Good data are hard to find at most private-equity-owned companies

Visual form

Horizontal bar chart.

Layout / body structure

The chart is a single ranked comparison chart. Read from the longest bar at the top downward through the remaining challenge categories.

What is being compared

The chart compares the top challenges named by CFOs at private-equity portfolio companies, covering data fragmentation, alignment with the top team, communication with investors and board members, finance-team talent management, and other issues.

Measurement system

The measure is percent of respondents, with a sample size of 50. The bars represent the share of CFOs selecting each challenge category.

Visible structure inside the graphic

Five labeled bars are arranged from highest to lowest response share. Each bar pairs a text label with a percentage value, making the ranking legible at a glance and separating the leading problem from the rest of the field.

Main takeaway from the visual

Data fragmentation is not just one challenge among many; it is the clear dominant problem. The longest bar is much larger than every other category, which makes the gap visually obvious before the reader even gets to the numbers.

Key standout values or extremes

Data fragmentation and enterprise-resource-planning or other systems leads at 48 percent. Aligning with the rest of the top team on business priorities and communicating with investors and board members are tied at 20 percent each, while acquiring and managing talent in the finance team is 8 percent and other challenges are 4 percent.

Controls / sequence, when applicable

This is a static chart image with no in-chart controls to operate.

Companion media, when applicable

There is no separate companion audio or video; the chart image is the full visual on this page.