Tequila highlights 'data lake' value for duty-free retailer Avolta
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: May 16 2024
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Source: reuters
- Avolta's Data Collection: Avolta, a Swiss retail business, is collecting vast amounts of data from its outlets worldwide to enhance its operations.
- Insights on Travelers' Preferences: The company discovered that Indian travelers now prefer tequila over whisky or cognac, showcasing changing consumer trends.
- Transition towards Data Company: While not yet a full-fledged data company, Avolta is moving in that direction by leveraging the data it collects to improve its services and offerings.
- Collaboration and Expansion: Avolta collaborates with airports, major brands, and partners to combine data for better insights and aims to engage more passengers who do not spend money at its outlets.
- Resilience and Growth: Despite geopolitical tensions and global events, Avolta remains optimistic about its business, expecting a positive trend in Chinese travelers and recovery post-pandemic.
Analyst Views on KO
Wall Street analysts forecast KO stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for KO is 79.33 USD with a low forecast of 71.00 USD and a high forecast of 85.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
14 Analyst Rating
13 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 71.870
Low
71.00
Averages
79.33
High
85.00
Current: 71.870
Low
71.00
Averages
79.33
High
85.00
About KO
The Coca-Cola Company is a beverage company. The Company's segments include Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America; North America; Asia Pacific; Global Ventures; and Bottling Investments. It sells multiple brands across several beverage categories worldwide. Its portfolio of sparkling soft drink brands includes Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Its water, sports, coffee and tea brands include Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, BODYARMOR, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Fuze Tea, Gold Peak and Ayataka. Its juice, value-added dairy and plant-based beverage brands include Minute Maid, Simply, innocent, Del Valle, fairlife and AdeS. It operates in two lines of business: concentrate operations and finished product operations. Its concentrate operations sell beverage concentrates, syrups, including fountain syrups, and certain finished beverages to authorized bottling operations. Its finished product operations sell sparkling soft drinks and a variety of other finished beverages.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
