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Analyst
Shreyas Patil
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q3 – 2026 Q2 (8 quarters).
- Questions
- 13on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 8%1 of 13 questions
- Companies
- 3questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 8with 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 13 of 13 questions from 3 companies
TELTE Connectivity7 questions · 7 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
I'm curious if you could talk a little bit about the incremental margins in the quarter.
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Terrence said TE has a limited scale-out optical position and is focused on scale-up in the rack; Heath attributed strong incremental margins to Industrial volume and expects momentum into 2027.
Calendar 2026 Q1
how big your optical business for AI applications is today and where you feel the need to further bolster via M&A, maybe on the transceiver side or DCI modules
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Terrence confirmed TE staying in passive optical connectivity, no plans to enter transceivers or DCI modules. RampPhotonics adds fiber attach and optical backplane capabilities. Currently stronger in scale-up; optical positions for scale-out options. Will continue evaluating partnerships, organic development, and technology acquisitions to build out road map.
Calendar 2025 Q4
do you expect both segments to converge towards that 30% plus figure that you've talked about previously? Or should we continue to see Industrial running a little bit hotter than that
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Heath confirmed both segments expected at 30%+ full-year incrementals. Transportation Q1 had FX noise impacting flow-through. Industrial volume levels supporting outsized flow-through above 30%. Some investments needed but volume leverage at current scale more than offsets. Not concerned about quarter-to-quarter noise.
Calendar 2025 Q3
should we be thinking over the long run that this will eventually become a more balanced market share across the 3 big players? Or do you see TEL as sort of a firm #2 over time?
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Terrence acknowledged concentrated market among 3 players. Technology inflections are the key share gain opportunities. TE must compete on technology, ramp capability, and ecosystem breadth. TE's proven ability to provide and scale the technology positions them to compete for increased share.
Calendar 2025 Q2
How should we think about the trajectory of margins from here? Are there strategic investments you think the organization needs to make
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Heath confirmed 30% incremental flow-through as modeling assumption. Investments like AI capacity already embedded in run rate. Higher volumes could push incrementals above 30%. No plans for margin-dilutive one-time investments.
Calendar 2025 Q1
how should we think about the pace at which you can get recoveries in the auto end market
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Terrence reiterated tariff exposure is mostly Industrial. Heath noted Richards deployment of $2.3B but cash generation model supports continued M&A and buybacks in parallel.
Calendar 2024 Q3
you mentioned a little earlier that the goal is to get to 20% operating margins. Wondering if you can expand on that a little bit
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Heath framed 20% as a midterm goal driven by Industrial segment margin improvement. Terrence clarified D&D orders include non-AI cloud and enterprise, not solely AI.
RIVNRivian Automotive, Inc.4 questions · 4 reporting periods · 0 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
How much of that is tied to the better regulatory credit sales, how should we think about input cost inflation?
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Claire said the bottom end of the range improved $100 million (a $50 million midpoint move) on higher first-half regulatory credits and delivery volumes, partly offset by raw material, memory and logistics cost increases.
Calendar 2026 Q1
what's been the magnitude of increase, if you could help frame that?
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RJ said aluminum has been a focus and that Rivian's expanded sourcing team is proactively securing alternative supply for key commodities, without quantifying the increase.
Calendar 2025 Q1
I just want to make sure I heard that right
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Claire confirmed a couple thousand dollars per unit of 2025 tariff impact inclusive of the announced reimbursement benefit, with battery sourcing the primary exposure.
Calendar 2024 Q4
how you're thinking about the revenue opportunity there
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RJ tied the software opportunity to the vertically integrated electronics and software stack, citing the $5.8 billion Volkswagen joint venture as validation, while Claire cautioned that near-term margins depend on the mix of remarketing, service and higher-margin subscription revenue.
APTVAptiv2 questions · 1 reporting period · 1 of 2 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q1
I'm curious how to interpret the volume decline that would be implied in the guide in the back half?
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Kevin clarified the H2 framework is not guidance but scenarios for investors; direct tariff impact is manageable, uncertainty is on vehicle production.
it looked like production was up about 10% and revenues were up 2% for you. So just curious how you're seeing that market?
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Kevin attributed the gap to one global EV manufacturer with significant production declines, not a broader local OEM issue.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TEL TE Connectivity | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions |
| RIVN Rivian Automotive, Inc. | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions |
| APTV Aptiv | 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 Q3 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4 | 25%1 of 4 questions | 3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q4 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2026 Q1 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
| 2026 Q2 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 2 |
- 2024 Q31 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2024 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q14 questions · challenge rate 25% (1 of 4 questions) · 3 companies
- 2025 Q21 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q31 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2026 Q12 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
- 2026 Q22 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 2 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Margin5
- Revenue Growth3
- Cloud & AI3
- Cost Pressure2
- Trade Tariffs2
- Demand2
- Guidance Reliability1
- M&A1
- Supply Chain1
- Competitive Dynamics1
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- Capex Investment1
- Capital Allocation1
- Macroeconomic1
- Geographic Expansion1
- Subscriber Growth1