Take a guided tour through I/B/E/S data — the premier analyst forecast data in academia.

Key discussion points:

• Introduction
• Data categories
• Identifiers
• Forecasting time lines
• I/B/E/S Research Guide

I/B/E/S data available on WRDS:

I/B/E/S Global Aggregates Extract earnings forecasts plus related data for 87 countries and major international indices — global asset allocation, cross-border valuation, sector and industry aggregation and derivatives.

I/B/E/S Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Effectively evaluate a business and how likely it is to perform in the medium and long terms. KPIs allow researchers to effectively evaluate a business and how likely it is to perform in the medium and long terms.

I/B/E/S Guidance Directly compare analyst and management expectations on company performance for over 8,200 companies, safe in the knowledge that they are using the same accounting basis for consistent analysis.