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Analyst
John Murphy
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2025 Q1 (2 quarters).
- Questions
- 11on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 18%2 of 11 questions
- Companies
- 5questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 2with 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 11 of 11 questions from 5 companies
GMGeneral Motors4 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q1
you're a success story. You're certainly not a company in trouble by any stretch of the imagination
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Mary said GM's approach is collaborative not adversarial. Emphasized 45K+ US jobs, $60B invested in US over 5 years. Administration invested time to understand the industry. Conversations have been very productive.
the German Lux brands are widely disadvantaged and so are really the Korean sort of in the mid-level of the market
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Mary highlighted 1.5M US-built vehicles, 30% Escalade growth, and best April since 2007. Sees upside opportunity for GM in both ICE and EV from tariff-driven competitive advantage.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Are you still having internal commitments to developing Level 4 and 5 on your own and sort of a build, or is there the potential that you think you might need to go out and buy
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Mary said GM has built internal AV capability and Cruise restructuring will strengthen it. May work with strategic partners. Want to be leaders in Level 4 as capital efficiently as possible.
Was your understanding that you do not have to comply with CARB's ACC2 and get to 35% of your volume as EVs in California
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Mary said GM cannot yet assume the 35% requirement is gone, legislative and policy changes need to align. GM engaging at state and federal level while monitoring the situation carefully.
APTVAptiv2 questions · 1 reporting period · 0 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2024 Q4
If that were to occur, what kind of incremental margin, I am saying if. Right? I mean, it is, you know, it is a big if.
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Kevin explained the conservative outlook rationale then Varun confirmed 18-22% incremental flow-through on volume upside.
has anything changed in sort of the mix of customers in China? And are you shifting more quickly towards the domestics than you were
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Kevin confirmed roughly 10 points of local OEM share gain in 2024 with another 10 points expected in 2025 to reach market parity.
FFord Motor Company2 questions · 1 reporting period · 1 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q1
not necessarily enough for at least in my opinion, enough focus on the indirect impact and the potential for you to take market share
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Farley highlighted fresh product lineup plus employee pricing campaign driving share gains in April exceeding March, with Ford investing in marketing for the opportunity.
That seems like a pretty high price and elasticity of demand, particularly given all the pent-up demand that's out there
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Frick explained H2 SAR decline includes payback from strong H1 pull-forward plus segment-level pricing elasticity modeling. Farley added customers extending to 84-month financing.
LCIDLucid Group, Inc.2 questions · 1 reporting period · 1 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2024 Q4
give us an idea of the Gravity order book and how that's developing.
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Winterhoff said Gravity order takeoff was strong with no marketing, mostly configured above $120,000.
I'm just curious why Peter isn't present and why he would make an announcement like this without a successor
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Winterhoff said Rawlinson chose after 12 years to pass the baton having built the technology, team, Air and Gravity.
RIVNRivian Automotive, Inc.1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2024 Q4
Is that where the bulk of that other $1 billion is coming from? Or are there some other factors that we should be considering?
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Claire walked through the bridge: software and services gross profit north of $1 billion, cost efficiencies and commodity tailwinds, offset by policy and demand impacts and lower LCNRV benefits, yielding a modest aggregate gross profit but a GAAP-negative automotive line.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GM General Motors | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions |
| APTV Aptiv | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| F Ford Motor Company | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| LCID Lucid Group, Inc. | 2 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
| RIVN Rivian Automotive, Inc. | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
- GMGeneral Motors · 4 questions0%none of 4 questions
- APTVAptiv · 2 questions—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- FFord Motor Company · 2 questions—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- LCIDLucid Group, Inc. · 2 questions—rate withheld: under 3 questions
- RIVNRivian Automotive, Inc. · 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 | 7 | 14%1 of 7 questions | 4 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4 | 25%1 of 4 questions | 2 |
- 2024 Q47 questions · challenge rate 14% (1 of 7 questions) · 4 companies
- 2025 Q14 questions · challenge rate 25% (1 of 4 questions) · 2 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Trade Tariffs3
- Competitive Dynamics3
- Demand3
- Macroeconomic2
- Regulation Policy2
- Margin2
- Pricing1
- Geographic Expansion1
- Innovation & R&D1
- M&A1
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- Product Launch1
- Guidance Reliability1
- Capital Allocation1
- Cost Pressure1