How figures are graded
Each figure on a data page, and each price on a buyer page, carries one of these grades. When we read a filing or a report through another outlet, the grade says so ("read through independent press").
| Grade | What it means | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Filing | A regulatory filing: SEC forms such as an 8-K or S-1, or an exchange announcement | A per-record price in a company's 8-K |
| Court record | A docket entry, order or a docket summary that cites the entry number | A bankruptcy sale of company records |
| Independent press | Reporting by a news outlet with no stake in the deal | A newspaper report of a licensing fee |
| Academic paper or analyst report | A published paper or an independent analyst's report (used for benchmarks) | A benchmark score on arXiv |
| Company claim | What a buyer, seller or vendor says about itself: its website, a press release, a job post or sponsored content | A programme's published payout range |
| Secondary | A third party relaying someone else's figure that we could not trace to its origin | A blog quoting an unnamed deal |
"Up to" figures are ceilings, and a published range is what a buyer says it may pay, not an offer. Origin's own completed deals are Origin's records and are labelled as such.
How sources are checked
Before a page is published, every outside fact is matched to a sentence on the source page, and that sentence is stored with the source address and the date it was read. A script re-opens each source and checks that the sentence is still there before each release. A figure whose source cannot be opened, or no longer shows it, is removed or marked.
Every guide shows when it was published, when it was last updated and when its sources were last checked. Data pages also carry a changelog. Price and programme pages are re-checked after any event that could change a figure, such as a court hearing, and the new check date is shown.
Corrections
To report an error, use the contact form and name the page and the figure. We review reports within two business days. When a figure is wrong we correct the page, add a dated line to its changelog or update note saying what changed, and update any dataset download that held it.
Who writes and reviews pages
Pages are published under the organisation name, Origin Data Partners, by its research team. Each data page is checked a second time before publication, with the source for every figure re-opened. Reviewers are identified by role, not by name.
Independence and disclosure
Buyers, programmes and the companies we write about do not review or approve our guides, and no one pays to be listed. A buyer may pay Origin when a deal closes; pages that name buyers say so in a short note, and the compensation disclosure gives the details. See also the facts about Origin.