Equity research has changed more in the last five years than in the previous twenty. The tools that serve modern buy-side research teams need to do more than provide historical fundamentals and consensus estimates.
This guide covers what an equity research platform actually needs to do for a buy-side team in 2026, where traditional platforms fall short, and what the modern research stack looks like.
What buy-side equity research requires
Buy-side equity research has one job: build conviction about a company's prospects before the market prices in the information you have found.
That requires: