Peer Group Insights
AI-driven peer group analysis – fast, comprehensive, actionable
Selecting the right comparable companies for financial analysis is critical for CFOs, M&A teams and finance professionals, but it’s often a tedious and time-consuming process.
Analysts can spend days manually compiling peer groups and crunching data from disparate sources. And even then, limited access to comprehensive market data means the chosen peers may not fully reflect the market landscape. Peer Group Insights changes this.
Our AI-powered solution automates and optimizes peer group analysis, allowing you to identify relevant comparables from a global database of over 50,000 publicly listed companies in seconds.
Benefits at a Glance
AI-powered peer identification
Peer Group Insights uses artificial intelligence to quickly and accurately find relevant peer companies for your analysis. Instead of spending countless hours on manual research, you can obtain a data-driven peer group recommendation within seconds, leveraging state-of-the-art AI models for superior precision. This drastically reduces the effort and time required for peer analysis, freeing you to focus on interpreting results and strategy
Comprehensive global coverage
With access to financial data from over 50,000 companies worldwide, our solution provides an unparalleled foundation for your analysis. You can construct peer groups across industries and regions, ensuring you have enough comparables even in specialized markets. The extensive dataset means no important player is overlooked, even if your local market has only a few obvious peers. Data is updated on a weekly basis and undergoes a thorough quality check, ensuring you receive reliable, up-to-date metrics for benchmarking and valuation.
User-friendly Excel reports
All analysis results are delivered in a downloadable Excel format, giving you maximum flexibility to dive deeper or integrate the data into your workflow. The reports are cleanly structured and ready for further analysis, whether you want to customize calculations, create charts, or incorporate the findings into presentations. In short, Peer Group Insights turns vast amounts of data into actionable insights that you can immediately leverage in your financial decisions.
How Peer Group Insights Works – 5 Steps
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AI-driven peer selection
Based on your inputs, Peer Group Insights scans our global database to identify the companies that best match your criteria. The AI analyzes business descriptions and financial profiles to find companies with similar characteristics to your target. In a matter of seconds, it produces a list of relevant peer companies. This smart selection ensures that even non-obvious comparables are considered, peers you might have missed through manual search.
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Data aggregation and analysis
Next, the platform aggregates all relevant financial data (e.g. market metrics, valuation multiples, capital structure details) for the identified peer group. Our system efficiently processes the large dataset, automatically calculating key ratios & metrics such as Beta, Unlevered Beta, WACC, etc. And benchmarks for your peer set. Outliers and anomalies in the data are flagged and can be adjusted or excluded to ensure the comparisons are meaningful. You get a reliable set of metrics and insights grounded in data, not guesswork.
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Insight generation and reporting
Peer Group Insights compiles the findings into a structured report, highlighting the essential insights from your peer analysis. This includes key valuation multiples (such as EV/EBITDA, P/E Ratios(coming soon)), leverage and return metrics, and other benchmarks, often accompanied by rankings or charts of the peer companies. The report is provided as an Excel file for you to download. With this report in hand, you can immediately apply the insights, be it in an M&A deal model, a strategic planning session, or communications with investors.
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Expert support from PwC
Should you require additional guidance, our experienced advisors are available to assist at any stage. We can help interpret the results, perform deeper analyses, or tailor the approach to your unique needs. With Peer Group Insights, you don’t just get a powerful digital tool, you also gain the backing of PwC’s financial and industry expertise to ensure your peer analysis drives real value.
