Top use cases for research analysts
This comprehensive guide will provide insight into the top use cases of AlphaSense for sell side research, as well as provide sample searches to get you started!
NOTE: For any search in this article, replace any topic of interest and/or company to customize for your purposes
- Expedite Earnings Analysis with Smart Summaries
- Private Company Funding
- Mapping the Competitive Landscape
- Idea Generation from Earnings Transcripts
- Monitor M&A updates on a specific company
- Search for hedging or strategy across a watchlist
- Tracking questions raised by analysts within transcripts
- Monitor liquidity red flags across your coverage universe
- Track your sector's outlook and predictions for a given time period
- Tracking management commentary on key metrics over time to gauge management credibility
- Government debt upgrades and downgrades
- Find covenants for a specific company/watchlist
- Find commentary on deal activity across content sets
Expedite Earnings Analysis with Smart Summaries
Gather key positives, negatives, outlooks, and Q&A highlights from earnings call instantly with generative AI
- ["Earnings Transcripts" search] > Replace TSLA with company of your choice
Private Company Funding
Discover information around funding among startups within a given industry
- ["Private Company Funding" search] > Replace "technology" in the Keyword search with your industry of choice
Mapping the Competitive Landscape
Learn the key companies discussing a particular topic via the Search Summary
- ["Mapping the Competitive Landscape" search] > Replace keyword with topic of interest
Idea Generation from Earnings Transcripts
Discover how companies in a given industry are discussing a given topic in their Event Transcripts?
- ["Idea Generation from ET" search] > Replace keyword with topics of interest to you, as well as change the Industry filter for the corresponding industry of choice
Monitor M&A updates on a specific company
Uncover M&A updates around a given company/watchlist
- ["M&A Updates" search] > Add the company/watchlist or interest to the Company/Ticker Search bar
Search for hedging or strategy across a watchlist
Search for hedging or strategy across a group of companies
- ["Hedging or Strategy" search] > Add your desired Watchlist and adjust the timeframe filter to focus on particular times of the year
Tracking questions raised by analysts within transcripts
Broad search across transcripts Q&As to search for your peers asking on the companies that you cover
- ["Questions by analyst" search] > Add the watchlist of choice and search for analyst name in the Keyword Search bar
Monitor liquidity red flags across your coverage universe
Uncover red flags from your coverage universe
- ["Liquidity Red Flags" search] > Add your desired watchlist
Track your sector's outlook and predictions for a given time period
Uncover predictions from your coverage universe at a given moment in time
- ["Outlook & Predictions" search] > Adjust the timeframe filter to your desired lookback range and apply your Watchlist of choice
Tracking management commentary on key metrics over time to gauge management credibility
Example search of pulling service requests and viewing sentiment around the commentary
- ["Management commentary" search] > Replace ANGI with company/companies of your choice
Government debt upgrades and downgrades
Uncover information related to government debt upgrades or downgrades
Find covenants for a specific company/watchlist
- ["Covenants" search] > Add in your company/watchlist of interest
Find commentary on deal activity across content sets
- ["Deal Activity Commentary" search] > Replace "GM" with company of your choice or add a watchlist/industry