Position doing the winning: current wins credited to a standing already held, with more arriving over it
The model's full reasoning — Q1 2023 call → NOThe question asks whether management explains current business wins as flowing from a standing the company already holds, and whether further business is arriving over that same standing. Let me examine the transcript for evidence of this pattern. Key examples: 1. **DentaQuest / U.S. dental business**: Dan Fishbein says "we are very happy with the performance of DentaQuest... There is great momentum, great sales momentum. We're on or ahead of our targets for synergies, the integration is going well." The wins are described as flowing from the acquired business (DentaQuest) which is already in place. Kevin Strain says "DentaQuest had strong business growth during the quarter, with significant Medicaid and commercial business wins. These contract awards... will allow us to improve preventative care and oral health outcomes for an additional 650,000 members as they are onboarded over the next year." This suggests wins are arriving over the standing DentaQuest platform. 2. **Hong Kong / Asia**: Kevin Strain says "Hong Kong sales were up significantly as a result of tailwinds from the reopening of the border with Mainland China paired with uplifts from new product offerings." This attributes wins to outside conditions (border reopening) and new product offerings (effort), not to a pre-existing standing. 3. **Philippines**: "Our Philippines business achieved the number one market position for new business premiums and total premiums again in 2022. This is our 12th consecutive year leading the market in total premiums." This is a standing position, but the transcript doesn't explicitly say current wins are flowing from that standing in the present tense with continuation described. 4. **Bancassurance partnership with Dawson Bank**: "We also announced a 15-year exclusive Bancassurance partnership in Hong Kong with Dawson Bank, where Sun Life will be the exclusive provider of life insurance solutions to Dawson Bank's approximately 570,000 retail banking customers." This is a new deal, not flowing from a pre-existing standing. 5. **SLC Management**: "SLC management fee-related earnings were up over 20% year-over-year on higher fee earnings AUM, reflecting strong capital raising and deployment across the platform." This attributes growth to capital raising and deployment (effort), not to a pre-existing standing. 6. **U.S.
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EXFY · Q2 2022 → YESThe question is about whether management credits a standing the company already holds as the reason they're currently winning business, and that more is arriving over that same standing without a new ...YES The transcript shows management crediting their pre-existing bottom-up adoption model and differentiated platform position (already in place since day one, with SMB focus and unique acquisition mechanics) as the operative cause of current wins. This is evident in statements like the model being "overwhelmingly driving the success of our business" and competitors routing customers to them due to the same standing. Further business is conveyed as already arriving through the same position, with trends continuing and the best quarter ever achieved on that foundation, even as they note additional investments in sales and conferences.
FTHM · Q1 2023 → YESThe question is about whether management credits a standing the company already holds as the reason they're currently winning business, and if more business is arriving over that same standing without...YES The transcript shows management crediting the company's pre-existing low-cost flat-fee model, owned technology, and culture-driven retention as the durable standing already in place that is generating current wins (market share gains, 18% agent growth, 60% of March referrals, and transaction resilience vs. peers). They describe these as flowing directly from that standing rather than fresh effort, while conveying continuation through the referral program's ongoing positive impact and the model's ability to draw more agents without proportional new marketing push.
ORAN · Q2 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management credits a standing the company already holds as the reason they're currently winning business, and that more is arriving over that same standing without a new ...YES The transcript shows management repeatedly tying current wins (net adds, ARPU growth, EBITDA expansion) directly to a pre-existing durable position: the #1 convergent operator status already achieved through prior leadership in fixed/mobile networks and fiber rollout, plus the installed base of 10.