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Analyst
Chigusa Katoku
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters; questions recorded in 4).
- Questions
- 15on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 20%3 of 15 questions
- Companies
- 6questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 4with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 15 of 15 questions from 6 companies
DDDuPont5 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
do you still expect high single digit in the back half and mid-single for the full year in Water?
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Koch trimmed full-year Water to low-to-mid single digit on the Middle East, offset by higher Healthcare.
Calendar 2026 Q1
So if you could just help me understand the puts and takes around this
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Franzen explained Q1-to-Q2 margin walk: 30bps headwind from price-cost timing (costs in P&L before full pricing run rate) plus 40bps headwind from mix. Underlying performance remains strong. Majority of price increases effective May 1.
after you started some price increases in April, how have order trends been compared to March?
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Franzen confirmed April order trends showed similar demand patterns with nice YoY increases. No demand destruction from pricing actions.
Calendar 2025 Q4
Was wondering given the execution, is there potential upside here or you are tracking ahead of plan
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Koch confirmed strong starting position with at least 20bps productivity-driven margin expansion in 2026 guide, with Q4 results already demonstrating execution capability.
any initial thoughts on what you're thinking about capital deployment
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Koch noted ~$1B net after-tax proceeds, half already deployed via $500M ASR (2.5% EPS accretion). Remainder will be shareholder-friendly with M&A focus on healthcare (Spectrum/Donatelle-type deals). IRR target: above WACC by year 5.
MMM3M Company4 questions · 2 reporting periods · 1 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
You've raised your organic growth guidance nicely, but it still implies some deceleration in the second half
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Bill pushed back that the second half actually accelerates, flagging consumer electronics and auto as watch items.
what drove the strength in margins this quarter. Is it mix, price cost, or productivity?
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Anurag attributed record 24.9% margin to broad-based volume and productivity across G&A and supply chain.
Calendar 2026 Q1
can you maybe recalibrate us on the outlook for U.S. IP and electronics you're embedding
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Brown said macro trending about where January outlook stood: global IPI ~2%, U.S. slightly better, Europe slightly worse, China mid-single digits.
what it would take for you to remove this. I think it's prudent that you're including in guidance
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Maheshwari deferred contingency update to Q2 earnings, said will monitor oil, tariff yield, and execution over next couple of months.
FTVFortive2 questions · 1 reporting period · 1 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
Just if you could give a little bit more color on why you could do more in the range of 50 to 100 in 2027
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Answered with framework language and growth acceleration rather than addressing the AI investment pressure comparison directly.
Is it directionally correct that third quarter you expect organic growth around the same range as the full-year
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Confirmed Q3 is in the zone and walked through the selling-day and comp effects across the year that shape the comparisons.
ROKRockwell Automation2 questions · 1 reporting period · 1 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2024 Q4
the first half seasonality still seems a little weaker than historical seasonality
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Blake noted better-than-expected Q1 orders actually reduce the required ramp, keeping the gradual sequential improvement thesis intact.
if you were to do similar decremental margins to the first quarter, it looks like there's some upside to the $2
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Christian guided for sequential margin expansion from 17% to 18% range in Q2 but declined to provide more detailed year-over-year modeling guidance.
EMREmerson Electric1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
how should we think about the cadence of these orders translating into sales? And what businesses specifically do as expect to hit the second half that supports the full year guidance?
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Krishnan confirmed backlog supports mid-to-high single digit second-half growth. Trailing twelve-month orders at 6% and $7.9B backlog up 9% phase into H2 and 2027. Build is across control systems, DeltaV, Final Control, and sensors.
PHParker Hannifin1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
is this more driven by power being stronger and oil and gas kind of unchanged?
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Split energy: power gen growth strong and strengthening, oil and gas expected flat with a possible up-cycle but no signs yet.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| DD DuPont | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions |
| MMM 3M Company | 4 | 25%1 of 4 questions |
| FTV Fortive | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| ROK Rockwell Automation | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| EMR Emerson Electric | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| PH Parker Hannifin | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
- DDDuPont · 5 questions0%none of 5 questions
- MMM3M Company · 4 questions25%1 of 4 questions
- FTVFortive · 2 questions—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- ROKRockwell Automation · 2 questions—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- EMREmerson Electric · 1 question—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- PHParker Hannifin · 1 question—rate withheld: under 3 questions
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 2 | 50%1 of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2025 Q1 | No questions recorded | — | — |
| 2025 Q2 | No questions recorded | — | — |
| 2025 Q3 | No questions recorded | — | — |
| 2025 Q4 | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q1 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q2 | 6 | 33%2 of 6 questions | 4 |
- 2024 Q42 questions · challenge rate 50% (1 of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2025 Q1No questions recorded
- 2025 Q2No questions recorded
- 2025 Q3No questions recorded
- 2025 Q43 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q14 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q26 questions · challenge rate 33% (2 of 6 questions) · 4 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Demand6
- Margin5
- Guidance Reliability5
- Revenue Growth4
- Pricing2
- Macroeconomic2
- Capex Investment1
- Competitive Dynamics1
- Capital Allocation1
- M&A1