Canalyst is the leading destination for public company data and analysis

Canalyst was created out of necessity by a former buyside analyst who required a more efficient way to expand coverage and quickly compare a broad universe of companies. What started as a proprietary tool to be more competitive soon sparked interest from other institutional investors on the Street.

Today, Canalyst is the leading provider of data and analytics on listed companies. Their platform transforms the workflows of investors and finance professionals globally through better data and time savings. Canalyst is trusted by hundreds of institutions including many of the largest investment managers and corporations globally.

The company has grown over the years because of the excellence of their people and dedication to solving their clients' problems.

Q. Why Canalyst?

Canalyst’s  unique combination of people and process results in a premium, industry leading product that empowers their clients. The company is:

Broad: Full company-specific models across all market caps and all sectors.

Accurate: All data entry & validation performed in-house directly from public company filings.

Immediate: Access the complete database from anywhere, anytime – instantly.

Up to Date: Fast turnaround during quarterly reporting.

Uniform: Consistent layout for all models, across all sectors, while preserving company and industry specifics.

Excel Based: Models are downloadable in unlocked Excel files, ready for use and customization.

Q. Tired of keying in historical financials, linking up statements, and spot checking?

Be Faster: Get a significant head start to news like earnings reports, M&A, and macro shocks

Expand Your View: Wider coverage base with more granularities. You’ll look at more names, more deeply than your peers

Do Your Best Work: Confidently spend more time on the highest value activities

Model and Data Quality Is Canalyst’s Top Priority

Canalyst’s  100+person equity research team builds and updates models directly from company filings, using a stringent review process to ensure accuracy.

Manual Review: North America-based analysts build and update all models

Directly Sourced Data: From primary sources such as earnings reports and press releases

No Communication Gaps: Tightly-connected teams, across all functions

Tech-Enabled: Multiple layers of systematic quality checks in the modeling process

Portfolio Managers use Canalyst

Gain a Competitive Edge: With accurate and trusted data, execute the best possible investment decisions.

Reduce Cost from Sellside: More independence and clean, consistent models across a broader coverage universe.

Maximize Your Value: Focus on the key drivers, finding more investment ideas, and generating better returns.

Analysts Use Canalyst

Be Faster: Get a significant head start to news like earnings reports, M&A, and macro shocks

Expand Your View: Wider coverage base with more granularities. You’ll look at more names, more deeply than your peers

Do Your Best Work: Confidently spend more time on the highest value activities

CIOs & Directors Use Canalyst

Leverage Your Edge: Focus time on the highest value-adding activities of your team, and allow yourself more time to think strategically

Gain Independence From Sellside: Get cleaner, more consistent models across a broader coverage universe, while reducing costs

Expand Your Scope: Equip each of your analysts with the combined modeling output of a 75+ person research team

Tech-Enabled: Multiple layers of systematic quality checks in the modeling process.

Automatic Earnings Updates

A Head Start on Analysis

• Seamlessly incorporate the latest earnings updates into your customized, working models
• Automatically update the most recently reported operating statistics and financials into your working models
• Run a variance report showing side-by-side comparisons, so you can easily spot the differences between your forecasts and reported results

IPO Models

• Unlocked Excel models with verified historical financials, plus complete operating & segment data
• Interactive, linked-up forecasts with company specific and macro drivers
• Annotated anomalies such as restatements, major financings, and segmentation changes
• Integrated live pricing and consensus estimates from your existing data platform

Damir Hot, Chief Executive Officer

Damir’s leadership of Canalyst is backed by over a decade of sales and product experience at high-growth technology ventures in several complex industries. Prior to founding Canalyst, Damir was VP Customer Development at Metafor Software, a machine learning startup acquired by Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) in 2015.

Prior to that, Damir was the first sales rep, and later VP Sales, at Pulse Energy, a meter data analytics software provider to energy utilities; Pulse was acquired by EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC) in 2014. Before Pulse Energy, Damir was a product manager at Stemcell Technologies, a privately-held biotech firm, and was a sales engineer at Bycast, a maker of cloud storage management software acquired by NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) in 2010.

Damir holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics with a specialization in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia.

“We empower investment professionals to drive efficiency across their teams and to ground their financial analysis on sound fundamental data.”