“I think what you should take away from this is that we're reaffirming the 9% to 10%, and we're taking the over delivery from an EPS perspective and investing that back into the business.”

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“your -- you've hit 11% revenue growth. Clearly, you're trending above that 9% to 10%. And given that you are at the top or a little above that revenue range, then you're reinvesting that back to the company, and that's why you're reiterating the EPS. In other words, the key takeaway from this quarter is really that sort of upside to revenue. Is that sort of the correct message that your investors should be taking away? Stephen Squeri: Well, I think you have a couple of things. I think the message our investors should be taking away is that we're reaffirming guidance of 9% to 10%. I think while we had the 11% growth this quarter, one thing I will point out, as the year goes on, the Amazon and the Lowe's book will roll off. That will have a slight drag on revenue, zero impact on PTI. And so I think what you should take away from this is that we're reaffirming the 9% to 10%, and we're taking the over delivery from an EPS perspective and investing that back into the business. Operator: Our next question comes from the line of Mark DeVries with Deutsche Bank. Mark DeVries: I appreciate that it was a relatively modest acceleration in build business and commercial services. But are you seeing any green shoots there that give you optimism about a bigger recovery and just kind of the organic spend there? And what kind of incremental tailwind might you get from this kind of record year of product launches across the commercial suite? Stephen Squeri: Well, I think that one of the green shoots that we're seeing is organic is not as stressed as it has been in the past. And while we had a minor uplift sequentially, we think that as you think about the product enhancements that we've been doing is that, that will play out a little bit more over the longer term as opposed”