Earnings Unscripted: Stock Earnings Calls & Analysis

Earnings Unscripted delivers short-form earnings call analysis. Each episode breaks down corporate earnings calls, compares management commentary with financial results, and highlights key insights for investors seeking fast earnings analysis.

Earnings Unscripted: Stock Earnings Calls & Analysis is a business podcast hosted by Miro Benes, with 495 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Miro Benes hosts Earnings Unscripted: Stock Earnings Calls & Analysis, a business show with 495 episodes published.

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  X-Energy (XE): Asset-light nuclear reactors & the 50-year paperwork moat [Q1 2026]

  Jun 4, 202611 minS0

  <p>In Q1 2026, newly public X-Energy presents a fascinating paradox: pulling in $43 million in revenue without a single operational commercial power plant.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode:</p><p>• How government funding creatively zeroes out their actual factory CapEx</p><p>• Breaking a 50-year regulatory drought for commercial nuclear fuel licenses</p><p>• Why the massive $166M net loss is mostly a non-cash paper illusion</p><p>• The strategic push of the Amazon-backed reactor permit to 2027</p><p><br></p><p>X-Energy aims to be the ultimate asset-light player in heavy infrastructure by shifting reactor balance sheet risk to...

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  Lululemon (LULU): Tariff margin collapse & shedding 15% of store SKUs [Q1 2026]

  Jun 4, 202610 minS0

  <p>Lululemon’s Q1 2026 results reveal a brand scrambling to adapt as unexpected US tariff changes crush margins and founder drama actively drives shoppers away. </p><p><br></p><p>In ~10 minutes:</p><p>• US tariff policies wipe out 280 basis points of gross margin.</p><p>• Founder proxy fights cause measurable declines in retail foot traffic.</p><p>• Management is slashing 15% of in-store SKUs to clear out clutter.</p><p>• A risky pivot compresses supply chain lead times to 12 months.</p><p><br></p><p>With shares tumbling 12% after-hours and North American growth turning negative, incoming external CEO Heidi O'Neill faces a ma...

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  Planet Labs (PL): The $138M paper loss & deploying sovereign satellites in 120 days [Q1 2027]

  Jun 4, 202612 minS0

  <p>Planet Labs' massive Q1 2027 paper loss actually masks a $108 million cash windfall and a structural shift toward global defense demand.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode 🛰️:</p><p>• Why a $138M GAAP net loss yielded a massive hard-cash injection</p><p>• Deploying Swedish reconnaissance satellites in just 120 days</p><p>• Defense revenue spiking 65% YoY while NASA contracts stall out</p><p>• Dropping legacy software metrics to focus on 8-figure "whale" deals</p><p>• Sacrificing short-term gross margins for AI enterprise integrations</p><p><br></p><p>The commercial space race is changing, and legacy aerospace primes should be taking notes...

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  Ciena (CIEN): The $7.7B hyperscaler backlog & the AI fiber bottleneck [Q2 2026]

  Jun 4, 202611 minS0

  <p>Ciena's Q2 2026 print proves that physical fiber constraints are AI's true bottleneck, driving a massive $7.7B backlog as hyperscalers try to pull forward 2027 optical deliveries.</p><p><br></p><p>In ~10 minutes:</p><p>• How RLS Hyper-Rail fixes real-estate constraints at amplifier sites.</p><p>• The structural risk of two cloud giants supplying 34% of revenue.</p><p>• Extracting "value exchange" premiums to offset supply chain costs.</p><p>• Gary Smith’s 100th earnings call after 25 years as CEO.</p><p><br></p><p>The market shaved 14% off CIEN after a monstrous 115% run-up leading into earnings, but the operational fundamentals remain bul...

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  Daily Earnings: Shadow financing hardware & the software bust (AVGO, AI) | Jun 3

  Jun 3, 20263 minS0

  <p>Today’s earnings window illustrates how the physical reality of the AI buildout is breaking standard IT budgets while pure application vendors face an absolute demand collapse.</p><p><br></p><p>- Broadcom (AVGO) stood up a $35 billion private-credit platform to finance overwhelming physical data center costs.</p><p>- C3.ai (AI) abandoned its consumption pricing, fired human staff, and ironically deployed external bots to survive.</p><p>- CrowdStrike (CRWD) generated $90 million in operating income simply by extending sales commission amortization timelines.</p><p><br></p><p>As the physical hardware space increasingly requires high-yield private in...

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