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 — Q3 2023 call → NOWe need to determine if management indicates that the economic terms of the newest business have stepped up meaningfully above the company's own recent norm, and that this improvement has only begun to flow into reported results. From the transcript, management discusses strong demand, high gross margins, and record margins. They mention that they have been able to maintain strong sales pace, and they have increased incentives in October. They also mention that they have been able to gradually increase backlog closer to desired level. However, they do not explicitly state that the terms of new business (like prices, margins) have improved versus their own recent past. In fact, they mention that incentives have ticked up, which might indicate that they are giving more concessions, not less. They also mention that they have reduced the use of mortgage rate buydowns since beginning of 2023, but that is not about new business terms improving. They talk about strong demand and high margins, but they do not say that the new orders are at better terms than before. They mention that their gross margins are record high, but that is for the quarter, not necessarily indicating that new business is at better terms than recent norm. They also mention that they have flexibility to adjust pricing, but that is not a statement that they have done so. The question asks: "On this call, does management indicate that 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, and that this improvement in the terms of incoming business has only BEGUN to flow into the reported results, because most of the business in the reported numbers was still written at the older, less favorable terms?" Management does not explicitly say that new business terms are better than recent norm. They talk about strong demand and high margins, but they also mention that they have increased incentives in October, which suggests that they are giving more concessions, not less. They also mention that they are managing sales pace and adjusting pricing as needed. There is no statement that new orders are at higher prices or better margins than before.
| 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 ...