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%
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Where in the narrative
Number shape
| plain | 151 |
| percent | 31 |
| multiplier | 2 |
| money | 2 |
| other | 1 |
31 examples
80%
Most institutions have access to external GenAI tools and require understanding of internal guidelines as a prerequisite to access them
“More than 50% of institutions require understanding of internal guidelines on when and how to use the tool as a prerequisite to gain access to the tool.”
36%
Majority of the institutions are moving ahead cautiously with GenAI applications, with Super Regionals and Core Regionals showing slightly higher appetite for risk
“36% of Institutions are Conservative, Incremental Adoption”
-2.9%
Exchanges worldwide are under pressure to reinvent their business across both the primary and secondary markets.
“As Figure 1 shows, the average number of total equities listings on stock exchanges around the world remained stagnant between 2019 and 2023 and dropped by roug…”
94%
94% of dealmakers say the pre-deal process needs improvement.
“94% of dealmakers say the pre-deal process needs improvement.”
79%
Generative AI investments lag their perceived value across the deal lifecycle.
“Percentage of dealmakers expecting high value from generative AI vs. percentage of dealmakers investing in it”
56%
High-TSR companies and top value creators are more likely to effectively leverage past deal data to inform current and future deal strategies.
“Dealmakers that report consistently capturing post-acquisition value are 5.7x more likely than their peers to embed such frameworks into execution.”
84%
Focus on talent as a key driver of technology
“Eighty-four percent of the executives we surveyed see scope for improvement when it comes to applying insights from past transactions.”
31%
Build a structured buy/build/partner strategy
“Only 31% rate their current approach as highly effective while the remaining 69% see room for improvement—highlighting the challenge of embedding AI in a way th…”
92%
How corporate M&A and PE differ in tech sourcing strategies
“PE firms overwhelmingly prefer to buy intelligence solutions as a service (92%), prioritizing speed, control and scalability. In contrast, 40% of corporate M&A …”
39%
Head count is expected to increase slightly (at least in the short term).
“The survey results show that more organizations expect to increase head count (39%) than to decrease head count (22%) over the next 12 months due to implementat…”
97%
Large fundraisings by women-only teams are scarce: 97% of their operations do not exceed €15M
“Large fundraisings by women-only teams are scarce: 97% of their operations do not exceed €15M”
80%
A majority of hospitals have contracts with GPOs; while public hospitals tend to prefer contracting with only one GPO, private institutions frequently use multiple GPOs
75%
More, bigger, different: deal-making in 2022
“Surveyed dealmakers in both corporate and PEI settings say they anticipate continued increases in both deal size and deal volume.”
54%
Responding to a more stringent environment
“More than half (54%) said they believe a tightening regulatory environment will lead to more deal activity, not less, over the next 12 months.”
45%
Alternative deals share the spotlight with more traditional approaches
“Many companies are expanding their traditional M&A approaches to include a multifaceted, expansive view geared to achieve a wider range of growth strategies.”
68%
A mix of forces drives dealmakers to look abroad
“More than two-thirds of respondents (68%) expect their companies to increase their interest in foreign markets over the coming year, while only 6% will focus pu…”
124%
In the meantime, to tackle homogeneous competition, companies are focusing on a wide range of new modalities, such as BsAb, ADC and C>, which are expected to largely diversify the China landscape
“In the meantime, to tackle homogeneous competition, companies are focusing on a wide range of new modalities, such as BsAb, ADC and C>, which are expected to …”
48%
Oncology has become the most heated TA for clinical development in China over the past few years
“Oncology has become the most heated TA for clinical development in China over the past few years.”
>80%
...However, the rate of QT start-up founding has slowed in the past three years.
“>80% of start-ups founded in past 3 years are in QC space”
32%
Strategic transaction volume is increasing, although in a variety of shapes and forms
“Today's uncertain economic climate has only reinforced the critical need for managers to understand whether their business is fortified for short- and long-term…”
60%
Edtech investments currently comprise about 60% of funding by volume and have stabilized after the peak in 2020-21
“Since 2016, Edtech has gone through a cycle spanning rapid growth, a peak and finally a stabilization in transactions”
86%
While there has been a shift towards later-stage funding, this seems to be consistent with the longer-term cycle
“Early-stage investing as a proportion of the market has increased substantially since 2005, with about 86 percent of the deals conducted in the market channeled…”
70%
Lebanon's agricultural holdings are highly fragmented...
“70% of holdings are less than 1 hectare, but account for less than 20% of agricultural area; Less than 4% of farms are more than 6 hectares, but they account fo…”
70%
Top 15 markets were selected as priority for marketing Lebanon as a tourist destination
“Top 15 markets account for ~70% of total target number of tourist”
40%
The number of resource-driven countries has increased by almost 40% since 1995 and most newcomers have low average incomes
“The number of resource-driven countries has increased by almost 40% since 1995 and most newcomers have low average incomes”
71%
“These data points show that returns from generative AI tend to compound—and become more predictable—when dealmakers adopt it strategically across the deal lifec…”
62%
“For PE dealmakers, this challenge is even more pronounced: 62% struggle to extract relevant insights from this flood of data, compared to 38% of M&A deal profes…”
64%
“63% of dealmakers think a robust digital strategy can improve due diligence but that number drops to 26% for value creation planning and just 24% for performanc…”
56%
“B2B companies were ~56% of the total IPOs in L5Y.”
47%
“According to our respondents, the earlier stages are the most important ones in crafting a successful M&A deal.”
62%
“There was a slight decrease in M&A operations carried out by strategic sellers in 2020 (62% vs. 67% in 2019). Furthermore, the exit patterns of Financial invest…”