Pre-Earnings prep presents an opportunity to tell your company’s investment story, create interest, and influence your shareholder base. We recently hosted a webinar to ensure you’re prepared to maximize your earnings impact and minimize stress. The webinar, Taking the Stress Out of Pre-Earnings Prep, featured Mike Coffey, VP of Global Partnership & Alliances at Q4, John Nunziati, Investor Relations Partner at Q4, and Farah Soi, Partner at ICR. Among the topics discussed, the panel’s top priority was to offer best practices for building trust and confidence across the investment community with an elevated pre-earnings experience. 

Welcome to the weekly edition of our Q4 22 Trending Earnings Topics on trending topics, macro trends and key management commentary. As of last Friday, 66% of the S&P500 had reported their quarterly earnings results. Philip Morris, International Flavors & Fragrances, S&P Global, Fortinet, Paycom Software & Baxter were some of the notable names that reported.

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released a new chatbot online for anyone to use called ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer). The chatbot can write code, answer questions, and provide specific copy for users. It is estimated that ChatGPT went from 1 million users in early December to 100 million monthly active users by late January. We wanted to see how ChatGPT impacts investor relations. To find out what this means to IR professionals and see how ChatGPT can impact the investor relations industry, our VP of Global Capital Markets Platform Business, Amit Sangvhi, used the ChatGPT bot to write an article by asking it:

We recently posted a blog sharing some words of wisdom from investor relations professionals across various industries. Specifically, we sought to provide valuable insights for those looking to begin or grow their careers in IR. In fact, we collected so much advice from these seasoned pros about the investor relations job that we decided to return with a second installment. We’re thrilled to bring even more great advice and perspectives from some of our industry’s best and brightest!

Welcome to the weekly edition of our Q4’22 earnings season update on trending earnings topics of Q4 2022, macro trends, and key management commentary. With another busy week of earnings, Meta Platforms, Apple, Boston Scientific, AMD, Juniper Networks, Match Group, Cognizant Technology, and AMETEK were some of the notable names that reported.

Welcome to the weekly edition of our Q4’22 earnings season update on trending topics, macro trends, and key management commentary. With another busy week of earnings, U.S. Bancorp, Western Alliance, Central Pacific Financial, PNC Financial, First Hawaiian, Heritage Financial, and Sandy Spring Bancorp were some of the notable names in the banking sector. Several high-profile tech and consumer firms also reported, including Intel, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, McDonald’s, and ADP.

Welcome to the first weekly edition of our Q4’22 earnings season update on trending topics, macro trends, and key management commentary. With a busy first week of earnings that saw some banking companies in the S&P 500 report, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Financial Services, M&T Bank, Fifth Third, Citizens Financial, and KeyCorp were some of the notable names. 

Improving ROI on IR Effort through Detailed Content Performance Analytics and Contact Level Targeting Recommendations

Coming off what was one of the worst years for global markets in history, 2023 is set to be a busy year for Investor Relations professionals. Given that the size of the average IR team we work with tends to be 1-3 individuals, executing these mandates in heightened economic and investor uncertainty is a tall order. Improving ROI through content performance analytics and contact targeting is vital for these small teams.

Earnings, known as results in Europe, are events hosted by a public company to share the financial results of a reporting period. Earnings calls are a formal way for businesses to relay performance and strategy information to interested parties, including institutional investors, individual investors, existing shareholders, and financial analysts.

As we know from experience, creating an effective, powerful website is essential to attract and nurture the right investors. Even the best websites, however, experience issues over time. It could be that web traffic is declining even if nothing has changed with the organization’s products and services. Or you may be receiving feedback that the information your investors are looking for is hard to find on the site. One of the critical responsibilities of an IR professional is ensuring the IR website is always “on,” effectively communicating the company’s message. When it’s time to make a change, it comes down to two options: which is a better fit for the company, is it better to rebrand or redesign an IR website? Even though they’re not the same, the terms rebrand and redesign are often used interchangeably. So which one do you need?