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How Great Companies Communicate Earnings During a Crisis

March 31, 2020

There’s no denying the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis. With the stock market plummeting at a record pace, events being cancelled across the globe, and small and large businesses shutting their doors for the foreseeable future, unfortunately, it’s a good bet that financial reports for Q1 and Q2—at least—will be concerning for many companies.…

Do IPO Videos Work? An Analysis of Snap’s Roadshow Video

April 7, 2017

As Snap, Inc. prepared for its IPO last month, it bucked old-school roadshow traditions by releasing a highly polished 35-minute IPO video featuring the tech companies’ executives (and a client or two) extolling their virtues and outlining their origin stories and visions.

Buffett’s 2016 Shareholder Letter Displays Cautious Optimism for U.S. Markets

February 27, 2017

Every year, we look forward to Warren Buffett’s letter to Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders. We’ve analyzed over 50 shareholder letters from the Oracle of Omaha, dating back to 1965 and, like most analysts, we look forward to Buffett’s predictions for the U.S. Economy in each one. In the wake of the turmoil surrounding and following the…

Objectively, How Optimistic Were the Fed Speeches today?

August 26, 2016

Wall Street waited with bated breath for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole this morning.

The Future of Human Communication: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform the Way We Communicate

June 14, 2016

It’s only a matter of time until Artificial Intelligence is a decision maker in every workplace.

Let’s Be Clear. What can we learn from 3 legendary CEOs’ annual shareholder letters?

May 17, 2016

At Quantified Communications, we urge clients to focus on clarity in all their executive communications, and annual shareholder letters — notoriously dense documents — are at the top of the list. No matter how crisp the numbers, no matter how good the news, your letter is far less effective if it’s unclear to the investors who…

Do Prepared Remarks Help or Hurt an Earnings Call? What the Data Says

April 13, 2016

To help our clients make sure they’re delivering best-in-class financial communications, we use our proprietary language analytics platform to measure every S&P500 earnings call, every quarter. This comprehensive benchmark allows us to show clients how their calls compare to individual competitors, industry peers, and the broader corporate sphere.

How Vocal Analytics Help Speakers Improve their Performance

March 14, 2016

What are vocal analytics? A large part of our communication analytics offering is related to making sure your content is best-in-class. However, there’s another component to our work, and that’s making sure your spoken delivery does that content justice. Our vocal analytics offer a data-driven measurement of your vocal techniques (volume, pitch, variation, etc.) as…

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How data can help investor relations teams improve communication

March 8, 2016

Arguably more than any other department, a company’s investor relations team is constantly dealing with data. From annual revenue, to quarterly guidance, to progress against key initiatives, numbers are the name of the investor relations game.