Language is nuanced, and the words used to explain financial results and corporate events can be as important as the results themselves. Developing a healthy feedback loop with current and prospective shareholders can help to ensure a company’s narrative is resonating with the right audience
Messaging & Positioning
A company’s core messages need to match with its strategy, financial results and market backdrop. This is a chance to take ownership of key messaging and shape a narrative that others will follow. We help our clients develop compelling stories and investor-facing brands that will appeal to the appropriate audience of investors. Our capability is based on decades of experience working with companies to establish their brands and competitive positions in the capital markets and marketing their stories to the investment community.
Feedback Loop Creation
Obtaining feedback and engaging in active dialogue costs the portfolio manager nothing, but adds tremendous value for our clients. It shapes future messaging to proactively address key concerns, and it better enables us to prioritize future interactions and know who to call on our clients’ behalf as they execute on their strategies. We have found that being able to identify the next steps in the investment process is key to maximizing our clients’ time and resources. All too often, our clients lament that they are not sure whether time spent at a sell-side conference was time well spent. By contrast, we provide our clients with highly detailed feedback reports that mimic perception studies in terms of their depth and quality. While we can’t force anyone to invest in a company, we can certainly help our clients understand their key concerns.
Financial Communications
As trusted advisors, we are deeply entrenched in our clients’ earnings process, providing both counsel on messaging and support in the drafting or editing of press releases, scripts and presentations. We also help to ensure our clients are adequately prepared to address key investor questions and concerns. Our full-cycle support during earnings season includes:
- Review of sell-side estimates and key concerns;
- Drafting and editing press releases;
- Preparation of earnings scripts;
- Development of presentations and related materials;
- Guidance regarding disclosure;
- Post-earnings outreach; and
- Logistical support.
Special Situations
Various complex communications challenges arise for public companies that can impact valuation and reputation. By working with our clients to demonstrate a command of the situation through active and well-scripted communications, we ensure an accurate representation of the facts and the best possible basis for further engagement with key stakeholders.
Our expertise in non-routine communications includes the following areas:
- Crisis communications
- Corporate restructurings
- Capital raises
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Shareholder activism
Corporate Reputation
In the age of social transparency, there is simply no tolerance for C-suite platitudes about corporate responsibility. A strong corporate reputation that addresses key investor concerns around environmental and social responsibility and corporate governance is a gating matter for more and more investors— not a “nice to have,” but a “must do.” We aid help clients to ensure that their core company values are brought forth in their investor-facing messages.
We also work with companies to review and analyze their vulnerabilities and often work alongside outside counsel and other external specialist advisors on a range or matters related to corporate reputation.
Design & Creative
People consume content in various formats across diverse media, and content can reinforce a company’s narrative. Rose & Company executes both conventional and forward-thinking strategies to ensure our clients’ stories resonate and are amplified across the correct channels in the most efficient manner.
Working alongside internal design teams or third-party creative firms, we help to develop corporate presentations, websites and other content that highlights our clients’ value proposition and effectively articulates their strategy in a cogent, accessible manner.
In our experience, messages can get stale quickly and need to evolve to changing market dynamics and investor sentiment. We consistently monitor the various factors effecting a company’s narrative and ensure that all investor-facing materials contain fresh content and highlight compelling investment themes.