Someone else already paid for the growth: management describes an outside party bearing the cost, risk, or work that exp
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2018 call → NOThe question asks whether management describes an outside party already bearing the cost, risk, or work of expanding the company's business — someone other than the company spending its own money, committing its own assets, or doing its own labor in a way that directly enlarges what the company sells, serves, or earns — and that this outside effort is real and underway now while the resulting business is still mostly ahead of the company. Let me examine the transcript for evidence of this. Key points from the call: 1. Perkin Elmer partnership: "Perkin Elmer is a multi-billion dollar market leader in our space... Perkin has a robust cell-free DNA extraction offering and ICP was selected by Perkin Elmer as a DNA enrichment technology because together those two elements provide the ideal combination that enables their customers to expand the diagnostic capabilities within their labs to liquid biopsy." The co-marketing agreement is "the first step in building a strong ongoing relationship with Perkin Elmer." Management estimates "2019 revenues between several hundreds to several million dollars resulting from the market penetration of ICP within current and future Perkin Elmer and Precipio customers." Is Perkin Elmer bearing cost/risk/work? The agreement is a co-marketing agreement. Perkin Elmer has its own DNA extraction offering and selected ICP as a complementary enrichment technology. This suggests Perkin Elmer is incorporating ICP into its offering to its customers. But does management convey that Perkin Elmer is spending its own money, committing its own assets, or doing its own labor to expand Precipio's business? The co-marketing agreement suggests joint marketing, but the transcript doesn't detail that Perkin Elmer is bearing the cost of expansion. It says "Both companies are committed to this collaboration which has already been demonstrated in various joint efforts." But it doesn't clearly state that Perkin Elmer is funding, building, staffing, or dedicating its own facilities to work Precipio will perform. It's a co-marketing agreement — that's more of a joint effort. The revenue estimate is for 2019, so the payoff is ahead. But is the outside effort real and in motion? It says "the co-marketing agreement recently announced is the first step in building a strong ongoing relationship" — so it's early. The revenue is estimated for 2019, so it's ahead.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMAX | IMAX Corporation | Q2 2023 | 2023-07-26 | B+ |
| FAT | FAT Brands Inc. | Q4 2021 | 2022-03-21 | F |
| VVV | Valvoline Inc. | Q1 2022 | 2022-02-09 | C+ |
| YUM | Yum! Brands, Inc. | Q2 2018 | 2018-08-02 | C |
| ILMN | Illumina, Inc. | Q1 2018 | 2018-04-24 | A |
| PCRX | Pacira BioSciences, Inc. | Q4 2017 | 2018-02-28 | C |
| INST | Instructure's | Q4 2017 | 2018-02-12 | B+ |
| AOSL | Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited | Q2 2018 | 2018-02-07 | B |
| MITK | Mitek Systems, Inc. | Q4 2017 | 2017-11-07 | C+ |
| SNA | Snap-on Incorporated | Q3 2017 | 2017-10-19 | B |
| PLAB | Photronics, Inc. | Q2 2017 | 2017-05-17 | C+ |
| IONS | Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Q1 2017 | 2017-05-09 | C |
| MGNX | MacroGenics, Inc. | Q3 2016 | 2016-11-02 | D |
| CRIS | Curis, Inc. | Q1 2016 | 2016-05-09 | C |
INST · Q4 2017 → YESThe question is about whether management describes an outside party already bearing the cost, risk, or work of expanding the company's business, with the effort real and underway now, but the resultin...YES The transcript shows management describing the Paychex partnership as a white-label reseller arrangement where Paychex is already bearing the cost, risk, and work of expanding Instructure’s business by offering Bridge Learn to its 0.5 million customers (6 million users) using its own salesforce and customer base — a real, underway effort since the partnership was entered into and integration is already in progress. Management explicitly states Paychex owns the customers and will sell the product, while Instructure is only powering the backend, and the resulting revenue is still mostly ahead (they are optimistic about significant success by year-end). This matches 100% of the required criteria.
PLAB · Q2 2017 → YESThe question is about whether management describes an outside party already bearing the cost, risk, or work of expanding the company's business, with the effort real and underway now, but the resultin...YES The transcript shows management describing the DNP JV as an outside party already bearing the bulk of the expansion costs and risks for the new China facility (the $160 million Xiamen site, previously announced as a company-led greenfield build last August). Peter Kirlin notes they will "utilize all cash held in Taiwan and greater reduced to risk of ramping of our new factory in China," while Sean Smith confirms they are "sharing that total investment of 160 million as we in essence have a 50-50 partnership, however we will consolidate it" and will "share equitably the startup cost.
YUM · Q2 2018 → YESThe question is about whether management describes an outside party already bearing the cost, risk, or work of expanding the company's business, with the effort real and underway now, but the resultin...YES The transcript shows management describing real, ongoing outside efforts by franchisees and partners already bearing the cost, risk, and work of expansion. Franchisees are actively spending their own capital to open units (e.g., 482 net new units YTD vs. 317 last year; KFC opening nearly 200 2Q units; Pizza Hut 6% net new unit growth; Taco Bell 9 international units), with the company 97% franchised and on track for 98%. These efforts are already in motion and contributing to current results, while management highlights acceleration and future ramp (e.g.