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The model's full reasoning — Q2 2021 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO based on transcript. Need evaluate criteria. Company ESRT. Need determine if still unprofitable or marginally profitable, losses shrinking, driven by growth, management treats crossover near. Transcript: They report core FFO $49M or $0.18 per diluted share for Q2 2021. That's positive FFO. But is company "still unprofitable or only marginally profitable"? They have positive core FFO. However maybe net loss? Need infer. They discuss dividend reinstated. They discuss Observatory ramp-up. They discuss COVID recovery. They discuss GBG bankruptcy. Need see if management describes company as still unprofitable or losses narrowing. They don't explicitly say "losses" or "unprofitable". They report core FFO positive. They discuss same-store cash NOI decrease 6% due to write-offs. They discuss Observatory revenue $8.4M, expenses $5.3M, so Observatory profitable? Actually revenue > expenses. They expect expenses $6-7M per quarter depending ramp-up. They discuss occupancy, leasing. They discuss "return to business" and "inflection point Q1 '22". They discuss "Observatory ramp-up contributes revenue immediately. No delay." They discuss "high operating leverage." They discuss "we can control expenses depending upon visitor volume." They discuss "hypothetical admissions forecast suggests that we can reach 60% of 2019 attendance levels by end of 2021 and return to 100% by end of 2022." They discuss "we believe that we can maintain current Observatory operating cost structure up to approximately 60% of 2019 attendance." They discuss "with more international inbound tourists, we believe we will see growth from lower-margin passes and online travel agent tourists, which will lower our per caps." They discuss "we have seen a higher retail website driven local visitor mix, followed by ramp-up of regional and national sourced to travel. And we anticipate restoration of typical visitor mix approximately 2/3 international, once broad resumption of international air travel that we anticipate will occur sometime in 2022." They discuss "we have made no change to our hypothetical Observatory admissions shown on Page 12." They discuss "we do better than that now.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNKD | MannKind Corporation | Q4 2023 | 2024-02-27 | C |
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| OGI | OrganiGram Holdings Inc. | Q3 2022 | 2022-07-14 | B+ |
| IRTC | iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Q1 2022 | 2022-05-07 | C+ |
| AMC | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | Q2 2021 | 2021-08-09 | D |
| BCOV | Brightcove Inc. | Q1 2018 | 2018-04-26 | B+ |
| WYY | WidePoint Corporation | Q3 2016 | 2016-11-09 | D |
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