S&P Capital IQ vs. CB Insights

Cap IQ is well suited for analyzing security pricing and valuation, tracking stock performance over time, looking up comparable transactions, and analyzing valuations on an industry basis. The service is also well suited for charting and data analysis purposes.

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For fast paced and fast moving industries where data is changing every moment due to disruptions happening in parallel, CB Insights is a great opportunity platform wherein one can get deep insights of what or when or where and how things are happening. It provides information for difficult to access private companies. It is also good for an investor who is evaluating companies to invest in.

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• Plugins that change and analyze analysis improve it.
• Capital IQ is user-driven, unlike other market participants, which helps streamline the dashboard and acquire accurate data.
• Any report or analysis delivers the most in fewest words. In this data-driven world.

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• Timely updates on funding rounds.
• Updates on M&A activities.

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• S&P Capital IQ's add-in slows down my Excel when I incorporate formulas into it.
• S&P Capital IQ's algorithms don't necessarily look in the footnotes of company filings, which can make for a less robust analysis of financials and multiples than desired.
• The user interface is not very user-friendly and thus makes maximizing the software's features difficult. It could be more intuitive to use and not so busy (e.g. not so many small icons on one web page). The S&P Capital IQ support team, however, is always available and very helpful.

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• Hard to say, since they are always so ahead of the curve. They designed it so well from the start, I can’t imagine what else they would add, though I am excited to watch where they take this next!

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[It's the] best ever.

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Very responsive and eager to maintain client relationships.

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We had Capital IQ in addition to Bloomberg. It was much easier for a new person to use Capital IQ than Bloomberg. The ease of use was a huge selling point for us. Yahoo finance on the other hand is free, but you cannot gather all the data you may need in one location like you can in Capital IQ.

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Traditional research services by market and product just can't keep up anymore, in my opinion. We had to seek out who could, and our choice of CB Insights two years ago has proven to be one of the smartest choices we've ever made.

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• We were a boutique investment bank, so it helped multiple people doing their job at the same time instead of waiting for a turn on the Bloomberg terminal.
• Brought more interactive reports in PDF format to the table.
• Saved some money, if I have to go basic.

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• Increased Return on investment
• Better Productivity when compared to internal research team
• Brilliant Insight on the industry

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