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The Benefits of Having Your Investor Relations Consultant be a Former Investor: Maximizing Your Connection with Shareholders
In this article, we explore the benefits of working with consultants who understand how investors think and can provide valuable insights into what shareholders are looking for.
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Navigating the World of Investor Relations Consultancy: Discovering the Best in the Business
In this comprehensive guide, explore the best investor relations consultancies and learn how they can help public companies improve their investor communication strategies.
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Educate and Reeducate the Street on Your Story
As a general group, investors want to be educated… tempted even, by the tantalizing aspects of a story in order to get interested. They want to hear a good story that reminds them of stocks that have worked for them in the past.
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Don’t Try to Pull a Fast One
I tell my clients all the time that a quarterly report consists of at least three major things: 1) the published numbers from the quarter, 2) management commentary, and 3) guidance.
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Here’s Why You Need New Investors
Very often, when I'm working with a client to help them simplify their story into easily digestible bullets, they say to me, "our existing investors already know this...why do we need to say this again? It feels so repetitive."
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Repetition, Repetition, Repetition to Get Your Point Across
What feels like "annoyingly repetitive" to you, is probably "refreshingly simple" to your investors.
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$2bn Software Company Entering a Model Transition
Management doesn’t always provide concise, direct answers to questions which can leave investors feeling unsatisfied. We then helped them script their earnings calls, Q&A, and investor presentations (including an investor day) to tell the story while also releasing a series of new KPIs that investors used to gauge the company’s progress through the transition.
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$5bn Hardware Company Lacking Investor Credibility
The client (under NDA) was looking for someone to help them fix their sagging stock price, which was lagging behind their peers despite several quarters of beating consensus estimates.
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$5bn Software Company with a Lagging Multiple
Management had a history of over-promising and under-delivering, which we needed to correct. Also, the business model transition created a layer of opacity that only increased disclosure, and new KPIs could solve.
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$14bn Software Company in Model Transition
After many years of disappointing results, investors lost interest in this company. Additionally, the company’s financial disclosures made it impossible to see all the changes going on “under the surface.”
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Strategic Investor Relations: Why Your Stock Lags
f your stock price is lagging despite strong performance, your "compliant" IR is likely the cause. This guide explains why traditional methods fail and reveals the insider's edge to strategic investor relations. Learn how to master investor psychology and use a disciplined "beat-and-raise" cadence to build credibility and unlock your true market valuation.
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Small Cap Investor Relations Firms: Mastering Universal Truths for Achieving the Proper Company Value
CEOs seeking 'small cap investor relations firms' often overlook a key fact: the principles for driving valuation are universal. This guide, from a 20-year investor and former public company SVP, reveals six strategic IR truths that apply to any size company, focusing on narrative, credibility, and alignment to achieve the value you deserve.
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Improved Investor Sentiment: A CEO's Engineering Playbook
When strong performance doesn't lead to a fair stock price, the problem is unmanaged investor sentiment. This playbook from a former institutional investor provides a blueprint for CEOs to go beyond the numbers. Learn to engineer a resilient narrative, build management credibility, and provide future clarity to unlock your company's true valuation.
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Investor Communications: A CEO’s Guide to Driving Valuation
Is your company's performance strong but your stock price weak? The problem isn't your execution—it's your investor communications. This guide shows why traditional IR fails and how CEOs can take control by shifting from simply reporting data to building a strategic "Valuation Narrative" that teaches investors how to see your company's true worth.
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Company Valuations: Why Growth-Adjusted Multiples Are Key
Understanding growth-adjusted multiples can unlock better company valuations. Learn how investors really value growth & strategic communication.
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What Is an IR Firm? Why Most CEOs Choose the Wrong One.
Strong performance, stagnant stock? This post dissects why conventional IR often falls short, revealing why investors remain unconvinced despite good numbers. Learn strategic IR approaches to build true market conviction, align your story with investor psychology, and transform lukewarm sentiment into tangible valuation growth.