Corporations need readily-accessible competitive research. Whether you need information on companies in the industry, earnings estimates, merger information, or news stories on competitors, FactSet is the place to find it fast.

Easy-to-Use Tools to Perform Competitive Research

FactSet’s applications are linked through an easy-to-use, tightly integrated interface that provides a central platform for your analysis. This unique combination of applications is the solution you need to comprehensively research competitors, analyze the markets, access real-time data, and find breaking news. 

Company Fundamentals and Economic Data

Access a powerful, charting and report writing application to analyze markets from a macro point of view. A vast array of economic and financial time series from EcoWin, Global Insight, IMF, and OECD are available, with one-click access to all other company- and index-level information. All data series are divided by country, and then categorized and subcategorized according to subject.

After performing your industry analysis, you may want to further analyze a competitor's financials. With global financial data from sources such as Reuters Fundamentals, Compustat, Value Line, Worldscope, and Extel Financials, viewing historical information on a wide array of companies is easy.

You can customize the data to view it over time—shown in actual or common size as a percent of revenues. Or, in some cases, you can choose to view as-reported data. With the click of a button, you can chart historical information. For U.S. companies, you can go a step further and view their EDGAR filings with up-to-the-minute raw data. And, as with all applications on FactSet, you can download financials directly into a spreadsheet for custom analysis.

Breaking News and Real-time Data

Keeping current with market news is always important. Whether it is watching the markets in real-time, following news stories on competitors, tracking analyst notes and broker research reports, staying in touch with public filings, or just knowing what information other corporations are releasing, FactSet makes it easy to find breaking news by consolidating it into a single application. Access all the news and research you need in an instant with real-time feeds from your choice of providers.