01 IR Respondents

840 IR Professionals
  • 44% Head of Investor Relations, VP, SVP, EVP
  • 19% Sr. Director/Director, Investor Relations
  • 18% Manager/Associate Director, Investor Relations
  • 7% Analyst/Specialist, Investor Relations
  • 6% Other, Corporate Strategy, Treasury, General Council, Advisor, COO, Corporate Secretary
  • 5% CFO
  • 1% Coordinator, Investor Relations
  • Micro Cap
  • Small Cap
  • Mid Cap
  • Large Cap
  • Mega Cap
15%
Information Technology
13%
Biotech
13%
Financials
11%
Industrials
9%
Health Care
9%
Consumer Discretionary
8%
Energy
5%
Communication Services
5%
Real Estate
5%
Materials
4%
Consumer Staples
3%
Utilities
66%

Americas

22%

EMEA

12%

APAC

02 What themes are you hearing
in investor meetings?

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  • Macro Economy
  • Company/Sector Specific
  • Company Financials
  • ESG
42%

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  • Macro Economy
  • Company/Sector Specific
  • Company Financials
  • ESG

Inflation Impact
Recession
Regulatory Concerns
Supply Chain Dynamics
China Risk
Stabilizers
FX Fluctuations
Energy Prices
Labor Constraints
Geopolitical Headwinds

29%

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  • Macro Economy
  • Company/Sector Specific
  • Company Financials
  • ESG

Portfolio Resilience
Competitive Dynamics
Timing of Upcoming Catalysts
Customer Relationships
New Product Cycles
Product Differentiation
M&A Strategy
Innovation Power
Pipeline Progression

23%

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  • Macro Economy
  • Company/Sector Specific
  • Company Financials
  • ESG

Growth Prospects
Path to Profitability
Margin Outlook
Cost Containment
Balance Sheet Strength
Capital Allocation
Leverage

6%

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  • Macro Economy
  • Company/Sector Specific
  • Company Financials
  • ESG

Corporate Governance
Cybersecurity
Decarbonization
Climate Disclosure
Sustainability Goals

17%
44%
34%
5%
Biotech
27%
36%
27%
9%
Communication Services
57%
35%
5%
3%
Consumer Discretionary
45%
25%
20%
10%
Consumer Staples
30%
32%
28%
10%
Energy
41%
29%
22%
8%
Financials
46%
18%
33%
3%
Health Care
50%
23%
19%
8%
Industrials
52%
23%
23%
2%
Information Technology
44%
31%
16%
9%
Materials
45%
33%
15%
6%
Real Estate
43%
14%
36%
7%
Utilities

Americas

EMEA

APAC

Macro Economy
Company/Sector Specific
Company Financials
ESG

03 What are the most pressing issues
your
CEO
CFO
Board
seeks advice on?

Messaging
29%
Investor/Market Sentiment
22%
Targeting/Investor Engagement
12%
Stock Price Dynamics
7%
Messaging
23%
Outlook/Targets/Guidance Messaging
13%
Investor/Market Sentiment
12%
Targeting/Investor Engagement
11%
Investor/Market Sentiment
29%
ESG
22%
Messaging
12%
Targeting/Investor Engagement
7%

04 What are the most difficult decisions
you have had to make?

Explaining to management that our performance and recent decisions are impacting the stock; it isn’t that the Street does not understand our story.”

Micro Cap, Consumer Discretionary,
North America, U.S. (16-20 years in IR)

Decisions related to hiring and finding the right talent in a very tight labor market.

Large Cap, Communication Services,
North America, Canada (16-20 years in IR)

Determining whether a pre-announcement was or was not necessary in a gray area of materiality and in a volatile market environment.

Mid Cap, Industrials,
North America, U.S. (11-15 years in IR)

Advising the Board on whether to go out with a market update when analysts had stale forecasts.

Mid Cap, Health Care,
APAC, New Zealand (8-10 years in IR)

Postponing a CMD event last winter when we weren't sure if we would be able to do it in-person or not.

Mega Cap, Biotech,
Europe (3-4 years in IR)

Getting management to focus on key investor questions about our business. We are a young public company with a great founder/CEO. It takes time to focus on public company messaging.

Mid Cap, Information Technology,
Europe, Switzerland (1-2 years in IR)

05 What are your greatest challenges?

2020

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ESG investment landscape

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2021

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economic headwinds

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2022

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generalist population

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international markets

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guidance/forecasts

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economic headwinds

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2022

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guidance/forecasts

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economic headwinds

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2021

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ESG investment landscape

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international markets

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guidance/forecasts

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Management buy-in
to IR agenda

2022

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international markets

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generalist population

Messaging around
guidance/forecasts

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economic headwinds

Managing liquidity/volatility
constraints

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ESG investment landscape

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international markets

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guidance/forecasts

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generalist population

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economic headwinds

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ESG investment landscape

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constraints

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2021

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international markets

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Attracting capital from
generalist population

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Understanding and navigating
ESG investment landscape

Line

Messaging around macro
economic headwinds

Line

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constraints

Resource/budget contraints

Line

2022

Attracting capital from
generalist population

Attracting capital from
international markets

Messaging around macro
economic headwinds

Messaging around
guidance/forecasts

Resource/budget contraints

Understanding and navigating
ESG investment landscape

06 With 1-2 more hours in the day,
where would you spend your time?

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Clock
36% Investor Targeting, Outreach,
Relationship-Building
19% Strategy, Planning
12% Market Research
11% ESG: Strategy, Education,
Narrative Development, Better Reporting
7% Improving Messaging & Storytelling
6% Peer Analysis, Competitor Intelligence
3% Personal Growth, Lifestyle Balance
3% Business Deeper Dive: Operations,
Fundamentals, Forecasting
2% Sell-Side: Reading Research Reports,
Analyzing Models
1% Automation, Data Processing

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