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Research firms
How research firms question management on earnings calls: the companies they cover, how often they ask, and how often their questions are challenging.
Across tracked earnings calls. Ranked by questions asked, most first. Firms with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
What challenge rate means
Challenge rate is the share of a firm’s questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. Each profile reflects the calls where that firm’s analysts asked questions, so profiles cover different companies and dates. It describes how questions are asked; it does not measure whether any view about a company turned out to be right.
177 firms · showing 51–100, page 2 of 4
| Firm | Analysts | Companies | Questions | Challenge rate | Top topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Craig-Hallum | 9 | 18 | 121 | 3% | Demand · Competitive Dynamics · Revenue Growth |
LightShed Partners | 3 | 16 | 113 | 21% | Competitive Dynamics · Subscriber Growth · Demand |
Ladenburg Thalmann | 4 | 21 | 110 | 3% | Demand · Capex Investment · Revenue Growth |
Macquarie | 9 | 21 | 104 | 0% | Demand · Capex Investment · Capital Allocation |
Texas Capital Securities | 7 | 18 | 102 | 1% | Demand · Competitive Dynamics · Innovation & R&D |
Nephron Research | 4 | 22 | 99 | 10% | Competitive Dynamics · Demand · Revenue Growth |
Cleveland Research | 9 | 19 | 97 | 4% | Demand · Revenue Growth · Competitive Dynamics |
Clear Street | 3 | 16 | 96 | 11% | Competitive Dynamics · Demand · Regulation Policy |
Morningstar | 5 | 16 | 95 | 2% | Regulation Policy · Capex Investment · Demand |
HSBC | 11 | 31 | 94 | 19% | Revenue Growth · Competitive Dynamics · Margin |
StoneX | 4 | 14 | 90 | 7% | Demand · Revenue Growth · Competitive Dynamics |
New Street Research | 7 | 19 | 89 | 9% | Competitive Dynamics · Innovation & R&D · Demand |
Zelman & Associates | 4 | 11 | 88 | 11% | Demand · Pricing · Capex Investment |
Operon Research | 1 | 11 | 87 | 2% | Demand · Revenue Growth · M&A |
Northland Capital Markets | 9 | 16 | 84 | 13% | Demand · Cloud & AI · Competitive Dynamics |
Longbow Research | 2 | 11 | 80 | 9% | Demand · Margin · Competitive Dynamics |
Gordon Haskett | 4 | 13 | 75 | 5% | Demand · Margin · Revenue Growth |
Fox Advisors | 1 | 11 | 69 | 6% | Demand · Margin · Cloud & AI |
Huber Research Partners | 2 | 9 | 68 | 19% | Cloud & AI · Competitive Dynamics · Revenue Growth |
Berenberg | 9 | 19 | 66 | 12% | Demand · Competitive Dynamics · Revenue Growth |
CIBC Capital Markets | 8 | 8 | 64 | 0% | Revenue Growth · Capex Investment · Margin |
Telsey Advisory Group | 4 | 15 | 57 | 0% | Demand · Competitive Dynamics · Product Launch |
Wedbush Securities | 7 | 17 | 56 | 7% | Demand · Competitive Dynamics · Cloud & AI |
Heather Jones Research | 2 | 4 | 53 | 19% | Margin · Competitive Dynamics · Demand |
Rosenblatt Securities | 8 | 14 | 53 | 21% | Demand · Revenue Growth · Cloud & AI |
Thompson Davis | 1 | 6 | 51 | 0% | Demand · Revenue Growth · M&A |
Benchmark | 9 | 18 | 50 | 0% | Revenue Growth · Demand · Cloud & AI |
Dowling & Partners | 2 | 6 | 49 | 18% | Revenue Growth · Margin · Demand |
Griffin Securities | 1 | 5 | 47 | 11% | Competitive Dynamics · Innovation & R&D · Revenue Growth |
CJS Securities | 4 | 4 | 45 | 9% | Competitive Dynamics · Demand · Margin |
Glenrock Associates | 1 | 10 | 44 | 7% | Regulation Policy · Margin · Capex Investment |
CBRE | 2 | 4 | 41 | 0% | Demand · Capital Allocation · Geographic Expansion |
Pickering Energy Partners | 3 | 8 | 39 | 0% | Capex Investment · M&A · Pricing |
Compass Point Research and Trading | 5 | 9 | 36 | 0% | Capex Investment · Capital Allocation · Geographic Expansion |
Thompson Research Group | 3 | 6 | 36 | 0% | Demand · Regulation Policy · Revenue Growth |
Arete Research | 8 | 8 | 34 | 21% | Cloud & AI · Demand · Capex Investment |
H.C. Wainwright | 5 | 7 | 34 | 0% | Capex Investment · Capital Allocation · Cost Pressure |
Fermium Research | 2 | 6 | 33 | 12% | Capital Allocation · Demand · Margin |
FT Partners | 4 | 13 | 33 | 12% | Competitive Dynamics · Credit · Demand |
Charter Equity Research | 2 | 4 | 30 | 13% | Competitive Dynamics · Revenue Growth · Cloud & AI |
Johnson Rice | 2 | 6 | 30 | 0% | Capex Investment · Geographic Expansion · Innovation & R&D |
Lake Street Capital Markets | 4 | 3 | 30 | 3% | Capex Investment · Competitive Dynamics · Demand |
Tuohy Brothers | 2 | 5 | 26 | 8% | Capex Investment · Capital Allocation · Demand |
Barrenjoey | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16% | Capex Investment · Revenue Growth · Competitive Dynamics |
Lucid Capital Markets | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0% | Capex Investment · Cloud & AI · Demand |
Alembic Global | 2 | 6 | 23 | 13% | Competitive Dynamics · Supply Chain · Revenue Growth |
Barrington Research | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0% | Demand · Macroeconomic · Revenue Growth |
Cannonball Research | 1 | 5 | 22 | 9% | Revenue Growth · Competitive Dynamics · Demand |
Williams Trading | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5% | Demand · Margin · Competitive Dynamics |
Capital One Securities | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0% | Demand · Geographic Expansion · Competitive Dynamics |
- Craig-Hallum121questions
- LightShed Partners113questions
- Ladenburg Thalmann110questions
- Macquarie104questions
- Texas Capital Securities102questions
- Nephron Research99questions
- Cleveland Research97questions
- Clear Street96questions
- Morningstar95questions
- HSBC94questions
- StoneX90questions
- New Street Research89questions
- Zelman & Associates88questions
- Operon Research87questions
- Northland Capital Markets84questions
- Longbow Research80questions
- Gordon Haskett75questions
- Fox Advisors69questions
- Huber Research Partners68questions
- Berenberg66questions
- CIBC Capital Markets64questions
- Telsey Advisory Group57questions
- Wedbush Securities56questions
- Heather Jones Research53questions
- Rosenblatt Securities53questions
- Thompson Davis51questions
- Benchmark50questions
- Dowling & Partners49questions
- Griffin Securities47questions
- CJS Securities45questions
- Glenrock Associates44questions
- CBRE41questions
- Pickering Energy Partners39questions
- Compass Point Research and Trading36questions
- Thompson Research Group36questions
- Arete Research34questions
- H.C. Wainwright34questions
- Fermium Research33questions
- FT Partners33questions
- Charter Equity Research30questions
- Johnson Rice30questions
- Lake Street Capital Markets30questions
- Tuohy Brothers26questions
- Barrenjoey25questions
- Lucid Capital Markets25questions
- Alembic Global23questions
- Barrington Research22questions
- Cannonball Research22questions
- Williams Trading20questions
- Capital One Securities19questions
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