> Return to the #108 Newsletter Looking for a quick and reliable SWOT analysis on a company? MarketLine may be just what you need. Go to MarketLine and search for your target company using the search box. Limit the “All Research” to “Company Profiles” and click on Search. Select the Company Profile you are interested in from the results. Navigate to the “SWOT Analysis” section where you’ll find an expert breakdown…
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Company Peer Analysis with Orbis
> 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…
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…