Stocks › E › ELNK

EarthLink Holdings' (ELNK) — Earnings Call X-Ray

Our AI read all 3 of ELNK's earnings calls (2016–2016) and answered the same battery of questions about each one. Every past call is free; the newest quarter unlocks with a free account.

Latest Call Grade
🔒
Q2 2016 · sign up to see
Previous Call Grade
B+
Q1 2016
Expected Move
🔒
next 45 days · members
Calls Analyzed
3
2016–2016
Avg Candor
7.7/9
evasion 2.7/9
Guidance RaisedHigh CandorSkeptic ReassuredCritic AmmunitionEarly Product, Fast GrowthRaising PricesMargins ExpandingBacklog Growing

Call-by-call analysis

🔒 Q2 2016 earnings call 2016-08-09 NEWEST

Guidance: ■■■■■Demand: ■■■■■■ Margins: ■■■■Backlog: ■■■■ ■ analysts, ■■ questionsexpected move ±■■%
Candor ■/9
Specificity ■/9
Evasion ■/9
Stress ■/9

Management ■■■■■■ guidance against ■■■■■■■■ demand and ■■■■■■■ margins. The delivery was ■■■■■■■■ and ■■■■ in specifics, with ■■■ questions left hanging.

🔒 The Q2 2016 call grade is ready
The full 37-point AI read of ELNK's newest earnings call — grade, expected move, and every question answered — is free with an account.
Sign up free to unlock

B+ Q1 2016 earnings call 2016-05-03

Management raised guidance against mixed demand signals and expanding margins. The delivery was unusually candid, rich in specifics.

Guidance: raisedDemand: mixedMargins: expandingBacklog: growingPricing: raisingCapex: flat 3 analysts · 7 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition✓ Skeptic reassured✓ Guidance underwritable✓ Resolves doubts✓ Early product, fast growthHidden segment
Candor 8/9
Specificity 8/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 6/9
Uncertainty 4/9
Promotion 4/9
Stress 2/9
Complexity 5/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
YES Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
YES Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
YES Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
YES Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
NO Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
NO Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
YES Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
NO Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
NO Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
NO Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
NO Is consolidation happening among their peers?
NO Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
NO Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
NO Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

C Q4 2015 earnings call 2016-02-18

Management held guidance steady against mixed demand signals and expanding margins. The delivery was unusually candid, rich in specifics.

Guidance: maintainedDemand: mixedMargins: expandingBacklog: growingPricing: raisingHeadcount: cuttingCapex: flat 6 analysts · 21 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition✓ Skeptic reassured✓ Guidance underwritable✓ Resolves doubtsHidden segmentDirection beats results
Candor 7/9
Specificity 7/9
Evasion 4/9
Confidence 7/9
Uncertainty 5/9
Promotion 5/9
Stress 3/9
Complexity 6/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
YES Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
YES Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
YES Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
YES Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
NO Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
NO Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
NO Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
NO Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
NO Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
YES Is consolidation happening among their peers?
NO Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
NO Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
NO Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

How to read this page

The grade is a transparent composite of call quality — candor, specificity, low evasion, low stress, whether the call resolves more doubts than it creates, and the guidance action — not a buy or sell signal. The expected move is a volatility estimate from the one signal that survived our out-of-sample tests: how a stock's own reaction and pre-call volatility predict the size (not direction) of its next move. Full detail, including everything that failed: methodology.

Companies with similar call quality

AAN · The Aaron's Company, IncAAWW · Atlas Air Worldwide HoldABAX · ABAXISABCB · Ameris BancorpABM · ABM Industries IncorporaACBI · Atlantic Capital Bancsha

← ELMUF   All “E” companies    ELON →

Not investment advice. Artul.ai publishes AI-generated earnings-call quality grades and expected-volatility estimates — never buy or sell recommendations. We tested over 1,600 predictive hypotheses against 165,000 transcripts; the honest result, including what failed, is documented in our methodology.