Institutional Brokers' Estimate System providing consensus earnings estimates and analyst forecasts.
API Access
Est. Price
~$25,000/yr est.
Update Frequency
daily
Pricing Tiers
1
Regions
1
Quality SignalsB
Freshness
Recently enriched
Complete
69%
API
API Available
Product Overview
Financial Data and Analytics Platform$$$
Offering: Comprehensive suite of global financial market data, quantitative analytics, and enterprise-grade trading and risk management infrastructure.
Best for: Institutional financial professionals and quant teams requiring integrated access to global market data, historical backtesting, and risk compliance workflows.
Benefits
- Unrivaled breadth of global asset class coverage
- Flexible delivery via modern APIs and cloud-native integrations
- Industry-standard tools for KYC and regulatory compliance
- Deep historical data depth for quantitative research and backtesting
- Integrated ecosystem combining desktop workflows with enterprise data feeds
Drawbacks
⚠ High complexity and steep learning curve for non-specialized users · ⚠ Significant integration effort required for enterprise-scale data deployments · ⚠ High cost of entry for smaller firms compared to niche data providersProduct Intelligence
Value Score
42
quality per $
Coverage
70
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
0
ease of trial
Product Details
Use Cases
earnings forecastingvaluationinvestment analysis
Coverage
Global
Delivery
APISFTP
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$25,000/yr est.
SUBSCRIPTIONMEDIUM
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High Authority20 mentions·4 platforms
Academic Papers
11 × 8 pts+80
Reddit
3 × 3 pts+9
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3 × 2 pts+6
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Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers
Good-Bye IBES (or Not?) by Kelvin Law
by K Law · 2022 · Cited by 25 — Effective October 2018, IBES started anonymizing the names of 88 brokers and their analysts in its detail history files (ID anonymization).
Academic Papers
A study using 2010 IBES target prices?
The 12-month horizon unadjusted target prices supplied by IBES are used in this study. The IBES data base provides target price information for a large sample ...
Academic Papers
Institutional investors and information content of earnings ...
We extract the quarterly reported and analysts' forecasted earnings from. IBES. The quarterly institutional holdings are obtained from Thomson Financial, and ...
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About IBES
IBES is an alternative data product offered by Refinitiv, available on discovery. Data is updated daily. API access is available for programmatic integration. Vedex estimates pricing at roughly $25,000/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
Institutional Brokers' Estimate System providing consensus earnings estimates and analyst forecasts.
About Refinitiv
Refinitiv is a data provider vendor based in London, United Kingdom. Refinitiv is a global provider of financial market data, infrastructure, and analytics, serving the financial services industry with comprehensive tools for trading, investment, and risk management. F...