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Analyst
Craig Shere
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters).
- Questions
- 19on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 11%2 of 19 questions
- Companies
- 3questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 7with 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 19 of 19 questions from 3 companies
OKLOOklo Inc.9 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 9 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
the comparison and contrast between Aurora powerhouses, potential thermal integration and output
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CEO said most industrial process heat is well served below 450 degrees C, which Oklo's sodium reactor can deliver, with only marginal opportunity at higher temperatures; non-light-water designs converge on similar heat economics.
Calendar 2025 Q4
is it reasonable to say that, that's sufficient to carry you through at least to next year?
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CFO said Oklo is very well capitalized for 2026 and beyond with project financing as a future lever; the fuel-sufficiency question went unaddressed as the call ended.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Does that have any implications on NRC regulatory process? Do they have to shift because of the new fuel mix
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Jake said there are manageable regulatory differences, well-understood from prior MOX/DOE experience, and argued fissioning plutonium reduces rather than raises proliferation risk. Directly answered.
What are the prospects for rounding up remaining fuel needs to maximize your made in INL powerhouse to 75 megawatts?
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Jake expressed increasing confidence in sourcing enough HALEU (plus commingled plutonium-bearing fuel option) to run near full power at onset. Directly answered.
Calendar 2025 Q2
do you have a timeline or road map for announcing PPAs on your INL plant?
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Jake said there is strong interest in Idaho plant power across offtake and use cases; the 5 tons of HALEU is secured with more sources available to reach the full 75 MW.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Could we just presume that the recycling takes more capital and longer to construct versus just the foundry?
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Jake confirmed recycling will take longer and more capital than the fuel foundry, but noted it opens additional revenue streams and large fuel-cost savings.
what exactly is the CapEx delta between a commercial scale fuel foundry versus recycling facility?
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Craig declined to quantify the CapEx, saying it was too early and more detail would come after appraisal work on both the foundry and recycling facility.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Any thoughts of addressing accelerated Halo requirements if you move more quickly to these upsized designs?
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Management addressed the fuel-efficiency angle (more power per kilogram at the larger size) but engaged the HALEU-supply-acceleration question only lightly.
your 75-megawatt powerhouse would have similar nonfuel CapEx at the 50-megawatt design
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Management corrected the premise: the 75-megawatt option carries somewhat higher CapEx (bigger heat exchangers and turbines) but scales favorably on dollars per megawatt.
SMRNuScale Power Corporation5 questions · 3 reporting periods · 2 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q1
Going forward, before any major project news, is it fair to say that the cash burn should be improving?
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CFO said he hopes to reach operational cash-flow breakeven by year-end but expects OpEx (about $55 million this quarter) to rise as commercialization nears.
could that at least drive some notable NuScale revenue in the coming quarters?
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CFO said a TVA PPA could close later this year and, like RoPower's roughly $8 million of pre-OEM revenue over 2024-2025, generate site-specific services revenue.
Calendar 2025 Q2
is it fair to say that this is carpe diem time that the second half of this year is a critical time
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Shere pressed whether H2 2025 is a critical window to sign a customer before cash burn widens; management stressed a measured approach and said it won't spend $1 billion building modules absent an order.
Calendar 2025 Q1
do you have bandwidth in your supply chain and with ENTRA1 capacity to support a couple of initial projects
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Hopkins said Doosan can produce about 20 modules a year and the goal is multiple concurrent projects, though he prioritized landing one hard contract first.
what's the rationale for continuing to hit the ATM? And could we assume that, that may slow or cease in the near future?
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Hamady declined forward-looking ATM comments but defended the conservative cash stance, targeting about two years of runway against $40 million to $45 million quarterly OpEx.
WMBWilliams Companies5 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q1
It seems like there's 3 prospective drivers for that, but you're kind of emphasizing one over the others
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Porter said primary goal is ensuring financing capacity keeps pace with commercial pipeline. Committed to 3.5x-4x leverage target and dividend growth.
I wanted to inquire about the BESS factor evolution as a part of power innovation solutions
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Zamarin said battery storage primarily serves as buffer between rotating equipment and data center to handle rapid millisecond changes in AI loads.
Calendar 2025 Q4
We haven't talked a lot about gas storage a big uptick there. Could you walk us through maybe the projects and expected kind of EBITDA impacts of that?
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Shere asked about storage EBITDA upside and willingness to participate in Louisiana LNG expansion. Larsen highlighted growing Gulf Coast storage demand, Pine Prairie 10 Bcf expansion in permitting for 2028, and two additional brownfield projects in development. Wingo said the Woodside relationship is on time and on budget, and they are open to additional LNG expansions but focused on their role as infrastructure bridge between Haynesville producers and LNG offtakers.
Calendar 2024 Q4
the all-in returns across the entire enterprise may still be in the mid-single digits or better. Am I thinking about that right
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Armstrong confirmed framework depends on location and available capacity. Chapter 1 projects prioritize speed near existing capacity; Chapter 2 will better coordinate with resource availability.
thoughts about still looking at LNG offtake and partnership opportunities like you had a couple years back with an MOU with Sempra
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Zamarin said LNG opportunities still in strategy fairway but must compete with attractive returns across core footprint. Remains disciplined on return thresholds.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OKLO Oklo Inc. | 9 | 0%none of 9 questions |
| SMR NuScale Power Corporation | 5 | 40%2 of 5 questions |
| WMB Williams Companies | 5 | 0%none of 5 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 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4 | 25%1 of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 50%1 of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q1 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q2 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
- 2024 Q44 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q14 questions · challenge rate 25% (1 of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q22 questions · challenge rate 50% (1 of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2025 Q42 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q14 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q21 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Capex Investment7
- Capital Allocation6
- Supply Chain4
- Demand3
- Revenue Growth2
- Cloud & AI2
- Margin2
- Competitive Dynamics1
- Innovation & R&D1
- Regulation Policy1
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- Credit1
- Geographic Expansion1