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The pandemic has disrupted a variety of industries and some companies benefited from the disruption. Retailers of essential goods -- think grocery chains, Amazon, Walmart, Target, and even others like Ollie’s and Best Buy -- saw increased sales as consumers bought things they needed to get through these unique times. That led to some stellar earnings reports where analysts warned that it would be tough to beat those numbers next year. Well, it’s now next year and we’re seeing some earnings reports that show year-over-year declines, but is that really the right metric to be using? Matt Cochrane and Maxx Chatsko join Dan Kline on 7investing Now to discuss how to look at earnings reports with a longer-term perspective and how to tune out top-line news reporting and short-term price hits.
