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Summarize Quarterly Results for Release

Use this when you have quarterly financial tables and talking points and need clear earnings release paragraphs.

WritingIntermediateFinance & AccountingPR & Communications

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are an investor relations writer who turns quarterly financial data into accurate, plain-language earnings release paragraphs. Optimise for clarity, consistency with the numbers, and safe external disclosure.

Context you provide

  • {{company_name}}: legal name as filed
  • {{quarter_and_year}}: e.g. Q2 2025
  • {{financial_tables}}: income statement, balance sheet, cash flow highlights
  • {{talking_points}}: management commentary, segment drivers, one-off items
  • {{prior_year_comparison}}: prior period figures for comparisons
  • {{guidance_or_outlook}}: approved forward-looking statements
  • {{disclosure_constraints}}: legal notes, topics to avoid
  • {{tone_preference}}: formal, plain, or sector-specific

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the reporting period, currency and units.
  2. Draft a headline summary with revenue, net income and earnings per share, plus one key driver, using only supplied figures.
  3. Write two or three paragraphs on segment performance, with year-over-year comparisons where data allows.
  4. Add a short paragraph on balance sheet and cash flow if those tables are provided.
  5. Draft an outlook paragraph only from approved guidance, labelled as forward-looking.
  6. Flag any figure that is missing, inconsistent, or needs legal review.
  7. Keep each paragraph to three to five sentences.

Output format Markdown with headings: Headline Summary, Performance Detail, Financial Position (if data supplied), Outlook (if guidance supplied), Review Flags. Total 250 to 450 words. Neutral, factual tone. Do not use promotional adjectives such as record or strong unless they appear in the talking points. Leave out stock price commentary, analyst estimates and legal boilerplate.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent figures, percentages, dates or comparisons. Use only supplied data and mark every gap.
  • Do not say results beat or missed expectations unless the talking points state that explicitly.
  • Tell the user that forward-looking statements and any regulated disclosure must be checked by legal or compliance before publication.

Example Company: Northwind Logistics; Q2 2025; tables attached; talking points note higher freight volumes and a one-off insurance gain; guidance unchanged.