How data analytics help private equity accelerate value creation

Private equity firms are making investment decisions based on balance sheets and profit and loss (P&L) statements with Excel® being the go-to tool of choice for data collection and analysis. Most firms lack access to the real-time reporting required to make informed decisions post-acquisition. Portfolio companies are often running their business on a mix of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, homegrown legacy applications, and fragmented financial and operational data—making data reliability suspect at best.