Standard & Poor's - Data Services Capital IQ

Powering the People Who Drive the Financial Markets

Capital IQ is a web and Excel-based research platform that combines deep information on companies, markets, and people worldwide with robust tools for fundamental analysis, financial modelling, market analysis, screening, targeting, and relationship and workflow management. Capital IQ is deployed at over 2,700 client firms including many of the world's most successful investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, consultants, and corporations. Clients use Capital IQ to draw deep market insights, generate better ideas, leverage relationships, and simplify workflow.

Features and Benefits

Capital IQ consists of the following integrated components:

Company Intelligence: Comprehensive information on over 58,000 public companies, 1,550,000 private companies, 14,000 private capital firms, 500,000 transactions, and 1,900,000 professionals worldwide.

Financial Analysis: Easy-to-use tools for financial statement analysis, comparables analysis, financial modelling, sector analysis, and charting.

Market Analysis: High-level overviews of industries, financial markets, and regional economies.

Screening and Targeting: Screening and targeting tools for identifying potential investments, investors, buyers, acquisitions, sales prospects, strategic partners, and executive hires as well as financial transactions and corporate actions.

Relationship and Workflow Management: A unique combination of traditional CRM features such as contact management and pipeline tracking, with powerful "Six Degrees of Separation"-inspired tools that significantly improve relationship coordination and decision-making across the enterprise.