Alternative Data
Alternative Data is an exciting data source for the financial industry that’s increasingly being embraced by other industries. We have been gathering Alternative Data for our customers for many years and can help you in your quest to gather this lucrative albeit elusive data
Examples of Alternative Data
Sales Data
A direct proxy for earnings numbers
Inventory Data
Whats in stock and what’s flying off the shelves
Housing Data
Price, units available, qualitative price and time estimates
Hiring
Job postings are a great proxy for new product launch and growth metrics
User Metrics
Number of signed up users or paying users can help measure valuation or earnings
Relationship Data
Graph based relationships between organizations or products can determine the impact of good or bad news
These are just some examples of alternative data that we can provide, there are countless other sources of custom data that we can gather just for you
We work with all kinds of financial firms, including trillion dollar asset management firms. Work with us to increase your alpha and your competitive edge
How to Get Alternative Data?
Identify the sources
We will work in conjunction with you – the analyst group and your IT and identify the potential public sources of the data. We will provide you suggestions based on our extensive experience and you provide us ideas so that the data sources can be finalized
Gather the data
We have the expertise and the technology to gather the data from many sources and keep gathering it at high speeds without interruption. We also structure the data, normalize and deduplicate the data and store it for analysis
Analyze the data
We will work in conjunction with you and identify how the data needs to be cleaned, aggregated, processed and finally analyzed. Eventually you will have access to the raw data or summarized conclusions or reports
We use the latest technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) to gather and analyze alternative data to provide creative and custom solutions that are tailored to fit the exact needs of our customers
The ScrapeHero Difference
ScrapeHero is a full service alternative data provider that does everything for you. You just need to tell us what you are looking for and we will take care of everything else.
Updated
We provide you real-time data that you can rely on, while making important investment decisions. No recycled or preexisting data sets are outdated and full of stale data
Unique
The data you receive is never going to be same as your competitor’s or data that you buy from existing providers. We are a custom data provider that provides unique data only to you
Custom
We provide you customized alternative data sets based on your exact business requirements. Our team is always open to having a conversation and discussing customized options with you
Compliance and Legal
We will work with compliance and legal groups throughout the whole process to ensure that you are in compliance with all regulations and adhere to internal risk and controls processes
Additional Resources
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