comparables
Things worth comparing
Comparables are similar items used as a basis for comparison, especially in real estate and business valuation.
An appraiser determines a home's value by examining recent sales of comparables—similar properties in the same area: The comparables suggest we should list at $450,000.
Often shortened to comps.
In retail, comparables or comparable store sales measure performance at locations open at least a year, excluding new openings.
Estimation of worth
- compsNo-charge items, informally
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
- propertiesQualities or owned assets
adjustments · sales · zoning · location · depreciation · neighborhood
Standard for comparison
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- metricStandard of measurement
benchmark · criterion · measure · norm · indicator · touchstone · barometer · guideline
Sharing key features
- resemblanceLikeness between things
- equivalenceState of being equal
- parityState of being equal
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
correspondence · analogy · match · congruence · affinity · uniformity · consistency · parallel
Notable difference between things
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- variationChange from a norm
discrepancy · deviation · gap · mismatch · adjustment · reconciliation · variance · differential
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- compsNo-charge items, informally
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
properties · adjustments · sales · zoning · location · depreciation · neighborhood
baseline
Standard for comparison
metric · benchmark · criterion · measure · norm · indicator · touchstone · barometer · guideline · standard
alike
Sharing key features
- resemblanceLikeness between things
- equivalenceState of being equal
- parityState of being equal
likeness · correspondence · analogy · match · congruence · affinity · uniformity · consistency · parallel · approximation
contrast
Notable difference between things
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
variation · discrepancy · deviation · gap · mismatch · adjustment · reconciliation · variance · differential · spread
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, property, sale
- Valuationfair market value, market value, fair value, book value, appraised value
- startup fundingseed round, venture capital, angel investment, angel investors, seed funding
comparablesoutliers
Extreme data points
anomalies · exceptions · aberrations · irregularities · deviations
comparablesincomparables
Things without peers
apples and oranges · uniques · one-of-a-kinds · mismatches · singularities
comparablesuniques
Distinct individual items
one-of-a-kinds · singularities · originals · rarities · unicorns
- comparable salesSimilar recent transactions for pricing
comparable, incomparable, comparably, incomparably, noncomparable