According to a survey, 94% of companies provide some form of guidance, the highest percentage since 2009, with 65% providing financial guidance which is a 30% increase since 2007, and 86% providing non-financial or broad market guidance which is a 10% increase since 2009. The survey also looked at the day of the week calls are held and the number of IR employees by market capitalization.

1. 94%
65%
86%ofNIRIcompaniesprovide
someformofguidance,
highest%since2009.
providefinancialguidance,
a30%increasesince
2007(when66%
providedfinancial
guidance).
providenon-financial
(broadmarket)guidiance,
a10%pointjump
since2009.
Dayoftheweekcallisheld
bymarket-cap
NumberofIRemployees
bymarket-cap
http://niri.org/2014EarningsCallPractices