Sharon Merrill, Inc.
WHAT WE DO
Critical Communications
Investor Relations

Investor Relations   Quarterly Earnings Results    Like a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, releasing quarterly financial results is not a journey management should undertake alone. Sharon Merrill analyzes Wall Street consensus estimates and research notes so you know exactly what investors expect. We work with you to craft the right messages and communicate them effectively. Our services include:
• Drafting the quarterly press release and conference call script;
• Rehearsing management’s commentary and their responses to potential questions;
• Distributing the release via wire service and disseminating it to your target list; and
• Conducting a post-call debriefing

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
The Podium

Read more IR: How May I Serve You

Read more Activists and Boards Share Common Ground

Read more IRO-zilla and the Earnings Call

Read more How to Build a Compelling Investment Thesis

Read more Giving Life to your Presentation

Read more It’s Time to Face Social Media for IR

Read more Age of Diminished Sell-side research

Read more Winning the Gunfight

Read more Getting Ready for the IPO

Read more Think Like a Politician

Read more A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Read more To Split or Not to Split

Read more Perfect 10 or Face Plant

Read more Grab the Tiger by the Tail

Read more Board Shareholder Communications

Read more Small Cap Challenge

Read more IR Field Poised for Growth

RELATED CASE STUDIES
Meetings and Introductions
Cultivating sell-side analysts and institutional investors

Analyst meetings in key U.S. money centers, combined with a well-attended Investor Day and business media interviews, generated awareness on Wall Street for a newly public software company. ››

Investor Outreach
Correcting investor misperceptions

Meetings with analysts, coupled with clear IR messaging, erase negative impressions about an industrial company that were lingering from the past. ››

Communicating Shortfalls
Blunting the impact of missed earnings

A software company preemptively announces an earnings shortfall with a conference call followed by a cross-country road show. ››

Investor Day
Hosting an analyst day

Wall Street casts a skeptical eye on a technology company’s entry into a new market with a recently introduced product. ››

Perception Audit
Use survey research to refresh corporate messaging

A small maker of medical devices had failed to generate investor interest in its first year as a public company. ››

IPO Program
Starting life as a public company

Investor outreach and media coverage create visibility for a technology company following its IPO. ››