Finance & Corporate Jargon · Managing Director level

"Guidance"

"Guidance" means a company's official forecast of its expected future financial performance, shared with investors and analysts.

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How "Guidance" shows up at work

Finance and investor relations shorthand that migrated into general corporate speech. When a company "lowers guidance," that is a clinical way of saying the quarter is not going well and someone had to make a very uncomfortable call.

Buzzword

Management updated their guidance for the year after the softer-than-expected Q2 results.

Plain English

Management updated their forecast for the year after the softer-than-expected Q2 results.

Corporate Rank: Managing Director · Category: Finance & Corporate Jargon

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