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Energy Transfer Equity's (ETE) — Earnings Call X-Ray

Our AI read all 2 of ETE's earnings calls (2016–2018) 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
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Q2 2018 · sign up to see
Previous Call Grade
F
Q1 2016
Expected Move
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Calls Analyzed
2
2016–2018
Avg Candor
7/9
evasion 3/9
Guidance LoweredHigh CandorSigns of StressCritic AmmunitionFounder-LedUnderused Fixed CostsPricing Under PressureMargins Contracting

Call-by-call analysis

🔒 Q2 2018 earnings call 2018-08-09 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.

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F Q1 2016 earnings call 2016-05-06

Management lowered guidance against mixed demand signals and contracting margins. The delivery was unusually candid, rich in specifics, visibly under pressure.

Guidance: loweredDemand: mixedMargins: contractingBacklog: stablePricing: under pressureCapex: decreasing 10 analysts · 34 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hangingFounder-ledCFO dominatesDirection beats results
Candor 8/9
Specificity 7/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 6/9
Uncertainty 5/9
Promotion 4/9
Stress 6/9
Complexity 8/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
YES Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
NO 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?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
NO Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
NO 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?
YES Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
NO Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
YES Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
NO Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?
From the research question bank
11 more research questions answered NO
NO Channel destocking finished
NO Competitor stumble named, demand inbound
NO Customers locking in longer commitments
NO Demand off the charts
NO eliberate decision to discontinue
NO Insider capital committed alongside shareholders
NO Milestone beaten early and bar raised
NO Newly won customer expanding beyond initial scope
NO price model
NO Self-blame with named internal fix
NO senior hire recruited

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