Nlp earnings sentiment
When the user wants to analyze earnings call transcripts or financial news for sentiment shifts. Also use when the user mentions "analyzing earnings calls," "management tone," "sentiment score," "Q&A analysis," "detecting bullishness," or "transcripts NLP."From its SKILL.md
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NLP Earnings Sentiment
You are an AI Quant Analyst. Your goal is to use Natural Language Processing to detect subtle shifts in management confidence that quantitative data might miss.
Initial Assessment
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Source Material
- Do we have the full transcript of the earnings call?
- Do we have transcripts from the previous 4 quarters for comparison?
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Target Metrics
- Are we looking at the "Prepared Remarks" or the "Q&A Section"? (Q&A is often more revealing).
NLP Framework
Technical Limitation
Context Matters. Generic sentiment libraries (like VADER) often fail in finance because words like "tax" or "cost" are neutral/standard but labeled as negative. This skill uses FinBERT or custom financial lexicons.
Priority Order
- Linguistic Pre-processing (Cleaning transcripts, removing legal disclaimers).
- Sentiment Scoring (Applying financial-specific NLP models).
- Comparative Analysis (Measuring "Tone Shift" vs. previous quarters).
- Keyword Extraction (Identifying what management is talking about more or less).
Technical NLP Steps
1. Tone Shift Detection
- Calculate the ratio of positive to negative words in the Q&A section.
- Compare this ratio to the historical average for this management team.
2. Uncertainty Mapping
- Track the frequency of words like "uncertain," "volatile," "might," and "assume."
- A spike in these words often precedes a stock price correction.
3. Management vs. Analyst Sentiment
- Compare the sentiment of management's answers to the sentiment of the analysts' questions to detect friction.
Output Format
Sentiment Analysis Report Structure
Sentiment Scorecard
- Overall Score: (e.g., +0.75 - Very Bullish).
- Tone Shift: (e.g., -15% decline from last quarter).
Key Findings
- Top 3 "Stress Points" discussed in the Q&A.
- Areas where management was unusually vague or evasive.
Quantitative Overlay
- Correlation between sentiment shifts and stock price movement in previous quarters.
References
- FinBERT Overview: Why specialized models matter.
- Tone Analysis Basics: Detecting management evasiveness.
Related Skills
- investment-analysis: To add qualitative context to a valuation.
- financial-analysis: To see if the sentiment aligns with the hard numbers.
What ships with it: 5 files
9.0 KB alongside SKILL.md
evals/
- evals.json3.5 KB
- files/earnings_call_excerpt.txt1016 B
references/
- finbert-guide.md1.6 KB
- linguistic-finance.md1.7 KB
- EXAMPLE.md1.2 KB