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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It is great for investment teams looking for new opportunities. Good for inside sales teams looking for well-funded clients.

Incentivized

• On-demand reliable financial data either through the platform or through the Excel Plug-In
• Great user interface, intuitive to use
• Great help desk function, quick and responsive
• Excellent auditability of financial data with easy traceback to source documents

Incentivized

• Transparency - lets me separate the hype from the reality.
• Real-time intelligence-packed reporting. The graphs and metrics they provide along with their perspectives allow anyone to apply their own understanding and reproduce a nearly identical perspective.
• Their daily e-newsletter is chock full of intelligence presented in such a fun and entertaining way, it makes you want to pay for it too!

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• The scope and depth of the collected data can be increased.
• The UI with little icons and buttons may be difficult at first but may become intuitive. The UI isn't horrible but might be better.
• Global data coverage, but US and UK markets have the greatest details. MENA and APAC lack.

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• Might only suggest more corporate events

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[It's the] best ever.

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S&P CIQ Pro has great data, however, the new pro version is currently difficult to use given how slow the data is to process

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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.

Incentivized

Better Pricing & Better ROI !

Incentivized

• S&P Capital IQ contributes to a more comprehensive analysis of companies when making decisions on how best to market them to potential buyers.
• S&P Capital IQ has enabled my company to be more efficient in learning about and valuing companies.
• Due to the quality and reliability of information S&P Capital IQ has, it is saving my company large amounts of time.

Incentivized

• Positive from the operational efficiency of getting this intelligence in a ‘breaking news’ format from this highly trusted resource.
• Positive From the extensive, highly detailed reporting they do on both the markets that matter to us today, and those that are shifting so quickly that we should have them on our radar too.

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