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Narrative assessment
Interpreting tone of voice, communication shifts, and strategic intent
Spot the three adjectives describing demand that recur in the last 4 calls. (e.g., 'robust', 'resilient') for @Company. Did any of them swap to a softer or stronger synonym this quarter? If so, extrapolate the read-through.
What's changed in @Company's tone, KPIs, or guidance since the last earnings? Synthesize the deltas.
Pull the last four shareholder letters or words from the CEO from @Company. Identify shifts in tone, capital priorities, or strategic direction.
What were the most recurring themes in analyst questions during @Company's last two earnings calls? Highlight key areas of focus and concern.
Management quality
Scanning for rational behavior, trustworthiness, and management quality
List every instance where @Company has provided financial guidance or an outlook since its IPO, and whether it met or missed it. Answer in a table.
Summarize @Company's capital return strategy over the last 5 years. Does it align with shareholder-friendly behavior?
How has @Company's executive compensation evolved or changed over the past three years, including base pay, incentives, and performance metrics?
Highlight any areas in @Company's prior calls or filings where management guided investors toward specific KPIs or milestones. Check whether updates or results tied to those items are now due.
Earnings season
Pre- and post-earnings insights
List forward-looking statements for @Company in a table from recent transcripts and filings that reference expected progress or results in the upcoming earnings release.
Identify any guidance language in @Company's transcripts or filings that signals continuity or subtle adjustment (e.g., 'on track,' 'ahead of plan,' 'sequential improvement'). What can be inferred about internal confidence for the next earnings release?
Was anything said that contradicts, adds color or context, or in any other way deviates from what was said in the last earnings event? Analyze and compare the two events.
I'm meeting with @Company management. Prepare 3 long-term strategic questions, 3 near-term execution questions, and 3 tough, short-biased "bad cop" questions.
Business model
Company fundamentals, product criticality, and sources of competitive advantage
Summarize the core business model of @Company in simple terms. What does it sell, who are its customers, and how does it make money?
Evaluate whether @Company's main product or service is mission-critical or discretionary for its customers. How dependent are customers on it?
Does @Company have a durable competitive advantage? Identify evidence of brand strength, network effects, switching costs, or economies of scale.
Generate a bullet-point bull vs bear case on @Company, citing only the last four transcripts and filings.
Stress-test holdings
Identify early signs of deterioration or strength
Across @Watchlist, identify which companies have materially changed their demand language over the last two earnings calls.
Scan recent transcripts for shifts in guidance confidence in @Watchlist ("high visibility," "comfortable," "monitoring closely"). Rank companies by improving vs deteriorating confidence.
Identify companies in @Watchlist where recurring analyst questions are being answered with less specificity than in prior calls. Summarize what management may be trying to de-emphasize.
Compare how companies in @Watchlist are talking about demand and customer behavior this quarter versus last. Highlight where management appears more defensive or more assertive.
Relative winners and losers
Separate improving setups from deteriorating ones
Identify which companies in @Watchlist have begun talking about normalization or inflection (orders, backlog, demand, utilization) while others remain cautious.
Identify any company in @Watchlist that has introduced new KPIs or removed existing ones from decks or prepared remarks. Assess whether this reflects changing priorities or an attempt to hide weakening performance.
Scan transcripts in @Watchlist for fading specificity. Identify companies where numeric ranges, timelines, or concrete examples have disappeared across quarters.
Compare how companies in @Watchlist talk about the same end markets and demand.
Earnings season
Pre- and post-earnings insights
Assess which companies in @Watchlist were most positive and most negative in tone during the latest earnings season. Rank by changes in language, confidence, and forward-looking commentary rather than headline results.
List revenue and EBIT year-over-year growth for companies in @Watchlist for the last quarter and assess the main drivers.
Scan transcripts in @Watchlist where the most recent earnings introduced new risks or uncertainties not previously emphasized (execution issues, demand visibility, cost pressure).
Across @Watchlist, identify companies where capex intensity is peaking or rolling over, based on management's language around "peak investment," "harvest phase," or "leveraging prior spend." Assess margin and cash flow implications.
Rational behavior
Scanning for discipline, trustworthiness, and signs of management quality
Scan transcripts in @Watchlist that demonstrate pricing discipline ("we don't compete on price," "value-based pricing," "walk-away discipline") versus those signaling reliance on discounts or volume concessions to sustain growth.
Assess how companies in @Watchlist talk about operating simplicity (fewer SKUs, focused customer cohorts, streamlined product lines, disciplined end-markets) versus adding complexity to chase marginal demand.
Scan transcripts in @Watchlist for precision in language. Highlight clear, specific statements tied to decisions and economics versus abstract or promotional phrasing.
Assess how management explains negative outcomes across @Watchlist. Identify honesty and clarity ('we misjudged X') versus vague or deflective explanations ('challenging environment').
Stress-test assumptions
Interrogate models and documents
Critically evaluate this analysis for @Company. Stress-test the core assumptions and inputs. Point out anything that seems off and anything that supports the conclusion.
Identify statements from @Company's management (calls, filings, decks) that directly contradict the claims and assumptions in this analysis. Quote the relevant passages and explain why they conflict.
Review my model for @Company and provide line-by-line feedback on key assumptions, highlighting strengths, risks, and potential blind spots.
Identify the single most questionable assumption in my research report for @Company and explain why.
Expectations vs reality
Compare forecasts and previews with outcomes
Interrogate this earnings preview for @Company and compare results against expectations. Identify where actuals deviated, line by line.
Compare the confidence and tone of the earnings preview with management's actual commentary. Highlight where expectations were overstated or understated relative to company language.
Rewrite this research report as an updated version, incorporating the latest disclosures from @Company (earnings calls, filings, decks). Highlight what changes, what still holds, and how the conclusion should evolve.
Compare the core narrative in the earnings preview for @Company with management’s explanation of results. Identify where the narrative held versus where it broke.
Interrogate third-party research
Analyze implications from research and industry reports
Summarize the key conclusions of this industry report and map the implications for @Watchlist.
Identify questions this research report is likely to generate in upcoming investor conversations for @Company.
Identify where this report's conclusions align or conflict with recent management commentary for @Company.
Review this research report for @Company and generate five high-impact questions to ask management.
Power words
Selected terms consistently enhancing quality, precision, and analytical depth of responses
High-impact words
- Synthesize → Creates comprehensive multi-source analysis
- Assess → Triggers evaluation framework
- Evaluate → ROI analysis, competitive effectiveness, strategic coherence
- Dissect → Suggests deep component breakdown
Strategic intelligence
- Map → Creates comprehensive view
- Deconstruct → Breaks down into fundamental components
- Triangulate → Cross-validates from multiple angles
Financial analysis
- Decompose → Sophisticated financial breakdown
- Reconcile → Identifies and resolves discrepancies
- Stress-test → Scenario and sensitivity analysis
Predictive intelligence
- Extrapolate → Projects future trends
- Anticipate → Forward-looking risk/opportunity assessment