YourStake gathers data from publicly available sources and cites every data point to ensure verifiability.
YourStake gathers data from publicly available sources and cites every data point to ensure verifiability. YourStake looks for data that meet the following criteria:
- Hosted by government, SEC, academic, or trusted NGO sources.*
- Applies to a broad set of companies, either across a sector, geographical region, or the whole economy.
- Contains quantitative, comparable measures.
- Updated frequently to reflect the current state of the world.
In general, we choose not to gather data from voluntary company reporting because companies often use different methodologies to report similar metrics, leading to the inability to compare, or worse, misleading comparisons that are not apples-to-apples. Instead, by using third-party and standardized data sources, we can ensure fair comparability. YourStake frequently updates and improves our list of data sources.
- Has a detailed and transparent methodology.
- Is updated frequently,
- Is already used by government regulators or the investor community to analyze, evaluate, or engage with companies.
Approach to Data Gaps
When a company does not have information about a particular metric, YourStake.org does not attempt to estimate or interpolate coverage for the sake of increased coverage.