compare_earnings_calls
Compare Earnings Calls
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How has management's posture shifted across recent earnings calls? Cross-quarter trajectory view of transcript signals for a single ticker.
This is MetricDuck's EARNINGS-CALL TRANSCRIPT tool (agents also look for this as get_earnings_call_transcript / get_earnings_transcript / get_earnings_call / search_earnings_calls). For ONE call's verbatim prepared remarks or Q&A, drill with get_filing_section(section_id="transcript_prepared_remarks" | "transcript_qa_session"); this tool gives the cross-quarter view.
Different from get_filing_index (single-call triage map): this aligns calls by event date and surfaces CROSS-QUARTER patterns. For per-call depth, drill with get_filing_index.
Output (coverage-dependent): a coverage table per quarter — event date, fiscal period, accession, status, and transcript Source tier (SEC-filed vs Issuer-published vs Machine-transcribed), surfacing NO_TRANSCRIPT / WAITING gaps; transcripts are management commentary, not SEC-filed XBRL facts. Then an aggregate-trajectory table (Q&A Deflection / Concerns Retained / Forward Commits — one row per scalar, one column per quarter), guidance deltas grouped by metric, and the per-quarter qualitative arrays for whichever dimensions you request, surfaced side-by-side so drift is readable across columns. Drill hints are pinned to accessions.
Use Cases:
- "Deflection trend?" -> compare_earnings_calls("RDDT", n_quarters=8, dimensions=["hedges", "qa"])
- "Guidance discipline shifting?" -> compare_earnings_calls("NVDA", dimensions=["guidance"])
- "Strategic priorities + KPIs drift" -> compare_earnings_calls("PG", dimensions=["priorities", "kpi"])
Sister Sources: single-call deep read → get_filing_section (section_id="transcript_prepared_remarks" / "transcript_qa_session"); cross-period signal changes → screen_filing_signals with since_date/until_date; IR press releases → screen_filing_signals with signal_type="ir_press_release".
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | string | yes | Company ticker symbol (e.g., 'NVDA'). Must be exact. |
| n_quarters | integer | no | How many most-recent earnings calls to compare (default: 4, min: 2, max: 8). |
| dimensions | array | no | Filter to specific trajectory axes; every axis is a per-quarter series. Omit for all. guidance: forward guidance items with delta_vs_prior. hedges: Q&A deflection rate. qa: Q&A Exchange Analyzer aggregates (analyst questions, concerns, concerns retained, forward commits). priorities: ranked strategic priorities. macro: macro factor responses (factor + stance + drift tag). competitive: competitive mentions (competitor + context_type + drift tag). scale_claims: quantified scale claims (metric_name + value + direction). revdecomp: segment revenue decompositions (segment + period_type + total_growth). kpi: issuer-disclosed operating KPIs (kpi_name + value). capital_allocation: forward capital-allocation postures (buyback cadence, leverage targets, funding rationale, capex, M&A). scenarios: conditional scenario sensitivities (trigger event + impacts on revenue / EBITDA / margin / EPS). forward_commits: calendar-anchored forward commitments (speaker + analyst + verbatim excerpt). customer_cohort: customer-cohort disclosures (deals above an ACV/NACV threshold, threshold-crossing flow, top-N attach, new-logo growth). |
| vantage_date | string | no | As-of vantage (YYYY-MM-DD): compare only calls reported ON OR BEFORE this date, window anchored there rather than today — don't assume the latest calls reflect a past vantage. Omit for the most recent. |
Raw JSON schema
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},
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"maximum": 8,
"default": 4,
"description": "How many most-recent earnings calls to compare (default: 4, min: 2, max: 8)."
},
"dimensions": {
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"scenarios",
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]
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},
"vantage_date": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "As-of vantage (YYYY-MM-DD): compare only calls reported ON OR BEFORE this date, window anchored there rather than today — don't assume the latest calls reflect a past vantage. Omit for the most recent."
}
},
"required": [
"ticker"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}