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 plain
· clear
Where in the narrative
Number shape
| percent | 122 |
| plain | 43 |
| multiplier | 33 |
| money | 20 |
43 examples
64
An uneasy pause
“The standout trend in Q3 was a marked decline in consumer confidence.”
-31 pts
Hurting at the margin
“Profit margins for exchanges' traditional business”
17
Bigger isn't always more profitable
“Bigger isn't always more profitable”
5.5-8
Bolder actions are needed to avoid further profitability erosion and to get to sustainable profitability before 2030
“Grocers need to do a step change across a set of levers best fitted to value proposition and success to win. Above calculation does not yet include (one off) in…”
~40 bps
Every businessperson knows that a small change in price can have an oversized effect on demand, revenue and income.
“In banking, all things being equal, a 1% increase in revenue translates into a ~40 bps improvement in pre-tax ROE. A 1% improvement in cost, however, only impro…”
62
In most industries weighted average returns exceeded medians significantly, implying that a subset of companies outperformed
180
180 large, publicly traded companies could see profit losses beyond 10% by 2030 if they do not manage their nature risks¹
“Firms at risk of losing 10% -40% of profits are concentrated in utilities, agriculture, and chemicals.”
7.3
Investor expectations for market returns over the next three years are relatively modest and have declined since our last survey
22.0
APAC asset management has experienced higher and relatively stable margins
“APAC revenue margin remains high with a preference for active investment strategies.”
3.9
Marketers report weak returns from DE&I investments: Employee outcomes lead
“In general, DE&I marketing investments are weak. Payoffs from DE&I marketing investments are rated most highly for Employee Retention (3.9) and Employee Attract…”
16.53
Higher interest income and lower impairment charges boosted the net profit
“Aggregate net income increased 9.3% QoQ to SAR 16.5bn”
30.8
Operating income grew at a faster pace in Q3'22 than the previous quarter
“Total operating income increased by 4.9% QoQ due to growth in net interest income (+5.3% QoQ) and was further supported by growth in other operating income (+17…”
7bps
Eight out of top ten KSA banks reported an expansion in NIM
“Eight out of the top ten banks have reported expansion in NIM with aggregate NIM increasing by 7bps QoQ in Q3'22”
37.8bn
Net income growth was driven by higher operating income and lower impairments
“Aggregate net income increased substantially by 48.6% YoY to AED 37.8bn”
50 years
MYTH 4: RESILIENCE SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THE RISK FUNCTION
“Handelsbanken is the only Swedish bank not to require a government bailout or capital injection from shareholders.”
~22
Strong Sustainability DNA is linked to better performance
“Organizations with stronger Sustainability DNA are more likely to deliver financial value and sustainable impact”
146
Looking back: FMCG's value creation has lagged vs. other sectors since 2017
“No sector created more value than FMCG for the 10 years through 2016 ... but relative value creation has lagged since 2017, with FMCG dropping to #7 / 10”
350 bps
Long-run ‘winners’ have been more resilient and have withstood the Covid-19 shock significantly better than their FMCG peers
“Average TSR: 350 bps higher”
4.5
High performing transformations offer 4-5 times more impact on EBITDA than median transformations
“X 4,5”
8.6
ROE and Price-to-book are trending sideways after a few years of stability
541
EDL reaches profitability by 2024 in all three scenarios
~4,000 USD
Tobacco farmers, and the government, would benefit from a new opt-in subsidy program
“Introduction of an alternative opt-in subsidy program of tobacco would have long-term benefits for both farmers and the government.”
62
Most emerging economies exhibit greater contested leadership among top firms.
0.16
Correlation between productivity and profitability – market failures to be resolved?
“Construction companies can achieve ~1 point higher margins on average by increasing productivity by 25%”
11
Economic profits in Upstream oil and gas
100
Vaccines businesses are on a trend of declining profitability, placing increasing pressure on the economics
“Vaccines businesses are on a trend of declining profitability, placing increasing pressure on the economics.”
-7.8
USPS is experiencing unprecedented losses
“Cost savings, while substantial, have been less than revenue declines due to high fixed costs of the network.”
-3.8
Losses have been driven by volume declines, RHB pre-funding requirements and limitations on cost savings
“Volume declines of 17%, driven by E-substitution, Ad spend shift to other channels, and Deep recession.”
1,671
64
“The impact of policy change and uncertainty – alongside geopolitical tensions – continues to dominate profit warnings.”
185
“For businesses, the message is clear: success will depend on agility, scenario planning and execution. Faster growth is possible – but so is renewed disruption.”
14
1,671
240
240
“Faster growth is possible if the outlook clears and businesses regain confidence – but so is renewed disruption. For companies, the message is clear: agility an…”
30
“Geopolitical and policy change and uncertainty dominated the profit-warning landscape in 2025, with disruption spreading from business-to-business into consumer…”
15
“Success in 2026 will depend on smart execution, clarity of proposition, and the ability to capture full-price sales and loyalty in a highly competitive market.”
18
14
1,392
2,871
73
300 bps
“In sum, the transformation led to an improvement of EBIT margins by 300 basis points in just two years.”