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Not every collection has a comparison. When it does, you are already inside one record, and you choose what to compare. Forge does not invent a ranking of “most popular.”

Coffee​

Open the commodity Coffee, then choose a species. Under measured properties, pick one property, such as caffeine content or a cupping measure.

Where Forge holds a minimum and a maximum, you see that band for the species you chose, and a chart of the same band for the other species on file. The species you selected is picked out on the chart. Where the property is a single intensity, the chart compares that value instead. If Forge does not hold the figure for your species, it says so and still shows the species it does hold.

Companies​

Open a company, then Line items. Optionally limit Statement type. Search for one line, such as a revenue or assets concept.

Forge draws the history it holds for that line: a table and a chart. Chart type switches the chart between line and bar. Compare to can stay on None, or, when the groups exist, All companies, Same exchange, or Same SIC. A comparison uses the other companies in that group. It does not add companies Forge does not hold.

Beside the chart, a summary names the highest value, the lowest, and the average, and the sharpest rise and fall when those changes are on the series. This is a reading of reported figures. It is not advice.

Electric vehicles​

Open a vehicle, then choose a specification. Forge lines that measurement up across the models it holds, including trim, and shows where the vehicle you opened sits in that list. The note under the chart uses the same ordering as the table, so the sentence and the chart agree.

Elements​

Open an element, then choose a property. You can compare it with:

  • all elements Forge holds a value for
  • elements that share its standard state
  • elements that share its group block
  • elements that share both

The chart covers the group you picked. A short summary gives the count, the low, the high, and the average, and names the elements at the extremes.

What is not a comparison​

A country profile charts one economic series for that country. It does not rank the country against a peer set.

A crude-oil grade shows its own assay. Grain and coffee variety tables list what belongs to the commodity you opened. Those are deeper profiles, not peer charts. The shared collections are filtered lists, not comparison charts, unless you have opened a specialised page above.