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Alternative Data for Hedge Funds

Leading hedge funds that employ quant trading strategies use TipRanks’ alternative data sets to fuel alpha generation.
Proprietary Data
We use unique natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to crunch financial data from wall st. analysts, financial bloggers, news articles and SEC disclosures.
Comprehensive Coverage
Granular depth and breadth of coverage with more than 23,000 stock tickers in 5 international markets (US/CA/UK/DE/AU).
Realtime Access
Realtime access to ’point-in-time’ data from 2009 to the present.
Real-time feed of sell-side analyst ratings and price targets. Over 10,000 analysts covered, an average of 1,000 ratings per day.
Market Coverage: 7175 US / 645 CA / 1410 UK / 266 AU / 262 DE / 46 CH.
Historical Data: From January 2009
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
Rating Date:
The date on which the analyst rating was issued
FirmID:
The ID of the investment bank of the analyst
AnalystID:
The ID of the analyst
Action:
Initiated Coverage / Upgraded / Downgraded / Reiterated / Resumed Coverage
Rating:
Buy / Hold / Sell
PriceTarget:
The price target given by the analyst
Ticker:
Ticker of the security
CompanyName:
Company name of the security
ISIN:
ISIN of the security
DetectionTimestamp:
The timestamp on which the rating was detected by our system
RatingID:
A unique ID of the rating in our system
Real-time feed of financial expert opinions as published on leading financial blogs. Over 8000 bloggers covered, an average of over 15000 ratings per month.
Market Coverage: 6571 US / 304 CA / 730 UK / 424 AU / 140 DE.
Historical Data: January 2009.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
EffectiveDate:
Publishing date of blogger article
CaptureDateTime:
The timestamp in which the article was processed by our system
Ticker:
Exchange Ticker - for US exchanges unless preceded by the “TSE:” prefix which denotes Toronto Stock Exchange
FIGI:
The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
ISIN:
Point in time ISIN
BloggerUID:
Unique ID code for each blogger
DetectedSentiment:
The sentiment detected by our engine (Bullish / NA / Bearish)
ConfidenceAtCapture:
Indicates whether the sentiment was extracted by the engine in high confidence or in low confidence
verifiedByAdmin:
Low confidence ratings are often inspected by our data analysis team. VerifiedByAdmin = 1 indicates the article was manually classified
FinalSentiment:
When VerifiedByAdmin=1, this field indicates the results of the manual classification by the data analyst
BullishConfidence*:
A score of 0-1 that represents the bullish component of the sentiment based on our ML engine
NeutralConfidence*:
A score of 0-1 that represents the neutral component of the sentiment based on our ML engine
BearishConfidence*:
A score of 0-1 that represents the bearish component of the sentiment based on our ML engine
MultipleRecsInTitle:
Indicates whether the article references multiple stocks or only 1
ShouldSkipByTitle:
Indicates whether the title contains phrases that trigger sending the article for manual validation
MainStockDetected:
Were we able to detect the main stock that the blogger is covering
InvestmentIdeaRatingID:
Some blogs enable the blogger to classify the article as a bullish / bearish idea. This column indicates whether such classification wasfoun {description}d
DisclosureRatingID:
Some blogs enable the blogger to specify whether they have a position in the stock. This column indicates whether such disclosure was found{description}.
SiteId:
This is the internal ID of the blog site on which the article was posted
TimeZone:
Indicates the timezone of the timestamp (UTC for all ratings Oct 2014 onwards)
BookmarkId:
An internal unique ID of this rating
Daily feed which includes our proprietary scoring system that analyzes a stock’s potential to outperform/underperform the market. Incorporates 8 market factors extracted from TipRanks’ datasets, technical and fundamental analysis.
Market Coverage: 14536 US / 2024 CA / 2883 UK.
Historical Data: July 2016.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
Ticker:
Ticker of the security
ISIN:
ISIN of the security
Date:
Smart Score for the security on this date
FundamentalAssetGrowthLowerBetter:
[0..10000] score based on asset growth score for the security
FundamentalROE:
[0..10000] score based on ROE for the security
Momentum_12_M:
[0..10000] score based on the 12 month momentum of the security
SMA_20_200:
2500 when SMA 20 < SMA 200, 7500 when SMA 20 > SMA 200
AnalystScore:
[0..10000] score based on the analyst ratings from the past 3 months
BloggerSentimentScore:
[0..10000] score based on the recent blogger sentiment
InsiderScore:
[0..10000] score based on the activity of corporate insiders (executives, directors, etc.)
InstitutionalScore:
[0..10000] based on hedge fund manager activity with this security
UserScore:
[0..10000] score based on the news sentiment for the last 7 days
Quarterly feed of the changes from the Risk Factor segments derived from 10-K & 10-Q disclosures by public companies with over $75M market cap. Classification and tracking of changes on 24 various risk categories and sub-categories.
Market Coverage: 19444 US / 12 UK.
Historical Data: April 2017.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
Ticker:
The ticker symbol of the company
ReportYear:
The reported year
ReportQuarter:
The reported quarter
Report Type:
10K or 10Q
ReportPeriodDate:
The end of quarter date
FilingDate:
The date the report was submitted to the SEC
Total Risk:
Number of risk reported
Total Added:
Number of risks added in relation to the previous 10K report
Total Changed:
Number of risks that were changed in relation to the previous 10K report
Total Remained:
Number of risks that remained unchanged from the previous 10K report
Total Removed:
Number of risks that were removed in relation to the previous 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Added:
The number of risks added to this category
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Changed:
The number of risks that were changed in this category from the last 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Remained:
The number of risks that remained unchanged in this category from the last 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Removed:
The number of risks that were removed from this category from the last 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Total:
The total number of risks in this category
Brand/Reputation_Added:
The number of risks added to this category
Brand/Reputation_Changed:
The number of risks that were changed in this category from the last 10K report
Brand/Reputation_Remained:
The number of risks that remained unchanged in this category from the last 10K report
Brand/Reputation_Removed:
The number of risks that were removed from this category from the last 10K report
Brand/Reputation_Total:
The total number of risks in this category
Real-time feed of the transactions of over 580,000 individual retail investors who track their portfolios with TipRanks’ Smart Portfolio tool. Tracks changes in retail Investors portfolios, including opening/closing positions and adding/reducing within existing positions.
Market Coverage: 41224 US / 3556 CA / 917 UK.
Historical Data: January 2009.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
ExecutionTimestamp:
UTC timestamp of recorded investor action
Ticker:
Exchange Ticker - for US exchanges unless preceded by the “TSE:” prefix which denotes Toronto Stock Exchange
CompositeFIGI:
The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
ShareClassFIGI:
The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
ISIN:
Point in time ISIN of the security
SecurityName:
The company name of the security
UserPortfolioID:
User portfolio identification number
UserID:
User identification number
Action:
Open Position / Increased Shares / Decreased Shares / Closed Position
PrevNumOfShares:
Previous number of shares for security
NewNumOfShares:
New number of shares for security
PortfolioType:
Manual or Synced (synced = user links their brokerage account to TipRanks via Plaid)
OperationID:
An internal distinct identifier of the transaction
Real-time feed of the transactions of over 81,000 corporate insiders based on SEC Form 4 and Form 3 submissions. Forms are analyzed, and the transactions classified and associated with the relevant insider. Ability to differentiate between informed/un-informed insider transactions.
Market Coverage: 8171 US / 1880 CA / 1249 UK / 2 AU / 25 DE.
Historical Data: July 2016.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
ExpertOperationID:
An internal distinct identifier of the transaction
EffectiveDate:
The date on which the transaction was reported to the SEC
InsiderName:
Name of the insider
Ticker:
Ticker of the security
Action:
Buy / Sell
Value:
The value of the transaction
Shares:
The number of shares bought / sold
OwnershipChange:
The percent change in the insiders holding following the transaction
StockExercised:
Number of shares exercised (for options)
ExercisePrice:
Exercise price (for options)
SellPrice:
Sell price of the security
SellPrice:
Buy price of the security
StocksBought:
Number of shares bought (0 for sell transactions)
StocksSold:
Number of shares sold (0 for buy transactions)
IsAward:
Is this transaction an award received by the insider
IsGrant:
Is this transaction a grant received by the insider
OfficerTitle:
Title of the office (blank for directors / 10% owners)
CurrencyCode:
Currency in which the transaction took place
IsDirector:
Marks if the insider is a director in the company
Is10%Owner:
Marks if the insider is a 10% owner in the company
IsOfficer:
Marks if the insider is an officer in the company
Daily stock sentiment signal based on the ratio between bullish/bearish blogger opinions while incorporating recency and source quality.
Market Coverage: 5000 US.
Historical Data: January 2010.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
EffectiveDate:
The date in which the file was generated. The file was available on that date several hours before market open
ISIN:
Point in time ISIN
FIGI:
The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
Symbol:
Ticker
TRESS:
The score for the symbol based on the current blogger sentiment as described in the TRESS white paper
Analyst Ratings
Real-time feed of sell-side analyst ratings and price targets. Over 10,000 analysts covered, an average of 1,000 ratings per day.
Market Coverage: 7175 US / 645 CA / 1410 UK / 266 AU / 262 DE / 46 CH.
Historical Data: From January 2009
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
Rating Date:The date on which the analyst rating was issued
FirmID:The ID of the investment bank of the analyst
AnalystID:The ID of the analyst
Action:Initiated Coverage / Upgraded / Downgraded / Reiterated / Resumed Coverage
Rating:Buy / Hold / Sell
PriceTarget:The price target given by the analyst
Ticker:Ticker of the security
CompanyName:Company name of the security
ISIN:ISIN of the security
DetectionTimestamp:The timestamp on which the rating was detected by our system
RatingID:A unique ID of the rating in our system
Financial Bloggers
Real-time feed of financial expert opinions as published on leading financial blogs. Over 8000 bloggers covered, an average of over 15000 ratings per month.
Market Coverage: 6571 US / 304 CA / 730 UK / 424 AU / 140 DE.
Historical Data: January 2009.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
EffectiveDate:Publishing date of blogger article
CaptureDateTime:The timestamp in which the article was processed by our system
Ticker:Exchange Ticker - for US exchanges unless preceded by the “TSE:” prefix which denotes Toronto Stock Exchange
FIGI:The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
ISIN:Point in time ISIN
BloggerUID:Unique ID code for each blogger
DetectedSentiment:The sentiment detected by our engine (Bullish / NA / Bearish)
ConfidenceAtCapture:Indicates whether the sentiment was extracted by the engine in high confidence or in low confidence
verifiedByAdmin:Low confidence ratings are often inspected by our data analysis team. VerifiedByAdmin = 1 indicates the article was manually classified
FinalSentiment:When VerifiedByAdmin=1, this field indicates the results of the manual classification by the data analyst
BullishConfidence*:A score of 0-1 that represents the bullish component of the sentiment based on our ML engine
NeutralConfidence*:A score of 0-1 that represents the neutral component of the sentiment based on our ML engine
BearishConfidence*:A score of 0-1 that represents the bearish component of the sentiment based on our ML engine
MultipleRecsInTitle:Indicates whether the article references multiple stocks or only 1
ShouldSkipByTitle:Indicates whether the title contains phrases that trigger sending the article for manual validation
MainStockDetected:Were we able to detect the main stock that the blogger is covering
InvestmentIdeaRatingID:Some blogs enable the blogger to classify the article as a bullish / bearish idea. This column indicates whether such classification wasfoun {description}d
DisclosureRatingID:Some blogs enable the blogger to specify whether they have a position in the stock. This column indicates whether such disclosure was found{description}.
SiteId:This is the internal ID of the blog site on which the article was posted
TimeZone:Indicates the timezone of the timestamp (UTC for all ratings Oct 2014 onwards)
BookmarkId:An internal unique ID of this rating
Smart Score
Daily feed which includes our proprietary scoring system that analyzes a stock’s potential to outperform/underperform the market. Incorporates 8 market factors extracted from TipRanks’ datasets, technical and fundamental analysis.
Market Coverage: 14536 US / 2024 CA / 2883 UK.
Historical Data: July 2016.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
Ticker:Ticker of the security
ISIN:ISIN of the security
Date:Smart Score for the security on this date
FundamentalAssetGrowthLowerBetter:[0..10000] score based on asset growth score for the security
FundamentalROE:[0..10000] score based on ROE for the security
Momentum_12_M:[0..10000] score based on the 12 month momentum of the security
SMA_20_200:2500 when SMA 20 < SMA 200, 7500 when SMA 20 > SMA 200
AnalystScore:[0..10000] score based on the analyst ratings from the past 3 months
BloggerSentimentScore:[0..10000] score based on the recent blogger sentiment
InsiderScore:[0..10000] score based on the activity of corporate insiders (executives, directors, etc.)
InstitutionalScore:[0..10000] based on hedge fund manager activity with this security
UserScore:[0..10000] score based on the news sentiment for the last 7 days
Risk Factors
Quarterly feed of the changes from the Risk Factor segments derived from 10-K & 10-Q disclosures by public companies with over $75M market cap. Classification and tracking of changes on 24 various risk categories and sub-categories.
Market Coverage: 19444 US / 12 UK.
Historical Data: April 2017.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
Ticker:The ticker symbol of the company
ReportYear:The reported year
ReportQuarter:The reported quarter
Report Type:10K or 10Q
ReportPeriodDate:The end of quarter date
FilingDate:The date the report was submitted to the SEC
Total Risk:Number of risk reported
Total Added:Number of risks added in relation to the previous 10K report
Total Changed:Number of risks that were changed in relation to the previous 10K report
Total Remained:Number of risks that remained unchanged from the previous 10K report
Total Removed:Number of risks that were removed in relation to the previous 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Added:The number of risks added to this category
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Changed:The number of risks that were changed in this category from the last 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Remained:The number of risks that remained unchanged in this category from the last 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Removed:The number of risks that were removed from this category from the last 10K report
Accounting&FinancialOperations_Total:The total number of risks in this category
Brand/Reputation_Added:The number of risks added to this category
Brand/Reputation_Changed:The number of risks that were changed in this category from the last 10K report
Brand/Reputation_Remained:The number of risks that remained unchanged in this category from the last 10K report
Brand/Reputation_Removed:The number of risks that were removed from this category from the last 10K report
Brand/Reputation_Total:The total number of risks in this category
Investor Transactions
Real-time feed of the transactions of over 580,000 individual retail investors who track their portfolios with TipRanks’ Smart Portfolio tool. Tracks changes in retail Investors portfolios, including opening/closing positions and adding/reducing within existing positions.
Market Coverage: 41224 US / 3556 CA / 917 UK.
Historical Data: January 2009.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
ExecutionTimestamp:UTC timestamp of recorded investor action
Ticker:Exchange Ticker - for US exchanges unless preceded by the “TSE:” prefix which denotes Toronto Stock Exchange
CompositeFIGI:The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
ShareClassFIGI:The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
ISIN:Point in time ISIN of the security
SecurityName:The company name of the security
UserPortfolioID:User portfolio identification number
UserID:User identification number
Action:Open Position / Increased Shares / Decreased Shares / Closed Position
PrevNumOfShares:Previous number of shares for security
NewNumOfShares:New number of shares for security
PortfolioType:Manual or Synced (synced = user links their brokerage account to TipRanks via Plaid)
OperationID:An internal distinct identifier of the transaction
Corporate Insiders
Real-time feed of the transactions of over 81,000 corporate insiders based on SEC Form 4 and Form 3 submissions. Forms are analyzed, and the transactions classified and associated with the relevant insider. Ability to differentiate between informed/un-informed insider transactions.
Market Coverage: 8171 US / 1880 CA / 1249 UK / 2 AU / 25 DE.
Historical Data: July 2016.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
ExpertOperationID:An internal distinct identifier of the transaction
EffectiveDate:The date on which the transaction was reported to the SEC
InsiderName:Name of the insider
Ticker:Ticker of the security
Action:Buy / Sell
Value:The value of the transaction
Shares:The number of shares bought / sold
OwnershipChange:The percent change in the insiders holding following the transaction
StockExercised:Number of shares exercised (for options)
ExercisePrice:Exercise price (for options)
SellPrice:Sell price of the security
SellPrice:Buy price of the security
StocksBought:Number of shares bought (0 for sell transactions)
StocksSold:Number of shares sold (0 for buy transactions)
IsAward:Is this transaction an award received by the insider
IsGrant:Is this transaction a grant received by the insider
OfficerTitle:Title of the office (blank for directors / 10% owners)
CurrencyCode:Currency in which the transaction took place
IsDirector:Marks if the insider is a director in the company
Is10%Owner:Marks if the insider is a 10% owner in the company
IsOfficer:Marks if the insider is an officer in the company
TRESS
Daily stock sentiment signal based on the ratio between bullish/bearish blogger opinions while incorporating recency and source quality.
Market Coverage: 5000 US.
Historical Data: January 2010.
Data Columns & Descriptions
ColumnDescription
EffectiveDate:The date in which the file was generated. The file was available on that date several hours before market open
ISIN:Point in time ISIN
FIGI:The OpenFIGI identifier of the security
Symbol:Ticker
TRESS:The score for the symbol based on the current blogger sentiment as described in the TRESS white paper
FAQ
What data does TipRanks consume and analyze?
TipRanks powerful technology scans millions of analyst reports, financial blogs, company filings, news publications & SEC submissions.
    What types of institutional investors use TipRanks?
    We are partnered with a variety of leading institutional investors from different doctrines that use TipRanks data in their research including quantitative & multi-strategy hedge funds, systematic trading and VC/PE firms.
      How does TipRanks deliver data to hedge fund data partners?
      Hedge Funds can access our data via a dedicated FTP that updates with monthly files for historical data and daily/hourly files for live data. Partners are also able to pull data using our REST API and get real-time data.
        How much does TipRanks charge for trialing data?
        We provide free data trials upon request to easily backtest all of our historical data archive. Please reach out to our team of data specialists for additional info.
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