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Metabolix's (MBLX) — Earnings Call X-Ray

Our AI read all 2 of MBLX'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
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Previous Call Grade
D
Q4 2015
Expected Move
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next 45 days · members
Calls Analyzed
2
2016–2016
Avg Candor
6/9
evasion 2.5/9
Critic AmmunitionFounder-LedVolume Step-UpUnderused Fixed CostsDemand AcceleratingCapex IncreasingReads RehearsedQuestion Left Hanging

Call-by-call analysis

🔒 Q3 2016 earnings call 2016-11-09 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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D Q4 2015 earnings call 2016-03-29

Management gave no formal guidance against accelerating demand.

Demand: acceleratingPricing: stableHeadcount: growingCapex: increasing 1 analysts · 4 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging✓ Resolves doubts✓ Volume step-up ahead⚑ Reads rehearsedFounder-led
Candor 6/9
Specificity 6/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 7/9
Uncertainty 5/9
Promotion 6/9
Stress 3/9
Complexity 7/9
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?
YES Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
YES 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?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
YES 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?
NO 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?
NO Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
YES Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

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