FactSet Data Feeds Reviews

Factset is a fantastic database that provides comprehensive details for the financial analysis of companies. Its plug-in gives the correct and quick financial information about the companies. Moreover, it quickly offers the brokers report, which is essential in analyzing the companies.

It is a go-to tool for me to check information about the companies as it offers accurate information. The feature I like most is its excel plug-in for extracting company financials. Also, it covers a vast universe of companies on its platform, which is very helpful.

Nothing, as it covers most of the information.

I would highly recommend FactSet Research Systems as it provides comprehensive information about the companies.

It has helped me evaluate 100s of investment opportunities. I can create multiple templates and automate them as well.

The best part is the availability of all types of financial & operational data in FactSet, the excel & PowerPoint add-in makes smooth automation, and you can do 24hrs worth of analysis in 2 hours using FactSet

I would like to see a lighter version f excel add-in as it crashes sometimes, but still, the extent to which it saves time - pros outweigh cons by far.

If you need a database that integrates with multiple needs - FactSet is the best choice.

I used factset to get financial data and industry reports

How easily it synced with excel and made gathering data from 10K s and 10Qs super easy

honestly, nothing. It was one of the tools I used everyday and was reliable to use

The problem was financial analysis, and the benefit of it was the time it saved me going through all the financials and cleaning/formating it for immediate use

FactSet is the goto CRM/Platforum when comes to collecting data and preparing data to be shown in the presentations.

I have found that FactSet can be cumbersome, and sometimes a little difficult to navigate when it comes to locating specific data needed.

I recommend to anyone who is considering FactSet as a data source feed, that from my experience it is a great platform for collecting data. Also that if you are in the Financial Industry it is almost a standard platform used throughout the industry. It will take so time to get used too and figure out how to use, but once you get a basic understanding of the

The problems FactSet solves for my company is helping to compile performance data for our performance team, collect quarterly data, and help in presenting the data in easy to read graphs and charts for use in our marketing material.

The upside is the continuous real time data feed. The integrated factset platform allows you to consistently stay on top of news and any event driven impact on clients and companies you care about.

The support could take way too long without any concrete assistance.

Go through a training session to ripe all benefits of data feeds.

Benefits is to get smarter about what drives a companies stock price.

.Data interface is reliable and flexible for users

The data is not arranged within a customized basis

Problems in terms of market data

Financial modeling practice for MBA in Finance.

Ease of use of the research system which provides meaningful analytics to be used for decision making.

System tends to lag at times. Also, the visuals could be more appealing. Not saying that they aren't great, but few competitors have better looking graphs which can be incorporated here.

Using the available data to prepare financial models.

Getting company specific data

The interface that makes it easy to navigate

Not enough industry specific data. Complicated to see how to get it

Use it

In addition to standard public equity information, FactSet offers revenue breakdowns by segment, geographic region, and industry classification.

FactSet’s data is often inconsistent with comparable platforms for private equity data, and often reports different AUMs, fund sizes, and equity check sizes than CapIQ and Bloomberg.

Know how to use the multitude of functions offered by FactSet — many, including the deal simulator, will surprise you.

I use FactSet to screen for private equity firms who meet certain criteria and might be interested in participating in an equity capital raise for the companies I am engaged with.