comparable

The loan comes due in five years and pays interest of about 6.4%, almost 2 percentage points more than the yield of Oracle’s comparable corporate bond.

It said the data was not directly comparable to annual figures, with the possibility of seasonal effects on releases and late recordings.

The Merck pill, which inhibits PCSK9, showed comparable efficacy to existing injectable drugs and did not have increased side effects or study dropouts.

These can help gauge what buyers might be willing to spend on comparable items.

Other ways to estimate a home’s value include an appraisal and an analysis of comparable homes that have sold recently in the area.