Second engine igniting off the first: an unplanned-for adjacent revenue stream has started paying, and management is now
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2018 call → NOWe need answer YES or NO. Need analyze transcript. Question asks: does management describe that a SECOND, DISTINCT WAY OF MAKING MONEY has recently emerged FROM existing operations/assets/customers/capabilities - additional revenue avenue that grew out of what company already does rather than separate diversification - AND already generating real paying business today while management deliberately putting effort/resources behind growing it? Need use only transcript. Let's examine. Western Gas is midstream. They have natural gas gathering/processing, crude/NGL/water. In transcript, management mentions "we continue to see strong demand for our water services." Also "growth in our crude, NGL and produced water throughput was driven by full quarter contribution from Whitethorn, as well as ongoing volumetric ramp in our produced water gathering and disposal business." Water services? Is that a second distinct way of making money that emerged from existing operations? Need see if management describes water as additional revenue avenue grown out of existing? They have segments: natural gas, crude/NGL/water. Water is part of segment. But question asks second distinct way of making money emerged from existing operations. Maybe water services is a byproduct of gas processing? Let's read. CEO: "Our Ramsey facility is currently running above nameplate capacity and we continue to see strong demand for our water services." Later: "The growth in our crude, NGL and produced water throughput was driven by a full quarter contribution from Whitethorn, as well as the ongoing volumetric ramp in our produced water gathering and disposal business. The sequential increase in our adjusted gross margin for crude, NGL and produced water assets of $0.20 to $1.76 was also a result of receiving a full quarter distribution from Whitethorn." Whitethorn is acquisition? "full quarter contribution from Whitethorn" - likely acquired JV? Need determine if water services is second avenue that grew out of existing operations. The company is midstream with gas processing, crude/NGL, water. Water is a service related to produced water from drilling. Did it emerge from existing operations? Maybe they built water infrastructure to support customers? But is it distinct? Management mentions water services as part of crude, NGL and produced water segment.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | Macy's, Inc. | Q4 2022 | 2023-03-02 | D |
| CMLS | Cumulus Media Inc. | Q3 2022 | 2022-10-28 | D |
| GDRX | GoodRx Holdings, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-08 | F |
| SOPH | SOPHiA GENETICS SA | Q4 2021 | 2022-03-15 | C |
| SLQT | SelectQuote, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-02-07 | F |
| LC | LendingClub Corporation | Q4 2021 | 2022-01-26 | A |
| IRBT | iRobot Corporation | Q3 2021 | 2021-10-28 | D |
| T | AT&T Inc. | Q3 2018 | 2018-10-24 | C+ |
| LRN | Stride, Inc. | Q1 2019 | 2018-10-23 | B |
| MITK | Mitek Systems, Inc. | Q4 2017 | 2017-11-07 | C+ |
| IONS | Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Q1 2017 | 2017-05-09 | C |
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