题需要“新付费客户实际到达”和“现有客户扩大”两个方向都出现,且是已发生的具体事件。管理层提到了新客户案例(urlscan.io和Fiture),但这是两个具体例子,可能算新客户。现有客户扩大方面,没有具体提到某个现有客户增加了订单或使用量,只有NRR数字,但未具体说明。管理层说“B2 Reserve收入每月增长”,可能包含新客户和现有客户,但未区分。 因此,从记录看,新客户方面有具体案例,但现有客户扩大方面缺乏具体描述。所以可能只满足一侧。答案应为NO。 但再仔细看:管理层说“paid data storage up over 80% year-on-year in Q3”对于开发者,这可能源于现有开发者客户扩大使用量,但未指明是现有客户。NRR 123%也暗示现有客户扩大,但未明确说“现有客户主动扩大”。此外,管理层说“we continue to see strong growth on B2 with developers”可能包括现有。但问题要求“existing counterparties enlarged what they take”需有具体描述。记录中未提及具体现有客户扩大订单、使用量等事件。 因此,答案应为NO。

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Using ONLY the supplied earnings call transcript and no outside information: On this call, does management describe that in the RECENT PERIOD the company's business intensified from BOTH directions at once — (1) NEW paying counterparties actually arrived: fresh customers, accounts, partners, or programs that actually signed, ordered, or began transacting in the recent period, described as real events rather than pipeline; AND (2) EXISTING counterparties enlarged what they take: accounts or relationships the company already had that visibly stepped up their orders, scope, volumes, sites, usage, or commitments in the same recent period, by the counterparty's own choice rather than through price increases alone — with management presenting this two-sided build as an observed, current pattern that is meaningful to where the company is heading? Answer YES when management's own words convey both halves as already-occurring facts of the recent period, in whatever form fits the industry, grounded in real activity (actual signings, orders, deployments, volumes, or usage) rather than hopes, and management treats the combination — widening and deepening together — as characterizing the business now, with more of both still forming. Answer NO if only one side is present — new wins without existing relationships growing, or expansion within the base without new arrivals. NO if either side is described only through pipeline, interest, plans, or projections. NO if the pattern rests on a single large deal, seasonal catch-up, restocking, or a condition management expects to fade. NO if the growth described is chiefly price increases pushed onto unchanged volumes. NO if the two-sided framing appears only in an analyst's question or summary that management does not itself affirm. Use only the supplied transcript. Answer only YES or NO.

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NICE NICE Ltd. Q4 2023 2024-02-22 B+
SBS Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado Q3 2023 2023-11-10 C+
DASH DoorDash, Inc. Q3 2023 2023-11-01 C+
BZUN Baozun Inc. Q2 2023 2023-08-28 D
VIPS Vipshop Holdings Limited Q2 2023 2023-08-18 C+
SPT Sprout Social, Inc. Q2 2023 2023-08-04 B+
PERI Perion Network Ltd. Q2 2023 2023-08-02 A
IMAX IMAX Corporation Q2 2023 2023-07-26 B+
PFIE Profire Energy, Inc. Q1 2023 2023-05-13 B
SPIR Spire Global, Inc. Q1 2023 2023-05-10 B
CALX Calix, Inc. Q1 2023 2023-04-20 C+
TACT TransAct Technologies Incorporated Q4 2022 2023-03-08 A
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-03-07 B
TOST Toast, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-16 C+
ADPT Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation Q4 2022 2023-02-14 C+
HIW Highwoods Properties, Inc. Q4 2022 2023-02-08 B
CNA CNA Financial Corporation Q4 2022 2023-02-06 B
SIBN SI-BONE, Inc. Q3 2022 2022-11-07 C+
MEC Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. Q3 2022 2022-11-05 B+
SYY Sysco Corporation Q1 2023 2022-11-01 C+
KEY KeyCorp Q3 2022 2022-10-20 B+
TMCI Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-13 B+
EVGO EVgo, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-09 C+
DM Desktop Metal, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-08 F
FLR Fluor Corporation Q2 2022 2022-08-05 D
IT Gartner, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-08-02 A
UPWK Upwork Inc. Q2 2022 2022-07-27 C+
CME CME Group Inc. Q2 2022 2022-07-27 B
OGI OrganiGram Holdings Inc. Q3 2022 2022-07-14 B+
SE Sea Limited Q1 2022 2022-05-17 F
FLYW Flywire Corporation Q1 2022 2022-05-14 B+
ZVIA Zevia PBC Q1 2022 2022-05-12 B
OPK OPKO Health, Inc. Q1 2022 2022-05-09 D
BXP Boston Properties, Inc. Q1 2022 2022-05-03 A
CNXC Concentrix Corporation Q1 2022 2022-03-30 B
ZENV Zenvia Inc. Q4 2021 2022-03-17 C+
SOPH SOPHiA GENETICS SA Q4 2021 2022-03-15 C
RELY Remitly Global, Inc. Q4 2021 2022-03-02 B
FLUX Flux Power Holdings, Inc. Q2 2022 2022-02-10 D
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation plc Q4 2021 2022-02-07 C+
OOMA Ooma, Inc. Q3 2022 2021-12-02 B+
KTB Kontoor Brands, Inc. Q3 2021 2021-11-04 A
CYBR CyberArk Software Ltd. Q3 2021 2021-11-04 B+
IRBT iRobot Corporation Q3 2021 2021-10-28 D
ASAN Asana, Inc. Q2 2022 2021-09-01 B+
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. Q2 2021 2021-08-18 C
UFI Unifi, Inc. Q4 2021 2021-08-07 B
TENB Tenable Holdings, Inc. Q2 2021 2021-07-27 A
TCBI Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. Q2 2021 2021-07-21 F
CMTL Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Q1 2019 2018-12-07 B+
ADSK Autodesk, Inc. Q3 2019 2018-11-20 A
OGE OGE Energy Corp. Q3 2018 2018-11-08 A
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. Q2 2018 2018-07-26 A
CP Canadian Pacific Railway Limited Q2 2018 2018-07-19 B+
MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Q2 2018 2018-06-28 C+
SATS EchoStar Corporation Q1 2018 2018-05-10 C+
BCOV Brightcove Inc. Q1 2018 2018-04-26 B+
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. Q1 2018 2018-04-26 B+
ILMN Illumina, Inc. Q1 2018 2018-04-24 A
UPLD Upland Software, Inc. Q4 2017 2018-03-08 C+
EPAM EPAM Systems, Inc. Q4 2017 2018-02-16 B
DLHC DLH Holdings Corp. Q1 2018 2018-02-06 C+
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Q4 2017 2018-01-16 A
MITK Mitek Systems, Inc. Q4 2017 2017-11-07 C+
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. Q3 2017 2017-10-25 C+
SBFG SB Financial Group, Inc. Q3 2017 2017-10-20 A
GNTX Gentex Corporation Q3 2017 2017-10-20 B
BCE BCE Inc. Q2 2017 2017-08-05 B+
CCOI Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. Q2 2017 2017-08-03 B
FLEX Flex Ltd. Q1 2018 2017-07-28 F
ABM ABM Industries Incorporated Q2 2017 2017-06-08 B
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q1 2017 2017-05-09 C
ICFI ICF International, Inc. Q1 2017 2017-05-06 B+
ATO Atmos Energy Corporation Q1 2017 2017-02-08 A
EFSC Enterprise Financial Services Corp Q4 2016 2017-01-24 B+
WYY WidePoint Corporation Q3 2016 2016-11-09 D
BCH Banco de Chile Q3 2016 2016-10-30 B+
ULBI Ultralife Corporation Q3 2016 2016-10-29 C+
MAT Mattel, Inc. Q3 2016 2016-10-19 C
VRNS Varonis Systems, Inc. Q2 2016 2016-08-09 B+
GOGO Gogo Inc. Q1 2016 2016-05-06 C+
WK Workiva Inc. Q4 2015 2016-03-01 B
HPP Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Q4 2015 2016-02-25 C

How the model reasoned

PFIE · Q1 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management describes intensification from BOTH new paying counterparties AND existing ones enlarging what they take, in the recent period, as observed facts. YES Management describes both new arrivals ("new customers," "new opportunities," "several project opportunities," "notable customers" including specific ones like Equitrans Midstream and Enterprise Products) and existing-customer expansion ("repeat orders," "repeat business," "repeat orders from one of the United States’ largest producers," " 85,000 burner management solutions," "large uptick... on retrofits") as already-completed facts in the recent period. They present the combination—widening the customer base while deepening relationships—as the current observed pattern driving the business forward.
EPAM · Q4 2017 → YESThe question is about whether management describes that in the recent period the company's business intensified from BOTH directions at once: new paying counterparties arrived AND existing ones enlarg...YES Management describes both sides occurring together in the recent period: new engagements with clients (including specific examples like the European multinational and Global Health Services Company that started less than 12 months ago) alongside growth within the top 20 existing accounts (more than 18% year-over-year) and even stronger growth outside those 20 (34%). They frame this as an observed pattern of widening and deepening the business now, with continued diversification and expansion across both new and existing relationships.
UNH · Q4 2017 → YESThe question is about whether management describes that in the recent period the company's business intensified from BOTH directions at once: new paying counterparties arrived AND existing ones enlarg...YES Management describes both new paying counterparties (e.g., new states like West Virginia, hospitals using Rally, healthcare transformation alliance with 10 companies, acquisitions like Banmedica and DaVita) and existing ones enlarging (e.g., serving nearly 1 million more seniors in Medicare, 465,000 more in commercial group, strong growth with existing client base for PBM, doubled Rally IDs, 7% same-store growth for SCA, highest Q4 script growth).

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