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Is there a more efficient way to do what I am doing? (Merge tables keeping values)

So I have three tables:

https://preview.redd.it/mwzou7dva0qg1.png?width=964&format=png&auto=webp&s=744f10a3fad0171dfb408d62f01440e8cbdb87cc

And I want to merge them into a table like this one:

https://preview.redd.it/ztbg4ld3b0qg1.png?width=503&format=png&auto=webp&s=91dad64f697b523ac6c95cc1b868b9bd58653a3c

As you can see, I want to keep the first column as the unique list of names, adding all the different names from the 3 columns. But I want to grab the 3 values from the different tables. I know the values in the different columns don't match the names, but that is exactly the point since I want to compare the values fro the different names. I don't mind the empty cells either.

So far what I am doing is append the tables into a single one with power query, loading it into a pivot table to stack de names, then adding the three different values and copy paste it without format into a different sheet and then converting it to an Excel table.

It actually works, but I can't stop thinking that this is way too innefficient and annoying and that there is an easier way to do it. Can anyone help with this?

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