Notable Hit: (THO:NYSE) On Wednesday June 8, 2022 Thor Industries, Inc. (THO) posted better than expected revenues of $4.66bn surpassing the consensus estimate of $4.16bn or by +12% and in the same direction as Advan’s forecasted sales. The revenue was up 34.6% YoY and in line with Advan’s employee foot traffic data increase of 12% YoY at its factories for Q3 fiscal. As a result of beating sales and EPS the stock opened +1.

Target (NYCE: TGT) announced today that it expects lower profit due to high inventory. It is counter-intuitive, but cellphone location data is measuring this discrepancy by monitoring Target’s supply and demand sides. On the demand side, in the image below we can see foot traffic in Target stores () and its associated blue trendline being relatively steady, at a 3% Y/Y increase vs same quarter last year, and closely following the revenue y/y change; on the supply side however we see that employees in Target distribution facilities () are up 48% on a Y/Y basis for the last quarter, and this over-supply has persisted for the last 3 fiscal quarters.

Notable Hit: (JWN:NYSE) On Tuesday May 24, 2022 Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN) posted better than expected revenues of $3.57bn surpassing the consensus estimate of $3.28bn or by +8.84% and in the same direction as Advan’s forecasted sales. The revenue was up 18.6% YoY and in line with Advan’s foot traffic data increase of 17.91% YoY at its stores for Q1 2022. As a result of beating sales and EPS the stock next day closed at $23.

Notable Hit: (TJX:NYSE) On Wednesday May 18, 2022 The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) posted revenues of $11.4bn slightly missing the consensus estimate of $11.5bn or by-1.3% and in the same direction as Advan’s forecasted sales. The revenue was up 13% YoY and in line with Advan’s foot traffic data increase of 4.2% YoY at its stores for Q1 2022. The stock opened at $61.45, +9.3% from previous close. Advan’s footfall data has a correlation of 0.

Notable Hit: (SIX:NYSE) On Thursday May 12, 2022 Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (SIX) posted better-than-expected revenues of 138.11mm surpassing the consensus estimate of $121.2mm or by +13.9% and in the same direction as Advan’s forecasted sales. The revenue was up 68% YoY and in line with Advan’s foot traffic data increase of 38% YoY at its theme parks for Q1 2022. As a result of beating the sales and EPS, the stock opened at $30.

Notable Hit 1: (MAR:NASDAQ) On Wednesday May 4, 2022 Marriott International, Inc. (MAR) posted better-than-expected revenues of 4.2bn surpassing the consensus estimate of $4.15bn or by +1.2% and in the same direction as Advan’s forecasted sales. The revenue was up 81% YoY and in line with Advan’s foot traffic data increase of 35% YoY at its properties for Q1 2022. As a result of beating the sales and EPS the stock closed at $181.

Notable Hit 1: (PCAR:NASDAQ) On Tuesday April 26, 2022 PACCAR Inc (PCAR) posted better-than-expected revenues of $6.47bn surpassing the consensus estimate of $5.91bn or by +8.6% and in the same direction as Advan’s forecasted sales. The revenue was up 10.7% YoY and in line with Advan’s employee foot traffic data increase of 7% YoY at its factories for Q1 2022. Advan’s footfall data has a correlation of 0.97 on a YoY basis with PCARs top-line revenue over the last 13 quarters.

Amazon, one of the companies that benefited the most from the pandemic as shoppers shifted towards online shopping, is now experiencing a significant slowdown as consumer behavior started to change. On Thursday April 28, 2022 the company reported $116.4 billion in revenue for the quarter that ended on 3/31, up 7.3% from a year earlier however it was Amazon’s slowest quarterly growth in years: down from 44% revenue increase in 1Q21.

Notable Hit: (DOV:NYSE) On Thursday April 21, 2022 Dover Corporation (DOV) posted better-than-expected revenues of $2.05bn surpassing the consensus estimate of $2.03bn or by +1% and in the same direction as Advan’s forecasted sales. The revenue was up 10% YoY and in line with Advan’s employee foot traffic data increase of 13.9% YoY at its factories for Q1 2022. Advan’s footfall data has a correlation of 0.92 on a YoY basis with DOVs top-line revenue over the last 12 quarters.

As we are into the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, here are the latest developments in travel industry as of 4/18/2022. Starting off with the US airports, following a strong first quarter of 2022, despite the Omicron wave that led to thousands of flight cancelations, foot traffic picked up steam in March and is on track to hit its highest level in the next days since the beginning of 2022.