Q2 2026 U.S. Retail Preview: Broadline Retail Drives Growth

The U.S. consumer remains resilient enough to support earnings growth, but that resilience is increasingly concentrated. The LSEG U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q2 earnings index, which tracks changes in the growth rate of earnings within the sector, is expected to show a 67.0% growth over last year's levels. Of the 185 retailers tracked by LSEG, the Broadline Retail sector, representing a wide variety of consumer goods, is headed for the highest earnings growth rate in the second quarter, recording a 231.1% surge over last year's level.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 17, 2026

4 ETF Winners of June Likely to Gain in July

These ETF gainers of June may keep climbing in July as dovish Fed hopes, strong earnings and easing geopolitical risks support markets.

Zacks Investment Research • Jul 8, 2026

Mid-Year 2026 U.S. Retail/Restaurant Outlook

The LSEG Retail/Restaurant Index reported Q1 2026 earnings growth of 27.2%. Retail earnings in the first quarter of 2026 received a significant boost from a historic tax refund season, reinforcing consumer spending at a time when the labor market remained resilient. Q2 2026 earnings are currently expected to mark the weakest growth rate of the year, with consensus forecasts calling for a gradual improvement during the second half of the year.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 7, 2026

One Biosciences Receives BOOST Funding From Paris-Saclay Cancer Cluster to Advance the First Single-Cell Assay Approach for ADC Therapies

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #adc--One Biosciences receives Paris-Saclay Cancer Cluster (PSCC) BOOST grant to develop first single-cell assay for antibody-drug conjugates therapies.

Business Wire • Jun 22, 2026

US Government Shutdown Puts These ETFs in Focus

The U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1, 2025, as last-minute talks failed. ETFs like TLT, XLV and PSCC hog attention.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 2, 2025

Consumer Staples ETFs: Defensive Strength in Uncertain Times

Consumer spending has been a strong point in the economy, but recent headwinds are building. The consumer discretionary sector has felt pressure due to recessionary concerns on top of pricing inflation from potential tariffs.

ETF Trends • Mar 13, 2025

PSCC: Growth Has Dried Up For This Small-Cap Consumer Staples ETF

PSCC holds the 25 Consumer Staples stocks in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Its expense ratio is 0.29% and the ETF has $48 million in assets under management. Despite its unpopularity, PSCC has outperformed XLP, its large-cap counterpart, since its inception in April 2010. However, it's struggled since 2024, which I attribute to its unappealing fundamentals. Namely, PSCC's growth rates have dried up, and its margin of safety is much lower than XLP's due to mid-single-digit net and free cash flow margins.

Seeking Alpha • Mar 9, 2025

Consumer ETFs in Focus Amid Likely Tariff Hike

If the promised Trump tariffs take effect soon, inflation could go up and leave a dent on consumers' buying power.

Zacks Investment Research • Nov 20, 2024

U.S. Retail Earnings Update - August 13, 2024

To date, 145 of the 199 companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q2 2024, representing 73% of the index. The blended revenue growth estimate for the 199 companies in this index is 3.5% for Q2 2024. Home Depot reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and revenue.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 14, 2024

PSCC: A Small-Cap Defensive Play

Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETF offers defensive small-cap exposure to the consumer staples sector. The PSCC ETF portfolio consists of 31 companies, primarily in the food and personal care products industries.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 26, 2024