New business is being written on visibly better terms than the company's own recent norm, and the mix shift has just beg
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2018 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO based on transcript. Need determine if management indicates economic terms of newest business have stepped up meaningfully above company's own recent norm, and improvement only begun to flow into reported results because most business in reported numbers still older less favorable terms. We need parse transcript. This is gold mining company. "Economic terms of newest business" could be gold prices? But gold price is external, not company's own terms. They mention gold price 6% higher year-on-year, but that's market. They mention costs improving, production up, AISC down. But question asks about terms of incoming business: prices, rates, fees, spreads, contract sizes, durations, profitability at which most recent deals, orders, contracts, renewals, transactions are being struck. In mining context, could be sales contracts? Gold is commodity at market price, not company-specific. But maybe "new business" refers to projects? Obuasi redevelopment, Siguiri, etc. Need see if management indicates new projects have better economics than recent norm and only begun to flow into results. They discuss brownfields projects, operational excellence, cost improvements. But question specifically: "the terms of new business have visibly improved versus company's own recent past" and "reported results still mostly reflect old terms." Is there any mention of new contracts at higher prices? No. They talk about production, costs, capital. They mention "Operational Excellence program starting to bear fruit" and "benefits expected to achieve for 2018 above and beyond approved plans" with higher confidence. But that's cost savings, not terms of business. They mention "we see our production for full year at top end of guided range, and both all-in sustaining and total cash costs trending towards lower end." That's cost improvement, not pricing. Could "new business" refer to Obuasi redevelopment? They say project targets first gold end 2019, ramp up to commercial production end 2020. Not yet producing. No terms. Could "newest business" be "sale of Vaal River underground assets" - sale proceeds? They completed sale, used to pay down debt. Not terms of ongoing business.
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CRL · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management's comments on Safety Assessment pricing and backlog directly address both required elements: they describe current bookings and backlog at "escalating prices" and "meaningful price increases" that are already achieved on real transactions (not targets or future expectations), while noting that the reported Q2 results are still dominated by older 2022 terms and that the stronger pricing is accelerating into H2 and 2023 bookings.
ESS · Q2 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...YES Management describes the loss-to-lease metric rising to 3.
CTO · Q2 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management indicates that the economic terms of the company's newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement ...