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Only time I *listen* now is if seekingalpha doesn't have a transcript.  It is so much faster to read.

 

Also depends on the portfolio composition.  I don't bother listening to the big blue-chip ones as I don't get anything out of a J&J call.  Plus, I've heard so much puffery and flat-out lies from cheerleader CEO's on calls, that I heavily discount their value.  I put much more weight on the content of the 10-Ks and 10-Qs.

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Like Myth, I also like to listen to a lot of CCs or read the transcripts while doing something else.

 

To me, the Q&A part of a CC is very helpful when you are studying new industries. You can hone in on the metrics that analysts are looking at and figure out what drives a certain business.

 

FCF is great and all but ultimately, certain businesses trade on certain metrics. A bank or insurance company is going to trade based on earnings and book value but an operator of skilled nursing facilities will trade  on beds/occupancies and on an EBITDA or EBITDAR basis. So it's hard to just know that without diving into the call and finding out what analysts are asking.

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do yourself a favor and print the transcripts from seekingalpha.com. Prob takes 5-10 minutes tops to read vs 45 minutes on a call. Over the last year or two I read a lot of them as it qives great insight into metrics on specific industries as mentioned. I agree with you guys that I really like focusing on the q&a.

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