> Return to the #107 Newsletter Orbis allows you to identify the closest competitors to a specific company by either generating a peer group automatically or building your own. Follow these steps to perform a peer analysis: 1. Search for the Company: -Enter the company name in the search box and press Enter. -If multiple entities appear, select the correct one. Once the company report is displayed, click on Peer Comparison…
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S&P Capital IQ Excel Plug-in
Return to the #106 Newsletter The S&P Capital IQ Excel Plug-in is a tool that will allow you to populate and update your spreadsheets with financial, market, transaction, macroeconomic and company data using unique S&P Capital IQ formulas. Building financial models typically entails hours of basic research and tedious data entry. Now, with the S&P Capital IQ Excel Plug-In, you can complete your work in a fraction of the time…
Finding Funders
> Return to the #105 Newsletter Interested in VC funding and want to know which firms invest in your sector, at your financing stage, and in your geographical location? The Library offers several sources that offer this kind of information: Capital IQ: Go to Capital IQ. On the menu, click on “Markets” and then “Deal Screener.” Under “Targeting,” click on “Find Buyers and Investors” and make your selections to find VCs…
Identify Market Potential
> Return to the #104 Newsletter Interested in understanding the business environment or do you need to expand your company or introduce a new product? Market Insights, a Statista tool, provides you with easy-to-use data on over 1,000 markets and industries to identify market potential. Go to Statista, click on Insights from the upper bar menu and then on “Explore Market Insights”. You can either type the market of your choice…
Factiva Suggested Reading
> Return to the #103 Newsletter Suggested Reading feeds are a Factiva feature designed to enhance your industry research. These feeds include top articles published about more than 30 industries, as determined by an automatic filtering process monitored by Dow Jones Factiva editorial staff. Each weekly feed features an average of 25 to 30 articles from Factiva sources including news, commentary, analysis, overviews, profiles, and trend stories. To access Suggested Reading…