PUBLIC COMPS

Build defensible public comps models

Grata Intelligence quickly sets the scene for your market with the most accurate public company comparables.

WHY GRATA INTELLIGENCE

Financial actuals for deep analysis

Access revenue, EBITDA, multiples, margins, enterprise value, market cap, and more to understand exactly how a target's public peers are valued and evaluate market positioning.

Public peer financial actuals and target comparison

WHY GRATA INTELLIGENCE

Nuanced peer sets

Blueflame, Datasite’s M&A agent, builds granular comp sets from a single company, market, or prompt, freeing you up to focus on other high-priority tasks. All decisions can be backed by an explanation, and all figures can be traced back to the specific filings they originated from, making it easy to defend internally.

Public comp set built by Blueflame with linked filing sources

WHY GRATA INTELLIGENCE

One unified workflow

Grata Intelligence supports your full workflow — move seamlessly from uncovering private market targets, to constructing nuanced public comp sets, then create Excel-native models

Three-step workflow from private targets through public comps to Excel modeling

Trusted by over 2,000 global customers

Better coverage. More complete comps.

Leverage the most comprehensive, connected M&A data foundation, to understand the market context behind every deal, find the comps you need, and turn public comps into actionable insights

Support narratives with real-time intelligence

Ground proposals like a new thesis in public financial actuals, using them as a proof point as to which sub-sectors the market is currently rewarding with premium multiples and why.

Build accurate, defensible valuations

Ask Blueflame to build a tight, well-justified public peer set. Then integrate findings with private M&A comps to analyze market behaviors, multiples, financial performance, and positioning with greater precision.

Faster financial modeling

Direct Blueflame to build fast, detailed financial models in Excel with public comps. Use the Grata Intelligence Excel Add-In to update models with a single click as markets change.

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers on how Grata Intelligence unlocks public comps.

Analysts look at industry alignment, business model fit, scale, revenue signals, and market activity to identify comparable publicly traded companies.

Private company data is typically limited and fragmented, making it difficult to match business models, segments, or scale to similar public companies based solely on SIC/NAICS codes.

Relevance comes from detailed operational attributes — such as how the company sells, who it serves, and how it grows — not just the industry label.

Teams usually combine sector research, peer analysis, and screening tools to filter public companies that match a target’s characteristics.

Grata connects private company attributes to comparable public peers, giving analysts automated match suggestions based on real business similarities.

Yes. Grata highlights shared behaviors, industry patterns, and operational traits so analysts can quickly judge comp quality and fit.

Teams benchmark growth, positioning, business models, and market context to understand valuation ranges and competitive landscapes faster.

Analysts can save and export comp sets, refine them over time, and apply them across multiple deals or theses to maintain consistency.

Teams build more defensible comp sets, improve benchmarking consistency, strengthen investment narratives, and develop clearer market context across diligence workflows.

Insights & resources

Expand what your team can accomplish

Give dealmakers more capacity to execute complex work across the lifecycle, grounded in the context needed to make better decisions and focus effort on the opportunities that matter most.