| |
|
Penn State - Brandywine Campus - Vairo Library
Company Profiles:
Electronic & World Wide Web Sources
The following resources will help you find basic company information: products & services, subsidiaries, executives, financial statements, etc. For business news, see Company News: Electronic & World Wide Web Sources.
Connect to these and other databases from the
Databases By Title List or click on the links below. If you have questions about using or connecting to these and other sources, the Vairo Library staff will be happy to help you.
Hoover's Online
Hoover's Online provides detailed Fact Sheets that include: company overview,
history, people, products/operations, industry, competitors, news, and financials for over 13,000 U.S. and 2,0000 international companies. Includes
both public and private companies.
**Special feature: “Build a List” feature enables you to create a list of companies by specific industry,
geographic area, size, sales, etc.
MergentOnline
MergentOnline includes detailed business descriptions,
coporate histories, and financial statements on 11,000 U.S. public companies
and 17,000 non-U.S. public companies. MergentOnline also includes: annual reports, presentation-style
reports on over 1,700 NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ companies, archives for over
4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, or merged since 1995,
private company profiles provided by Dun & Bradstreet, insider-trading
records of all share buys and sells by U.S. corporate officers for the
past 3 & 6 months, SEC filings with form descriptions.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage combines 11 investor information products in a single database. NetAdvantage
includes S&P Corporation Records, Register of Executives & Directors, Investor's Guide, Bond Guide, and Industry
Surveys. Industry surveys include an annual Basic Analysis,which analyzes trends and problems with an historical
perspective, a short Current Analysis, which provides the latest developments, market statistics and investment outlook, and a
Comparative Company Analysis, which compares the growth in sales and earning of the leading companies over the last 5
years.
IBISWorld
IBISWorld IBISWorld provides over 700 full-text industry reports, 700 US industry risk rating reports,
and information on over 8000 Publicly Traded US Companies as well as hundreds of economic and demographic profiles.
Plunkett Research Online
Plunkett Research Online provides industry reports covering industry sector analysis and research, industry trends
and industry statistics, market research and trends, and company profiles.
Reuters Research on Demand (formerly Multex)
RROD provides real-time full-text investment research reports, video/audio programs, and other full-text reports
to support investments research. There are more than 750 contributing firms such as Merrill Lynch, Salomon Smith Barney and
RS Investment Management.
TableBase
TableBase provides tabular and statistical data on companies, industries, and products. It also provides market share, company and brand
rankings, industry and product forecasts, imports and exports, production and consumption statistics, number of users, and
trends. 90% of the records are full-text. TableBase is international in scope and is updated weekly.
Mintel Reports
Mintel provides market research reports for the U.S. and European consumer markets. Includes analysis of market drivers, trends, market forecasts,
market segmentations, demographics, and consumer attitudes and purchasing behaviors. Over 600 reports published each year.(Requires you to create a personal profile. Only your Penn State Email will be accepted)
Value Line
The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately
1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy. It has 3 parts: Ratings & Reports
contains one-page reports of financial and stock price forecasts for 3 to 5 years, an analyst's commentary, and more. Click
on EDUCATION and go to "How to Invest in Common Stocks" or the "Quick Study Guide." Summary & Index contains an
index of all stocks in Value Line as well as many up-to-date company statistics. It also contains stock
"screens" designed to help investors identify companies with various characteristics. Selection & Opinion contains
Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups of interesting and attractive
stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics.
World Wide Web Sources
Yahoo! Finance - Historical Quotes
Type your company's ticker symbol in the box to the right of "Get Historical Prices for:" and click on
GO. Historical Quotes provides the daily open, high, low, close and volume for each trading day
in the date range you choose. Data is available back to 1970. Weekly or monthly or dividend quotes for a chosen date
range also may be selected.
For more business databases, review a comprehensive list at the Schreyer Business Library web site.
Questions? Contact Susan Ware (saw4@psu.edu)
Penn State - Brandywine Campus - Vairo Library
|
|