Contents:
Company Profiles | Articles | Annual Reports | Financial Information | Secondary Markets & Investments
All library databases are linked from the library website at http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/indexes/dblist.htm.
Business Source Complete
Includes Datamonitor's company profiles listed under the "Company Profiles" button. These Datamonitor reports are multi-page profiles that provide detailed analysis of a company. Datamonitor's company profiles also include SWOT analyses.
IBISWorld
Provides company reports on over 8000 US, Canadian and global publicly-traded companies. Reports include brief company background information, annual and quarterly financials (standardized for company comparison), NAICS numbers, and lists of direct competitors. Company reports also link to the detailed industry report for the industry in which the company operates.
KLD Socrates
Socrates is a comprehensive research database containing social, environmental, and governance research on more than 4,000 companies in 50+ global markets. KLD evaluates corporations for social and environmental performance on more than 280 data points using a proprietary ratings process covering community relations, corporate governance, diversity, employee relations, human rights, products, and the environment.
LexisNexis Academic
Company profiles can be found in the "Business" subfile in the "Company Dossier" search or the "Company Profiles" search. Some of the company profiles available include: Hoover's Basic and In-depth Records, Bankruptcy Datasource files; the U.S. Business Directory of public and private companies; and international company reports from various publishers.
NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Online access detailed company and industry information. Provides full-text access to the following material: Company Profiles; Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys; Sub-industry Reviews; Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives; Corporation Record; Stock Reports; Bond Reports; Fund Report; and The Outlook (investment advisory newsletter).
Blume Library Online Catalog
http://regina.stmarytx.edu/
Search the catalog for books about a specific company.
The Corporate Directory of U.S. Public Companies (Walker's)
Reference HG 4057 .A15647 2002
Company Profiles for Students
Reference HD 2713 .C66 1998 V. 1 & 2
Hoover's Handbook of American Business
Reference HG 4057 .A28617 2006
Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies
Reference HG 4057 .A33 2006
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies Reference
HG4057 .A28616 2006
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
Reference HG 4057 A1 D51 2002
Hoover's Handbook of World Business
Reference HG 4009 .H66 2006
Hoover's Texas 500: A Guide to the Top Companies of Texas
Reference HG4057 .T4 T4 2002
Articles are an important sources for supplementary information on publicly-traded companies. Articles may be the only source of detailed information on private and international companies.
Business Source Complete
Contains full-text articles from business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Also included are abstracts and indexing for over 2,680 business journals, nearly 880 of which are peer reviewed.
LexisNexis Academic
Articles from business newspapers, newswires, and trade magazines can be found in the "News" tab. Use the Select Sources drop-down menu and select "Business News Publications" to search business-related articles.
Wall Street Journal Database
Full text articles from the Wall Street Journal published from 1984 to the present. The Wall Street Journal is one of the primary resources for information on international and national companies.
Business: News Sources (Rutgers University Libraries)
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/busenews.shtml
A guide to online business news sources. Most of these sources are freely available. Includes general U.S. news sources, international news sources, and industry-related news sources.
The Annual Report to Shareholders is prepared by the company itself to communicate the year's business activities. It is primarily directed to shareholders, potential investors, employees, and others interested in the financial performance of the company and what plans they have for the future. Often it is used as a public relations tool.
Many companies publish their annual report on their website. Some previously listed sources under Basic Information and Company Profiles provide a company's web address. A company's website is often their name in the body of the URL (address). For example, the home page for Coca-Cola Company is www.cocacola.com.
An Internet search engine can be used to find a company's Web address. Use the company's name as the search term. Some common search engines include: Google, Ask.com, and Yahoo.
AnnualReports.com
http://www.annualreports.com/
A database of links to company annual reports.
IRIN - Annual Report Resource Center
http://www.irin.com/
Provides 13,300 current and historical annual reports.
CAROL: Company Annual Reports On-Line
http://www.carol.co.uk/
A database of annual reports for companies in Europe and the US. Free registration required to access the annual reports.
Public company financial information is available from the EDGAR database at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These financial reports can also be accessed through LexisNexis. The following are some of the more commonly used filings:
All library databases are linked from the library website at http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/indexes/dblist.htm.
Compustat (Research Insight) (restricted to on-campus use, School of Business database)
A numerical databases that includes detailed financial statistics. Limited to publicly-traded companies in the U.S. and Canada.
IBISWorld
Provides company reports on over 8000 US, Canadian and global publicly-traded companies. Reports include brief company background information, annual and quarterly financials (standardized for company comparison), NAICS numbers, and lists of direct competitors.
LexisNexis Academic
Financial statements for publicly-traded companies can be found in the "Business" tab under the "SEC Filings" search .
NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Provides detailed financial data, searchable by company name or ticker.
EDGAR
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
The EDGAR database is the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission portal to company filings.
How Do I Use EDGAR?
http://www.sec.gov/edgar/quickedgar.htm
"This tutorial describes the various ways web users can search EDGAR for real-time filings and other company information."
Researching Public Companies Through EDGAR: A Guide for Investors
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/edgarguide.htm
A guide to using EDGAR to find investment information in company filings. Also includes tips on researching mutual funds and variable insurance products.
SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval)
http://www.sedar.com/homepage_en.htm
Publicly-accessible information and documents filed with the securities commissions by Canadian public companies and mutual funds as well as related third parties; similar to EDGAR in the U.S.; some files must be downloaded while others can be viewed online.
All library databases are linked from the library website at http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/indexes/dblist.htm.
Compustat (Research Insight) (restricted to on-campus use, School of Business database
A numerical databases that includes detailed financial statistics. Limited to publicly-traded companies in the U.S. and Canada.
LexisNexis Academic
You can find stock reports in the "Business" subfile under the "Company Financial" heading. Sources for these reports include: Nelson's Consensus Earnings Estimates; Vickers Institutional Holdings; Vickers Securities Report;
Zacks Investment Consensus Earnings Projections.
Morningstar
Provides detailed stock price data for publicly-traded companies. Also includes extensive information on mutual funds.
NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Provides stock price data, searchable by company name or ticker.
Value Line Investment Survey
On Reserve at the Circulation Desk
One page company reports designed to the investor; also includes one page industry reports; reports updated every 13 weeks.
Bigcharts
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
This commercial sources provides quotes, reports, and interactive charts on over 50,000 stocks, mutual funds, market indexes. Also includes historical quotes back to 1985.
Yahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Provides current and historical quotes, charts, current news articles, and other investment-related materials.
Stock and Commodity Exchanges
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/stocks.shtml
Guide produced by Rutgers University Libraries that lists stock and commodity exchanges worldwide.