To date, 159 of the 195 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q4 2024, representing 82% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 74% announced profits that beat analysts’ expectations, while 7% delivered on-target results and 19% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q4 2024 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 14.6%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 159 companies in this index is 4.1% for Q4 2024. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 70% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and

To date, 157 of the 194 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q3 2024, representing 78% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 64% announced profits that beat analysts’ expectations, while 4% delivered on-target results and 32% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q3 2024 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 7.4%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 194 companies in this index is 3.7% for Q3 2024. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 53% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and

To date, 168 of the 199 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q2 2024, representing 84% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 72% announced profits that beat analysts’ expectations, while 4% delivered on-target results and 24% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q2 2024 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 14.2%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 199 companies in this index is 3.7% for Q2 2024. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 51% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and

To date, 166 of the 204 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q4 2023, representing 82% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 67% announced profits that beat analysts’ expectations, while 3% delivered on-target results and 30% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q4 2023 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 35.7%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 204 companies in this index is 4.6% for Q4 2023. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 58% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and

To date, 158 of the 204 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q4 2023, representing 78% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 68% announced profits that beat analysts’ expectations, while 4% delivered on-target results and 28% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q4 2023 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 35.0%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 204 companies in this index is 4.5% for Q4 2023. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 59% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and

The LSEG U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q4 earnings index, which tracks changes in the growth rate of earnings within the sector, is expected to show a 33.7% growth over last year’s levels. However, much of this growth is coming from just two categories and our metrics show that six of 10 consumer-related industries have turned negative (Exhibit 1). Of the 204 retailers tracked by LSEG, the Broadline Retail sector is headed for the highest earnings growth rate in the fourth quarter, recording a 753.3% surge over last year’s level. The second strongest sector is the Restaurants & Leisure group with

To date, 177 of the 205 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q3 2023, representing 86% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 69% announced profits that beat analysts’ expectations, while 4% delivered on-target results and 27% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q3 2023 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 27.7%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 205 companies in this index is 4.3% for Q3 2023. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 59% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and

To date, 163 of the 204 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q1 2023, representing 80% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 77% announced profits that beat analysts’ expectations, while 2% delivered on-target results and 21% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q1 2023 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 33.3%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 204 companies in this index is 4.5% for Q1 2023. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 74% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and