{"id":22423,"date":"2018-12-18T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T14:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-783423-2671269.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=22423"},"modified":"2025-02-07T07:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:28:11","slug":"best-practice-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cometis.de\/en\/best-practice-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Best practice: Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22423\" class=\"elementor elementor-22423 elementor-22394\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2692da0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2692da0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d71b2ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d71b2ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00225f;\">Your Contact<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"sidebar-cta\">\n<div class=\"sidebar-cta-img\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off et-animated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cometis.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Henryk-Deter-cometis-ag.jpg\" alt=\"Henryk Deter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebar-cta-info\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n<h6>Henryk Deter<\/h6>\n<div><a title=\"Call us!\" href=\"tel:+4961120585513\u2028\"><span class=\"sidebar-phone-link\">+49 611 20 58 55 13\u2028<\/span>\u2028<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Send us a mail!\" href=\"mailto:diegelmann@cometis.de\"><span class=\"sidebar-mail-link\">deter@cometis.de<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\"><br><font color=\"#333333\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><b>Presentation, Henryk Deter, Board Member cometis AG &#8211; IR conference 2018 (IR2018)<\/b><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The companies\u2019 future is traded on the stock exchange. Investors and analysts therefore look very closely at the forecast reports of the companies. The requirements for forecast reports are not conclusively regulated in German legislation. Companies should formulate forecast reports carefully and precisely. The effects of publishing a forecast are quite significant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managing expectations on the capital market<\/li>\n<li>Indicator for planning ability and thus organizational quality of the company<\/li>\n<li>Premise for a meaningful external company valuation<\/li>\n<li>External corrective for achieving internal goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key takeaways for formulation of the outlook report<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #d85710; padding-right: 10px;\">1.<\/span>Underpromise, overdeliver. But don&#8217;t exaggerate, or you&#8217;ll lose your credibility.<br><span style=\"color: #d85710; padding-right: 10px;\">2.<\/span>Be specific, but give yourself room for manoeuvre, e.g. by thresholds, intervals or qualitative additions.<br><span style=\"color: #d85710; padding-right: 10px;\">3.<\/span>Make sure you are always aware of current market expectations.<br><span style=\"color: #d85710; padding-right: 10px;\">4.<\/span>Make underlying assumptions and scenarios (&#8220;if then&#8221;).<br><span style=\"color: #d85710; padding-right: 10px;\">5.<\/span>Report each quarter on the state of forecast achievement. Failure to give evidence for insecurity.<br><span style=\"color: #d85710; padding-right: 10px;\">6.<\/span>Be honest about adjustments made during the year. Better to correct in time, to avoid destroying trust in the long term.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The companies\u2019 future is traded on the stock exchange. Investors and analysts therefore look very closely at the forecast reports of the companies. 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