S&P Capital IQ vs. FactSet

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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Often has data where other sources would not have Well suited for large sets of data and analyses on public company data with a lot of public companies, getting the formulas to pull data is very helpful and saves a lot of time. Less appropriate for pulling investor data and co-investment data that PitchBook seems more suited

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• 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

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• curating outside in intelligence
• enabling account plans target addressable market estimation
• competitors tracking
• value proposition pitching
• RFP deal support

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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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• Faster load time
• API integration

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[It's the] best ever.

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The technical support motivates us to continue using FactSet, we will not stop using the advantages that this software offers us.

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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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FactSet is great because it has a plethora of data, so much so that it is often hard to even find a company that I am looking for. However, sometimes this can make it more difficult than normal because you need to sift through tons of data. The webpage often glitches out.

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I think the data delivery could be improved, but it's a good data set.

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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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Global Data, AlphaSense, Hoovers, S&P, etc.

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• 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.

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• improved time to complete an analysis
• Often data is incorrect or no source provided
• Only source we've found to support a rights plan and takeover defense analysis

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