Earnings calls are a staple of the public markets. Every quarter, companies release their numbers and then host a call where executives walk through the results and answer questions from analysts and investors. But let’s be honest: these calls often feel routine, scripted, and sometimes frustratingly opaque. What if there was a better way? What…

There’s a moment every public company faces—sometimes in the afterglow of a strong quarter, sometimes in the shadow of a missed target—when you realize your fate isn’t entirely in your own hands. It’s in the hands of the investors who show up, quarter after quarter, call after call, each with their own playbook and their…

Investor relations teams are perpetual tightroe walkers, balancing the market’s thirst for insight with the rigid guardrails of regulation. The challenge isn’t just about what information to share, but how to share it—without falling into the traps of selective disclosure or leaking material non-public information (MNPI). The SEC’s Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) isn’t just…

The Art and Science of Setting Guidance: An IR Team’s Balancing Act Investor Relations teams wear many hats. They’re the company’s voice to investors and sell-side analysts, the internal detectives digging into numbers with finance and operations teams, and the storytellers who weave all this into a narrative that makes sense — even when the…

There’s more to the sell-side than consensus numbers and quarterly notes. The real story is in the patterns, the outliers, the subtle shifts in tone and influence that shape how your company is perceived. For IR, tracking and measuring analysts isn’t just a checklist-it’s an ongoing process of identifying where the narrative diverges, and understanding…

What matters to an IR person In this Thursday’’s edition I will expand upon the first topic of risk from last week. Talking about IR team impact map Chasing Dissonance May 1 What does an IR person do? Read full story Why are sell-side analysts important? Imagine a room. In one corner: management, spinning their…

Risks and Opportunities What does an IR person do? If you ask an AI engine what an Investor Relations (IR) person does, you’ll get a textbook answer like: “The Investor Relations team manages communication between corporate management and investors, analysts, and the financial community, ensuring accurate and effective communication of financial standing and strategic direction,…

For decades, data visualization dashboards have been a cornerstone of decision-making. Tools like PowerBI, Tableau, and others have become ubiquitous across industries, promising real-time insights into KPIs, trends, and performance metrics. Yet, in practice, dashboards often become overwhelming collections of graphs and tables, making it difficult for users to focus on what truly matters. The…

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Support for Mostly metrics comes from Aleph, the single source of truth for financial data. Accelerate FP&A and make better decisions using the tool you love the most—spreadsheets. Before we make the numbers dance, make sure to check out this week’s Run the Number’s Podcast with Sinohe Terrero, the CFO of Envoy. We talk about why CFOs should actually…