Visible Alpha

Visible Alpha Insights is a platform that, according to the vendor, provides granular consensus and broker estimates for investment research. It is designed to cater to market participants of all sizes, from small firms to large enterprises. The product is used by professionals in various industries, such as buy-side analysts, portfolio managers, equity research analysts, investment bankers, and corporate strategy professionals. With its range of features and customizable interface, Visible Alpha Insights aims to help users gain insights from sell-side models and understand the market's perspective on a company or industry.

Key Features

Consensus Data: According to the vendor, Visible Alpha Insights extracts forecasts, assumptions, and logic from sell-side models to create granular consensus data with full transparency. It offers deep consensus data that provides a quick understanding of the sell-side view on a company or industry, including the exclusive dataset VA Actuals.

Estimates and Historical Data: VA Actuals, as claimed by the vendor, seamlessly combines historical and forecast data, providing access to granular metrics. Users can analyze analyst data extracted directly from sell-side models, as well as company data made comparable for each company and industry data made comparable within an industry.

Model Downloads and Excel Export: Users have the ability to download sell-side models and customize Excel exports for any company view or peer comp table. The platform offers transparency by allowing users to audit formulas, view broker information, and understand the logic behind each consensus and broker data point.

Web App: Visible Alpha Insights provides a customizable web app with alerts, data visualizations, and direct downloads of models and earnings previews and reviews. It offers data visualizations, comp tables, and alerts for quick analysis and identification of key sources of alpha. The formula bar allows users to audit formulas and view broker information, and it also includes unique valuation metrics and comprehensive industry analysis.

Excel Add-In: The Excel Add-In, as stated by the vendor, enables users to access Visible Alpha data directly within Excel. It seamlessly integrates with existing models, providing real-time updates to ensure accuracy and up-to-date financial models. Users can customize the layout and mix views to meet their specific analysis needs.

API, Feeds, and Cloud: Visible Alpha Insights provides a RESTful API, a file-based data feed, and cloud delivery via Snowflake for programmatic access to its content. This, according to the vendor, allows users to run ad hoc queries, extract relevant metrics, and integrate Visible Alpha data with other applications and platforms. Real-time updates and historical data options are available for data delivery.

Unique Relationships with Brokers: Visible Alpha has established unique relationships with brokers, providing access to their analysts' full working models. This, according to the vendor, facilitates a seamless and protected distribution, consumption, and collaboration experience across sell-side content.

Granularity and Transparency: Visible Alpha Insights aims to offer unparalleled granularity and transparency in consensus data and forecasts, allowing users to delve into the details of each data point and understand the underlying assumptions and logic.

Personalized Service and IP Protection: Visible Alpha provides personalized service and IP protection, with ISO 27001 certification. According to the vendor, users can rely on the platform's commitment to data security and confidentiality.