To date, 183 of the 199 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q2 2024, representing 91% 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 14.4%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 199 companies in this index is 3.6% for Q2 2024. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 51% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations and

To date, 156 of the 204 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q1 2023, representing 77% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results, 79% announced that profits beat analysts’ expectations, while 1% delivered on-target results and 20% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q1 2023 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 32.7%. 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

To date, 158 of the 204 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q3 2022, representing 78% of the index. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 69% announced that profits beat analysts’ expectations, while 1% delivered on-target results and 30% reported earnings that fell below estimates. The Q3 2022 blended earnings growth estimate now stands at 3.0%. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 204 companies in this index is 9.1% for Q3 2022. Of those companies that have reported their quarterly results so far, 64% announced revenue that exceeded analysts’

Eighty eight percent of companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported Q2 2020 EPS. Of the 182 companies in the index that have reported earnings to date, 78% have reported earnings above analyst expectations, and 22% reported earnings below analyst expectations. The Q2 2020 blended earnings growth estimate is -45.1%.  The Q2 2020 blended revenue growth estimate is -3.8%. Seventy-three percent have reported revenue above analyst expectations and 27% reported revenue below analyst expectations. Exhibit 1: Refinitiv Earnings Dashboard Source: I/B/E/S data from Refinitiv Current retail earnings It is evident from Q2 earnings results that health and safety are a