GCI Outcome Labels Explained: Met, Exceeded, Missed, Dropped, Pending
CiteAlpha Research · Ocotillo Innovation Private Limited · Published 2026-03-31 · Updated 2026-08-22
Definitions of Guidance Credibility Index outcome labels so Indian research desks cite guidance delivery consistently.
Shared GCI outcome labels keep guidance delivery notes consistent across analysts on the same coverage list. Without them, one desk calls a soft beat a miss while another treats a restatement as a hit. Labels classify facts for Indian equity research — they are not stock tips, price targets, or return forecasts of any kind.
Label definitions for guidance delivery
Met means the actual lands inside the guided band. Exceeded means the actual clears the favorable side of guidance. Missed means the actual falls short. Dropped means management withdrew a prior quantified guide. Pending means guidance exists but the matching actual is not yet linked in the corpus.
CiteAlpha uses this vocabulary in Tracker and Desk so GCI rows stay comparable across coverage lists and through point-in-time history used in longitudinal management reviews. Shared labels make multi-analyst GCI coverage auditable and reduce ambiguity when teams hand off names mid-quarter.
House-style tip for research teams
Document how your desk treats one-sided floors, qualitative outlooks without numbers, and mid-period replacements of prior guides. Aligning house rules to these five labels keeps CiteAlpha rows and internal memos using the same language when coverage rotates.