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Analyst
Marvin Fong
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters).
- Questions
- 14on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 0%none of 14 questions
- Companies
- 2questioned 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 14 of 14 questions from 2 companies
CVNACarvana Co.9 questions · 7 reporting periods · 0 of 9 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
Have you done that in response to sort of reducing the pressure on your reconditioning?
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Said the shift is not structural, driven by prime-rate giveback and step-two recon strategy, and expects metrics to revert toward the average buyer.
Calendar 2026 Q1
how would you characterize just the pricing environment? I think one of -- at least one competitor is kind of out there discounting
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Ernie said nothing notable on competitive pricing, characterizing any differences as captured in the wholesale-retail spread data rather than competitor discounting.
it grew quite a bit less than sales. And I just wanted your take on -- was that partly a function of just kind of bringing the operational efficiency up
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Ernie noted inventory grew 30% vs 40% units (vs 40% last quarter), partly seasonal post-tax-season. Acknowledged they would prefer more inventory and that it would drive additional sales.
Calendar 2025 Q4
the passing along the lower APR about a percentage point you referenced. In retrospect, did that have the desired impact that you anticipated
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Confirmed rate passback had expected impact on conversion. Long-term strategy: maximize fundamental gains, give value to customers, path to 13.5% from fixed cost leverage.
Calendar 2025 Q3
the OpEx, the operating expense per unit, I noticed ticked up sequentially, although it was down year-over-year
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Broke OpEx into advertising (investing in brand), overhead (lumpy transitory items but strong leverage), and operations (sequential bump from one-time items, trend is down).
what's sort of underpinning those dynamics? So are your recon and logistics efficiencies sort of being offset by the macro environment
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Q4 seasonality drives higher depreciation. Q3 was softer depreciation quarter offsetting Q2 tariff-driven strength. Sequential change expected similar to prior year.
Calendar 2025 Q2
you referenced a lower sell- through rate in the quarter. Was that related to, I think, another player in the space in commented that there was more cash buyers
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Clarified lower sell-through was a Q2 2024 comp issue (~$100/unit positive in prior year), not a Q2 2025 problem. Cost of funds improving via expanding buyer pool and strong loan performance.
Calendar 2025 Q1
How should we think about your ability to continue to source, I think it's 80%, 85% of your retail units from consumers
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Pointed to industry stability: 270M cars, 40M transactions annually. Economics stable across several orders of magnitude growth. No structural limit on sourcing.
Calendar 2024 Q4
last quarter you had sort of indicated you expected the retail average selling price to come in at $21,000. I think you guys came in about $1,000 above
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Dismissed ASP variance as normal estimation room. On OpEx, cited $330 YoY improvement and continued room for efficiency across entire operational chain.
MELIMercadoLibre5 questions · 5 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
could you give us an idea of what percentage of your users in Brazil or perhaps, across your entire marketplace
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Martin declined to disclose the ecosystemic-user share but quantified their value (70% more GMV, 90% more TPV) and 37% YoY growth; Ariel updated CBT and China fulfillment progress.
Calendar 2025 Q4
I believe you mentioned in prepared remarks you issued 3 million plus in the fourth quarter. I believe that's up substantially
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Osvaldo broke down growth: Q2-Q3 driven by Brazil model improvements, Q3-Q4 by Argentina ramp and Mexico better-than-expected paybacks. Martin noted cohorts >2yr in Brazil are NIMAL positive.
Calendar 2025 Q3
I think you announced a B2B initiative as well as a partnership with Casas Bahia. And I just wanted to see if you could help dimensionalize the potential impact
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Ariel framed Casas Bahia as filling gaps in heavy/bulky items where MELI is under-indexed. B2B described as a multibillion-dollar long-term opportunity in early stages.
Calendar 2025 Q2
those purchases that are happening under BRL 79, just curious how is the behavior there? Are you seeing a lot of the purchases near the low end
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Ariel framed this as a long-term play similar to prior free shipping expansions. Osvaldo noted 2% credit card market share in Brazil means ample room to grow.
Calendar 2025 Q1
you mentioned in the shareholder letter that there was one high ASP category that you saw a bit of softness on. I was just wondering if you could elaborate
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Ariel attributed Mexico tech softness to aggressive competitor pricing and financing and missing selection, but confirmed targeted initiatives are showing positive results.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CVNA Carvana Co. | 9 | 0%none of 9 questions |
| MELI MercadoLibre | 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 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q1 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2026 Q2 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
- 2024 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q12 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q33 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q42 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q12 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2026 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Pricing6
- Margin5
- Inventory3
- Demand3
- Competitive Dynamics3
- Credit3
- Cost Pressure2
- Geographic Expansion1
- Revenue Growth1
- Supply Chain1