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Turn an earnings call into a news story
Paste the earnings release and call transcript and get a short news story with reported and adjusted figures and exact quotes from executives.
River drafts a short earnings news story from the company's release and call transcript. The story leads with the most newsworthy result, reports both the official reported figures and the company's adjusted ones, compares guidance with the prior quarter's if you supply it, and quotes executives word for word from the transcript.
Earnings stories go wrong when they repeat a company's preferred framing or cite an analyst consensus with no source. River keeps every number tied to the document it came from and uses analyst estimates only when you provide them with their source. River also has a fuller earnings call brief for reporters that measures guidance changes and unanswered analyst questions.
It is for business reporters at small and local outlets, student journalists covering public companies, and newsletter writers who follow a company.
How an earnings story is built
A standard earnings story follows the inverted pyramid. The lede gives the result that matters most to readers, often profit, revenue or a change in guidance, with a comparison to the same quarter a year earlier. Supporting paragraphs cover the other key figures, the outlook, and what executives said about why.
Companies report results under accounting rules, called GAAP in the United States, and often also highlight adjusted figures that exclude certain costs. A careful story names both and says which is which, because the gap between them can be large and the company's headline number is usually the adjusted one.
Comparisons need sources. Saying a company beat expectations requires an analyst consensus from a named provider. Saying guidance was cut requires last quarter's guidance. Without those, report the figures and the year-ago comparison, and let the company's own words show its view, attributed.
How it works
Paste the documents
The earnings release and call transcript, pasted or attached.
Add context
Optionally, last quarter's guidance and any analyst estimates with their source.
Get the story
A short news story with a headline and figures to check.
Refine in chat
Ask for a shorter brief or a different angle.
What you get
- A short news story in inverted pyramid, led by the most newsworthy result
- Reported and adjusted figures both named, each tied to its source document
- Guidance compared with the prior quarter's when you supply it
- Executive quotes copied exactly from the transcript and attributed with said
- A headline, and a list of figures to double-check before publishing
Common questions
Can River say whether the company beat expectations?
Only if you provide the analyst consensus and its source. River does not have access to paid estimate feeds and will not guess. Without a consensus, the story compares results with the same quarter a year earlier and with the company's own prior guidance, if you supply it.
What is the difference between reported and adjusted earnings?
Reported figures follow standard accounting rules. Adjusted figures, which companies choose, leave out certain costs such as restructuring or stock-based pay. The difference can be large, so the story names both and says which is which.
Are the executive quotes accurate?
They are copied exactly from the transcript you provide. If the transcript is automatic and a line looks garbled, River flags it so you can check it against the recording or the company's official transcript.
How long is the story?
Short, usually a few hundred words, since most earnings stories are briefs. Ask in the chat for a longer analysis or a shorter alert version.
Turn an earnings call into a news story
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