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 2023 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 because most of the reported numbers still reflect older, less favorable terms. We need to look for evidence in the transcript. The question is about the company's newest business, but it's general: "the company's newest business" could refer to any segment. The transcript discusses mobile, fixed broadband, ICT, international, etc. We need to see if management describes new contracts, deals, renewals, or transactions being struck at better terms than recent past, and that the reported results still mostly reflect old terms. Let's scan the transcript for such statements. - On mobile: "our mobile service revenue in fourth quarter recorded 5.8% year-over-year increase, maintaining its growth for 33 consecutive months. While our postpaid ARPU report 4.3% year-over-year increase, continuing this consecutive growth for 11th quarter. This increase was mainly owned to the 5G migration upsells, international roaming recovery and the increase of the postpaid subscriber numbers." This is about ARPU growth, but is it described as a step-up in terms of new business? It's about existing subscribers migrating to 5G, which is a better term. But is it described as "new business" vs. old? The migration is happening, and the ARPU uplift is 49% for 4G to 5G migration. But is this described as a step-up that has only begun to flow? The transcript says "we see the average monthly fee uplift from customer who migrate from 4G to 5G increase to 49% in the fourth quarter, further from the 44% in the third quarter, maintaining an [inspiring upward] trajectory." That suggests the uplift is increasing, but it's about the migration itself, not necessarily that the reported results still reflect old terms. The reported results already include these migrations. The growth is already in the numbers. - On fixed broadband: "revenue and ARPU increased by 2.6% and 1.1%, respectively, on a year-over-year basis, mainly attributed to the increased higher-speed migration." Again, this is about migration to higher speeds, which is a better term.
| 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 ...