4M
constant cards
A socio-economically balanced panel designed to stay stable over time.
600+
tickers
Forecast at under 2% average MAPE against reported revenue for the top 100 tickers.
1-day
lag
Updated daily for earnings prep, nowcasting, and systematic workflows.
Ready
to use
A forecasting signal without the engineering overhead of starting from row-level transactions.
Most transaction panels change as cards enter and leave. That creates a problem for forecasting: when the panel changes, it gets harder to know whether the signal moved because consumers behaved differently or because the people being measured changed.
Beacon holds a balanced panel of 4 million cards constant over time.
That stability helps Beacon forecast 600+ tickers, many at under 2% MAPE against reported revenue, giving you consistency between historical backtests and the signal you receive today.
Size gets you coverage. Stability gets you a forecast you can trust.
Beacon arrives daily on a one-day lag, so you can track the quarter as it unfolds instead of waiting for earnings to confirm the trend.
See whether a retailer is slowing because consumer demand is cooling broadly or because the company is losing ground to competitors.
A changing panel can quietly turn historical and live data into two different measurements. Beacon’s constant-card design keeps the foundation consistent.
Beacon is already shaped for forecasting. If your question is “What is this company likely to report?”, you can start there instead of engineering the signal yourself.
Track company momentum throughout the quarter and walk into the print with a data-backed forecast.
Feed a stable, point-in-time forecasting signal into your quantitative and discretionary models.
Separate company-specific momentum from broader shifts in consumer demand.
When the narrative says demand is accelerating or collapsing, check it against observed consumer spend.
Beacon gives investors a stable, representative forecasting signal shaped for earnings prep and nowcasting.
Data type
Constant-card transaction panel, aggregated to ticker-level signal
Panel composition
4 million cards, socio-economically balanced and held constant
Coverage
600+ tickers
Accuracy
Under 2% MAPE against reported revenue (top 100 tickers)
Refresh cadence
Daily, one-day lag
Core use cases
Earnings forecasting, nowcasting, backtestable systematic signals
Delivery
API, Snowflake, S3, approved workflows
Built for
Investors (fundamental and quant)
Imagine a restaurant chain looks stronger this quarter. If half the consumers in your sample changed since last quarter, you have two possible explanations: demand improved, or the sample changed. Beacon removes more of that uncertainty by holding the same 4 million balanced cards constant.
Forecasts are scored against reported company revenue, while the underlying signal is checked against external economic benchmarks including BEA Personal Consumption Expenditures and U.S. Census Retail Sales.
You don’t have to take “accurate” on faith. With Beacon, you can see exactly what the signal is measured against.
A stable, ready-to-use ticker signal built for earnings and nowcasting.
Work from the full row-level transaction stream to create proprietary signals and models.
Explore pre-aggregated consumer spending across companies, categories, markets, and competitors.
Explore Beacon sample data and see how a stable, verified forecasting signal performs against the companies you cover.
Book a demoHow is Beacon different from Spectrum?
Beacon is a constant-card signal engineered for forecasting accuracy. Spectrum is the full row-level stream for building your own signals. Many teams run both.
Why 4 million cards instead of the full panel?
For Beacon, consistency is the point. Holding a socio-economically balanced panel constant reduces changes caused by panel composition and creates a more stable forecasting signal.
How accurate is Beacon?
You have visibility into individual MAPEs across 600+ tickers in the platform. The top 100 tickers have an average MAPE of <2%.
How fresh is the data?
Beacon data is delivered daily, on a one-day lag.
Can Beacon support backtesting?
Yes. The constant-card design and point-in-time consistency exist specifically so historical and live signals match.
How is Beacon validated?
Forecasts are scored against company-reported revenue. The underlying signal is also checked against external economic benchmarks including BEA PCE and U.S. Census retail sales.
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