Generate and validate investment theses with alternative signals.
Used by hedge funds and asset managers
27 listings tagged by providers for this use case
Consolidated 1-minute OHLCV bars and official end-of-day prices for every US-listed stock, ETF and ADR, including delisted names, with splits, dividends and symbol changes.
Daily aggregated debit and credit card spend for 42,000 UK merchants from a de-identified panel of 2.4 million consumers, mapped point in time to 640 listed tickers since 2017.
As-reported and standardized income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow data for about 45,000 listed companies in 70 countries, with every restatement kept point in time.
Point-in-time weekly hiring signals for 4,200 listed companies with US or Canadian hiring: new, removed and active postings and function mix, mapped to tickers since 2017.
160 million patent documents and 70 million trademark records from more than 100 offices, with assignees normalised to corporate parents, CPC codes and citation links.
Quarterly office and logistics stock, asking and achieved rents, occupancy and pipeline for 2,400 commercial buildings in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, from surveys.
540,000 interventional and observational trials harmonised from public registries worldwide, with phases, conditions, sponsors, site locations, enrolment and status history.
SKU-level basket data from 650,000 consenting shoppers' e-receipts in the UK and US, aggregated weekly to retailer, brand and product with prices, units and buyer penetration.
Hourly actual and forecast output for 14,000 European wind farms and solar parks, mapped to owners, capacity and bidding zone, with curtailment and availability flags.
Weekly changes to 1.6 million branded store locations across Europe and North America: openings, closures, relocations and format changes by brand.
Investment research teams use data to form and test theses about companies, sectors and the economy before the numbers appear in reported results. Alternative data is now a standard input alongside filings and fundamentals.
Alternative data covers signals such as card spend, web and app engagement, hiring, foot traffic and satellite observations, mapped to tickers. Card transaction data is widely used to estimate consumer-facing revenue between reporting dates. Company fundamentals provide the reported financials that every signal is ultimately compared against.
Ask about panel size and stability, how tickers and brands are mapped, how far back history goes and whether it is point-in-time. Compliance will want to confirm that the data contains no material non-public information or personal data, and that the provider can complete a standard due diligence questionnaire.
Last reviewed on 11 Nov 2026
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