Comps best practices

Hey everybody Which are your best practices when building a Comps Model? I did a Sector -> Industry —> Geography -> Market Cap filtering and got a decent peer group, but I am asking myself how should I double check it or if I should build a second peer group.

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Revenue split - how much of their revenue is actually within the vertical you are looking for? Then it's mostly your seniors choice. If they are decent they know who are the listed competitors

 

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