Alternative Data Applications: A Guide for Small Cap Investors

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Finding information on small companies is a time-consuming process that can yield trace quantities of traditional market data. But even the smallest companies leave behind swathes of actionable alternative data on the public web. The most innovative investors leverage this data for alpha-generating insights. The following use cases illustrate how Thinknum’s alternative datasets power investment decisions across companies under $2B in market capitalization.

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Track company activity like never before

Alternative datasets reveal strategic movements within companies. Track when companies are hiring or firing employees, interacting with customers, moving product, and many other metrics indicative of company performance.

Make fast
queries

No longer rely on engineers to access data; build and share queries with intuitive tools, and derive insights in real time.

Bookmark queries with your team

Save and share custom queries using a private bookmarking feature, accessible to your whole team.

Be first to know with alerts

Scan data points across millions of companies and receive emails when relevant metrics cross critical thresholds.

Visualize data for quick insights

Create custom keyword-based word clouds, charts, and advanced visualizations to quickly analyze the data.

Map competitor locations

Analyze competitor presence and growth over time by overlaying store locations with the Nearby Competitor feature.

Add widgets to your dashboards

Access existing maps, charts, word clouds, and other visualizations to understand your data quickly. Or build custom widgets to view data just the way you want it.