how s p capital iq works
s p capital iq s web portal offers various software and data feeds to advisory firms banks corporations investment managers private equity funds universities and more providing overall market awareness and investment analysis audiences can use to inform their investment strategies every year s p capital iq collects and analyzes more than 135 billion data points in order to serve as the leading provider of financial services research the data s p capital iq collects and reports to its users includes company profiles executive summaries financial information and independent analyst reports understanding s p capital iqs p capital iq investigates financial news market insights company performance data and sector specific data the firm provides subscribers with intelligence on more than 62 000 public companies and 4 4 million private firms according to the company s website it covers financials for 88 000 publicly listed companies or 99 of global market capitalization additionally s p capital iq researches and analyzes more complex investment structures including mutual funds and hedge funds providing investors with up to date performance comparisons insights and fund strategies capital iq s widespread approach to market analysis provides information that can be valuable to investors of all types ranging from large institutional traders to smaller individual investors and financial hobbyists capital iq products and servicesthe web portal for capital iq s products offers many powerful tools for institutional and individual investors alike these tools give users the ability to gain broad market understanding through the use of its various features including market snapshots industry and sub industry reviews surveys and general economic insights major products of the capital iq platform include compustat xpressfeed and money market directories mmd together this suite of tools provides users access to desktop research screening real time market data backtesting portfolio management financial modeling and quantitative analysis through web based and excel based applications compustat one of standard poor s flagship services has provided financial and statistical market data since 1962 and the xpressfeed service is a formatting and delivery method of the compustat database that permits users the ability to access and interpret real time market data using their own tools money market directories are a powerful prospecting tool offering comprehensive global insights into foundations endowments and similar funding sources 