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Analyst
John Blackledge
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters; questions recorded in 6).
- Questions
- 9on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 0%none of 9 questionsLimited sample
- Companies
- 3questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 6with 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 9 of 9 questions from 3 companies
PINSPinterest, Inc.5 questions · 5 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
As you expand your AI product offerings, how are you managing token-spend usage and AI-compute costs?
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Julia described a blended model approach and cited weekly pull requests per engineer up 45% year-over-year in July.
Calendar 2025 Q3
should we think about Pins potentially diversifying to other cloud platforms?
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Bill called Amazon a fantastic partner but said Pinterest benchmarks hyperscalers, chips and LLMs across the stack.
Calendar 2025 Q2
just curious how PINS is competing for talent, particularly AI talent
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Bill cited money, mission (AI for good), and a unique 600M-user sandbox as competitive talent advantages.
Calendar 2025 Q1
any further color on the broader macro volatility impacting ad spend
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Bill argued the full-funnel offering lets CMOs keep upper-funnel brand spend while driving lower-funnel conversions.
Calendar 2024 Q4
On the 1Q 2025 guidance, could you discuss the quarter-to-date advertising trends that you're seeing?
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Julia framed the guide as sequential acceleration on a two-year stack with food-and-beverage drag lessening.
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.2 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q3
How does Amazon think about agentic commerce going forward?
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Jassy said agentic commerce has chance to be good for customers and e-commerce. AI will make online experience for discovering products better than physical stores. Amazon has Rufus and Buy for Me where Amazon purchases items from other merchants on behalf of customers. Also expects to partner with third-party agents though current experience lacks personalization with wrong delivery estimates and prices. Compared to early search engine days as discovery source for commerce. Believes expanded online shopping benefits Amazon given broadest selection great value and reliable delivery.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Could you talk about the current speed of delivery, maybe how much more room to go there, and how is it driving the everyday essentials business?
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Jassy said no diminishing returns from faster delivery seen yet. Faster promises drive higher conversion rates and more everyday purchases downstream. Big impact on everyday essentials and pharmacy business with same-day delivery. Inbound network architectural change rolled out recently with opportunities for additional efficiencies throughout the year.
NFLXNetflix, Inc.2 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
can you walk through the key drivers of the top-line revenue range, which was above consensus at the midpoint
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Neumann said 2026 revenue drivers are member growth, pricing and ~doubling of ads to ~$3B; margin guide of 31.5% includes ~0.5pp M&A drag so ex-M&A is ~2.5pp expansion.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Can you please talk about the drivers of raising your 2025 operating margin guidance?
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Neumann detailed the expense bridge: high-single-digit content amortization growth, heavier invest into ads/live/games product and ad-sales build-out, support functions growing mid-low single digits.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PINS Pinterest, Inc. | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions |
| AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| NFLX Netflix, Inc. | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 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 | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions | 3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q4 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2026 Q1 | No questions recorded | — | — |
| 2026 Q2 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
- 2024 Q43 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 3 companies
- 2025 Q11 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q21 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2026 Q1No questions recorded
- 2026 Q21 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Cloud & AI4
- Guidance Reliability3
- Capex Investment2
- Revenue Growth2
- Margin2
- Demand2
- Competitive Dynamics1
- Labor Market1
- Macroeconomic1
- Product Launch1
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- Cost Pressure1