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 2022 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO based on transcript. Need determine if management indicates economic terms of new business have stepped up meaningfully above company's own recent norm, and improvement only begun to flow into reported results because most business still older terms. Let's parse transcript. Key areas: casino/gaming market share due competitor inability supply. They added production lines, demand strong. Pricing? They mention price increases instituted during 20222 to offset inflationary effects. Gross margin up due favorable product mix and price increases. But is there indication that new business terms (prices, contract sizes, durations) have stepped up above own recent norm? They talk about volume, market share, backlog. They mention "price increases we instituted during '22 to help offset inflationary effects." That is passing through cost increases? They say "price increases we instituted during '22 to help offset inflationary effects." That suggests pricing up due to inflation, not necessarily step-up in economics. Also they say "In 2022, in 2023, it's all volume, the price increase, we haven't raised price in 2023. So the growth of 2023 will be... volume." So no new price increases. They mention gross margin up due mix and price increases. But is there any statement that new contracts are at higher prices than recent norm? They don't explicitly say new deals are at higher prices. They mention "price increases" but that's to offset inflation. Also they mention "we are hoping to finally work our way into an inventory position versus air shipping our printers directly from point of production." That's about costs, not terms. Second half: reported results still mostly reflect old terms? They give guidance for 2023 with revenue $70-72M, adjusted EBITDA $5.2-5.4M. They say "we are anticipating that as a result of our cost cutting initiatives... and projected revenue growth..." They don't say that better terms are only beginning to flow. They talk about casino demand continuing, but not about pricing step-up.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 ...