How to get a 1–10 sentiment score for a company’s earnings call

How to get a score in under a minute

1. Open Tellvest or go straight to Companies.
2. Open a company page (for example Apple Inc. (AAPL)).
3. Read the free prior-quarter score on that page. No account is required to browse prior quarters.
4. Create a free account if you want 30 days of full Pro with no credit card, including the newest quarter everywhere.

Free example: As of FY2026 Q2, the Tellvest earnings-call sentiment score for Apple Inc. (AAPL) is 8/10, unchanged from the prior quarter. That score comes from Apple’s FY2026 Q2 earnings call. The newest quarter on that page is part of Tellvest Pro.

What the 1–10 score is made of

Every score is the sum of four components:

base score + transcript adjustment + EPS adjustment + guidance adjustment

Full detail lives on About. The short version:

Base score from GAAP revenue growth (YoY)

Tellvest starts from year-over-year GAAP revenue growth from SEC filings and looks up a fixed base score:

• 15% or more → 8
• 8% to 15% → 7
• 3% to 8% → 6
• −0.5% to 3% → 5
• −5% to −0.5% → 4
• −15% to −5% → 3
• below −15% → 2

Transcript adjustment

A ±1 Tier 1 adjustment can apply when a single-quarter event (impairment, acquisition, FX swing, divestiture) makes GAAP revenue unrepresentative. A larger ±2 Tier 2 adjustment is reserved for sectors where GAAP revenue is structurally the wrong metric. That list is closed and maintained internally. Illustrative examples on the site include energy, banks, and P&C insurers.

EPS adjustment

If EPS outruns revenue by 5 percentage points or more, the score gets +1 (margin expansion). If EPS trails revenue by 5pp or more, the score gets −1 (margin compression). Inside ±5pp, EPS is neutral.

Guidance adjustment

A raise of 3% or more at the midpoint is +2. A smaller raise (or new annual-cycle guidance introduced for the first time) is +1. Maintain is neutral. A small cut is −1. A cut of 3% or more is −2. Withdrawing guidance entirely is −3.

Hard caps

Even after adjustments, Tellvest applies ceilings:

• Majority of themes are negative or mixed → max final score 6
• GAAP revenue declined year-over-year → max 7
• Forward guidance was lowered → max 7

All data is sourced from SEC filings, company-reported results, and public earnings transcripts. Quoted passages on Tellvest are exact substrings of the source transcript.

Free vs Pro (so you know what you are looking at)

Prior quarters are free to browse. The newest quarter is part of Pro.

• Free: prior quarters for every company, plus economy, sector, industry, and Mentions views; company list with sentiment scores and trends; analyst and firm tracker. No account needed to browse.
• Tellvest Pro ($12/month): the latest quarter everywhere, macro signal and theme screener, pre-earnings briefs, returns analysis and trade signal history, watchlist email alerts, and coverage requests.
• Trial: every new account starts with 30 days of full Pro, free, no credit card required. When it ends, keep Pro for $12/month or stay on the free tier.

Details: Pricing.

What else the score connects to

Once you have a company score, you can compare it to the market-wide Earnings Pulse, browse Mentions, or read the longer product overview at Earnings-call intelligence.

Takeaway

To get a Tellvest sentiment score for a company’s earnings call: open the company page, read the free prior-quarter 1–10 score, and use the published rubric on About if you want to see how that number is built. Start with Apple (AAPL) or browse companies.