Q3 2026 Data & Analytics Outlook
Listed Data & Analytics was repriced in February; owners are still holding rather than selling at a discount
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Asymmetrix's AI Defensibility Index assesses individual data companies' AI risk exposure and defensibility. Our research reports analyse which business models AI disrupts, which it reinforces, and how this is reshaping valuations across the sector.
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Strong · 2.2 / 3.0Data MoatStrong · 2.4 / 3.0
The strongest data businesses own something a competitor cannot simply acquire elsewhere: proprietary data, exclusively licensed data, or data generated through the company's own operations.
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LSEG buys Octus for $3.535bn
LSEG pays 11.8x revenue for Octus, giving private credit intelligence its first strategic price mark and leaving 9fin as the last scaled independent in the market
GTCR and Elliott Take CCC Private for $6.1bn - and which companies may be next
CCC is twice as profitable as at it was at the time of its 2021 listing - but valued 13% lower; the public discount on mid-cap data has become a sponsor’s entry price
MSCI and CUSIP partner and the convergence of public and private markets
The MSCI–CUSIP partnership is the latest sign that public and private markets are converging; we map the data infrastructure behind that shift and the gaps new entrants can fill
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