Perform a top level backlink comparison of your competitors

This will give you an excellent top level overview:

1. Ahrefs Domain Rating comparison
2. Unfiltered Total Referring Domains comparison
3. Filtered Referring Domains Comparison (Dofollow, DR 15+, Domain Traffic 50+ Links Only - this provides a more accurate snapshot of links that actually pass authority by weeding out the spammy links)
4. Referring Domain Growth comparison
5. Non-branded Organic Traffic for each competitor (opportunities for growth)