Metrics
What numbers consultants lead with.
Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.
Metric families
7,750 metric-led slides1266
Survey & sentiment
What people said — respondents, priorities, sentiment, NPS.
16.3%
1110
Market size & value
Scale of the pool — TAM, GMV, AUM, deal value, investment, funding.
14.3%
709
Cost & savings
What's spent or saved — costs, spend, savings, efficiency, abatement.
9.1%
541
Share & penetration
Piece of the pie — market share, adoption, penetration, uptake.
7.0%
491
Growth rate
Speed of change — CAGR, YoY, growth rate.
6.3%
261
Rates & ratios
Other rates — retention, conversion, representation, distress.
3.4%
324
Employment & headcount
People at work — employees, FTEs, productivity, jobs.
4.2%
226
Indices & scores
Composite indicators — confidence indices, rankings, ratings.
2.9%
218
Margin & return
Economic quality — margins, ROI/ROE/ROIC, TSR, profit.
2.8%
212
Environment & emissions
Green metrics — GHG, emissions, hydrogen, renewables.
2.7%
187
Volume & counts
Raw counts — number of X, transactions, deals.
2.4%
141
Revenue & sales
Top line — revenue, sales, GVA.
1.8%
76
Macro indicators
Economy-wide signals — inflation, unemployment, PMI.
1.0%
23
Valuation
Asset worth — present value, pre-money, exit value.
0.3%
1965
Other
Domain-specific or uncategorized long-tail.
25.4%
Filtered by margin_return
· number kind multiplier
· clear
Where in the narrative
Number shape
| percent | 122 |
| plain | 43 |
| multiplier | 33 |
| money | 20 |
33 examples
+2.6x
The luxury industry generated exceptional value since the pandemic (x3+ vs. 2019), with a slowdown in 2024
“+2.6x”
2.1x
Leading companies extract greater value by focusing their AI investments
“In reality, most companies go broad and dilute efforts across multiple pilots, seeing lower ROI as a result”
3x
Companies that scale strategic bets are usually delighted with their financial performance as well. For instance, compared to competitors that have not done so, companies that have scaled at least one strategic bet are nearly three times more likely to have their return on investment (ROI) from gen AI surpass their forecasts.
“Companies that scale strategic bets are usually delighted with their financial performance as well.”
2.4x
Lead with value
“When strategic bets are sponsored by a company's CEO and/or board of directors, our research shows that these investments are 2.4x more likely to exceed their p…”
6.3x
In a one-year comparison, Enterprise Values show the highest recovery in Transportation & Logistics
“Transportation & Logistics firms saw a significant increase in EV, while Energy & Materials performed worse compared to 2022.”
22.1x
US firms are priced at a premium compared to CDAX firms, most prominent in Information Technology and Industrials
“A comparison of forward EV/EBITDA trading multiples of US (S&P500) and German (CDAX) firms at the industry level reveals that US trading premia are highest in I…”
23,7x
Prices paid in European M&A transactions imply premia to trading prices in the healthcare and technology industry
“The highest prices were paid in Healthcare and Information Technology, with transaction multiples above the range of trading multiples.”
10.1x
In a one-year comparison, forward multiples show the highest recovery in Chems & Pharma and Transportation
“Forward EV/EBITDA multiples in the industries Chems & Pharma and Transportation & Logistics showed notable increases compared to the previous year.”
20.4x vs 8.3x
US firms are priced at a premium compared to CDAX firms, most prominent in Information Technology
“A comparison of forward EV/EBITDA trading multiples of US (S&P500) and German (CDAX) firms at the industry level reveals that US trading premia are highest in I…”
16.2x
Over the last year, price tags in European M&A transactions mostly imply discounts to LTM trading pricing levels
“In most industries, prices paid imply a discount to LTM European trading pricing levels. This is particularly evident in the Industrials and Consumer Products s…”
16.1x vs 10.6x
Shareholders/analysts are reassessing the last mile claim
“Market expects Integrators to perform better than Posts, with significantly higher EV/EBIT multiples and price premium”
2.8x
Driving employee engagement and productivity through data-enabled, flexible operating models.
“An Accenture study which segmented companies into four levels of digital operational maturity found that the most advanced—the 'future-ready' organisations—enjo…”
2.8X
If the last 18 months have taught us anything, it's that change is happening faster than ever.
“These leaders realized a 2.8X boost in profitability and 1.7X higher efficiency than those at lower operations maturity levels. However, 66% risked failing to a…”
2x
eFishery uses data and IoT to improve smallholder fishery productivity and sustainability
“The eFisheryFeeder helps farmers optimize feed costs (~70-90% of all costs) by improving productivity while reducing wastage and water pollution, thereby empowe…”
2.0x
THE LOW MEDIA SPEND IN LFVC IS ESPECIALLY SURPRISING GIVEN THAT IT IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST PERFORMING MEDIA CHANNEL
“Relative attributed sales ROI performance in the auto industry”
2.6x
“Disability Inclusion Leaders (see box) realize marked business gains over other participants”
24.9x
8.9x
13.2x
2.9x
12.4x
1.2x
“Jun 16 - Dryships defaulted on its debt and is in discussions with lenders about a restructuring”
13.9x
5.8x
17.2x
9.6x
3.6x
25.7x
2.1x
5.0x
2.34x
1.2x
15.1x