Company Information

Company Information Databases

• Yahoo! Finance - Find company profiles, stock charts, financial data and ratios, and company news [more details].
• Business Source Complete - Find Datamonitor company profiles, company news, and journal articles [more details].
• Business & Company Resource Center - Company profiles, news, histories, financials, rankings, and analysis [more details].
• EDGAR (SEC Filings & Forms) - Financial reports submitted to the SEC by publicly traded U.S. companies [more details].
• LexisNexis Academic - Find company profiles from Hoover's and other sources, plus company news [more details].
• MarketLine Business Information Center - Data, analysis, and trends for companies, industries, and countries [more details].
• Mergent Online - Financial data, ratios, business activities, and other details on public companies [more details].
• Reference USA Business Database - A directory of 12 million businesses with contacts, officers, and income [more details].
• Value Line Investment Survey - A leading source of stock reports and analysis for investors [more details].
• Wall Street Journal (1984 to present) - Find news articles about individual companies and industries [more details].
• Westlaw Campus Research - Find company profiles from Hoover's, plus company news [more details].
• Annual Report Service - Online access to thousands of annual reports. Free registration is required.
• Annual Reports - Free online access to annual reports “in their actual format in one single location.”
• CorporateInformation - Links to US and foreign company information. The service is free, although registration is required.

• Also see: Business Cornerstone Guide (PDF, 75 KB)

 

Company Rankings

• Business & Company Resource Center - Look for the "Rankings" tab in company and industry search results [more details].
• Forbes Global 2000 - An annual report that ranks top companies. The list can be sorted by industry.
• Fortune Global 500 - An annual report that ranks top companies worldwide.
• Houston Chronicle 100 - Lists the top 100 companies in Houston.
• Market Share Reporter (Reference HF 5410 .M35) - Market share data for selected U.S. industries.

 

Industry Financial Ratios

Industry ratios are used to analyze the performance of private companies. To learn about ratios, see the Encyclopedia of Management (PDF).

• D&B Key Business Ratios - Three years of key business ratios for many major industries [more details].
• Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios (Reference Collection HF 5681 .R25 A45)
• RMA Annual Statement Studies (Reference Collection HF 5681 .B2 R58)

 

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