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 — Q4 2021 call → NOWe need to determine if management indicates that the economic terms of new business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement has only begun to flow into reported results. Let's analyze the transcript. The question is about the company's newest business, which likely refers to the E*Trade Advisory Services (EAS) acquisition, or perhaps the self-directed trading platform, or the securities business. But the question asks about "the economic terms of the company's newest business — the prices, rates, fees, spreads, contract sizes, durations, or profitability at which its most recent deals, orders, contracts, renewals, or transactions are being struck" have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm. We need to see if management says that new business is being written at better terms than before, and that the reported results still mostly reflect old terms. Looking at the transcript, there is discussion about loan yields, deposit costs, etc. But the question specifically asks about "the company's newest business" which might be the EAS acquisition or the self-directed trading platform. However, the question is general: "the economic terms of the company's newest business" could refer to any recent business. Let's read carefully. Management discusses loan growth, deposit costs, etc. They mention that loan yields held up at 5.15%, up 5 basis points from 5.1% in the prior quarter. But that's a small increase. They also discuss deposit costs declining. But the question is about a meaningful step-up in terms of new business. They talk about the EAS acquisition: "The pending acquisition of E*Trade Advisory Services will add over $1 billion of incremental cash loop deposits that we can use to fund loan growth, replace maturing certificates of deposit, or keep off balance sheet and generate fee income." That's about deposits, not necessarily better terms. They also mention that they have made progress on EAS and expect to close in August. They say: "We will provide an update on the expected financial impact, including EPS accretion, expense and revenue run rate, and deposit balances when the deal closes." So they haven't given specifics yet. They also mention the self-directed trading platform soft launched at end of June.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| CRBG | Corebridge Financial, Inc. | Q4 2022 | 2023-02-22 | B |
| FLR | Fluor Corporation | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-05 | D |
| CRL | Charles River Laboratories International | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-03 | C |
| BRKL | Brookline Bancorp, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-30 | B+ |
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| MTB | M&T Bank Corporation | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-20 | B+ |
| GFS | GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. | Q3 2021 | 2021-11-30 | A |
| GNK | Genco Shipping & Trading Limited | Q2 2021 | 2021-08-07 | A |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | Q2 2018 | 2018-08-03 | B+ |
| ALLY | Ally Financial Inc. | Q1 2018 | 2018-04-26 | B+ |
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 ...