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 2017 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 written at older less favorable terms. We need parse transcript. Company is ConAgra Brands, CPG. "Economic terms" likely pricing, trade promotion, margins. Management discusses value-over-volume strategy, pricing and trade efficiency, gross margin expansion. They are taking pricing actions, reducing promotions, improving price mix. But question asks about "newest business" - deals, orders, contracts, renewals? In CPG context, pricing on products, trade terms. Did management indicate that new business (current transactions) are at better terms than recent norm? They mention price mix improvement 1% in Q2, gross margin up 250 bps. But is that "meaningfully above company's own recent norm"? They say they are taking pricing actions, trade productivity. However, they also say volume declines due to walking away from low ROI promotions. They expect top-line improvement in back half as lapping pricing actions. But is there explicit statement that new business terms have stepped up and only begun to flow? Let's examine. Sean: "We continued to execute our strategy of building a higher quality revenue base... net sales down 11.5%... adjusted operating profit up 11.6%... gross margin expansion, improved mix, more efficient pricing and trade..." "We’ve been willing to walk away from lower ROI promotional activities and thus, our incremental volume sales have significantly declined as planned. We began to reduce our reliance on promotions during the second quarter and third quarter last year, so we will soon be lapping these results. The chart on the right shows a steady increase in base sales velocity trends..." This suggests pricing/trade improvements already happening.
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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 ...