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The model's full reasoning — Q1 2023 call → NOWe need answer YES or NO. Need analyze transcript. Question asks: Does management indicate that 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 written at older less favorable terms? We need use only transcript. Look for management statements about new business terms improving vs own recent norm, and early in numbers. Transcript: BXSL Q1 2023. They discuss NII increased due to rising interest rates increasing average yield on debt investments from 10.7% last quarter to 11.4% at quarter end. This is floating rate portfolio. They mention "ending yield of our portfolio, which is 98% floating rate, debt expanded over 400 basis points over last 12 months." This is due to rising rates, not necessarily new business terms. They also mention "we are beginning to see more market activity, which may lead to increase in portfolio turnover." Pipeline. "Subsequent to quarter end, we realize our debt and equity investments in Westland, impact accretive to NII by more than $0.05 per share." That's one-time. Question specifically: "ECONOMIC TERMS OF COMPANY'S NEWEST BUSINESS — 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 COMPANY'S OWN RECENT NORM, and that this improvement in terms of incoming business has only BEGUN to flow into reported results, because most of business in reported numbers was still written at older, less favorable terms?" Need see if management says new deals are at better terms than recent norm. They talk about rising interest rates increasing yield on existing floating rate loans. That's not new business terms; it's existing portfolio repricing due to base rates. They also mention "average yield on debt investments from 10.7% last quarter to 11.4% at quarter end" due to rising interest rates. That's not new deals. They mention "we are beginning to see more market activity, which may lead to an increase in portfolio turnover." Not terms. They mention "pipeline" but not terms. They mention "spreads have feel like they have topped out. We are starting to see some spread compression" - that's actually spreads compressing, not improving.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | CTO Realty Growth, Inc. | Q2 2023 | 2023-07-28 | B |
| CARS | Cars.com Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-06 | B |
| BRX | Brixmor Property Group Inc. | Q1 2023 | 2023-05-02 | A |
| 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+ |
| INVH | Invitation Homes Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-07-28 | B+ |
| 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 ...