Company, Industry, and Market Sources
- Barron's Digital This link opens in a new windowBarron's provides U.S. financial data, and in-depth market analysis and commentary, and current news.
- Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collection of consumer and market intelligence research. Reports include market sizes, shares and forecasts, brand profiles, consumer trends and much more.
- NetAdvantage/CapIQ This link opens in a new windowBroad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including Industry Surveys, and Equity Research (formerly Stock Reports). Industry data sets include key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, financial metrics, etc. by sub-industry or geography (see Markets tab). Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
- CapIQ Self-Registration ProcessNetAdvantage and CapIQ share a platform. If you are not seeing CapIQ in the URL, follow the steps in this document to self-register for CapIQ to receive the benefits of both resources.
- Hoover's Company Profiles This link opens in a new windowFind up to date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives.
Annual Report to Shareholders
Look for the Annual Report to Shareholders on the company web site. It's often behind a link called Investor Relations or just Investors. The Annual Report will provide basic financial figures and discussions of recent developments/possible future directions of the company. If you have difficulty finding an annual report, don't hesitate to ask a librarian!
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Looking for data for a private company?
Unlike public companies, private companies aren't required to disclose financials and other info--so it can be difficult to find detailed information on private companies. It's even more difficult if it's a small private company.
Beware: It is difficult to find high quality information on private companies. Even though the sources listed here are "better than average quality," sales figures and other private company info are often wrong even in these sources.
SEC Filings
- EDGAR--Company Filings This link opens in a new windowCompanies traded on U.S. stock exchanges must file various reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC makes these reports available via EDGAR. This includes the 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy, registration, and other forms (but often not the Annual Report to Shareholders).