I have been lied to by managements so many times in my investing history that I frankly don't trust any of them.
In fact, I would rather not talk to them. Doing so just gives them a chance to sell me a bunch of BS and I do not mean balance sheet.
It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone ... where it is often impossible to bring one's ideas to a conclusive test either formal or experimental. J.M. Keynes