LibGuides: FNCE 3352 Investment Principles & Analysis: Company Research

Company Information

Business Source Complete (TexShare)
Business Source Complete covers several disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

1965-present

Safari
Safari Books Online from O’Reilly is a collection of ~50,000 ebooks and videos, covering topics in computer science, business and management, personal and career development, engineering, software and Web development, drawing and painting, and travel. The collection has recently been updated with a new user interface and now provides the Trinity community with unlimited simultaneous users

Hoover's
D&B Hoovers delivers insightful information on more than 162 million businesses, both public and private, around the world; including the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and emerging markets. Search by Company Name, Executives, Industry or by using Conceptual Search and Business Signals. Business data includes Annual Revenues, Employee Counts, Corporate Family Tree, Key Contacts, Analyst Reports, SWOT reports, stock data, financials and other vital information

varies;Current year reports with 5-7 years financial and stock data

Mintel
Provides market research of U.S. markets, including market size and forecasting, competitive landscape, consumer behavior, branding, with downloadable data. Reports primarily covers consumer goods, services, and lifestyles. Mintel Trends tracks consumer mindsets and behaviors with over 100 observations every week, which chronicle provocative studies, innovations and news stories in the global consumer landscape

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Companies in Depth

Company Websites

Locate the company's main website by using Google or Hoover's Online. Note that the main home page is probably oriented toward consumers; look for links that point to "investors' information" or "about us." Especially valuable are annual reports for shareholders, 10-K reports for the federal government, and messages from the CEO.

EDGAR

U.S. SEC website of all required company filings; look for the 10-K (annual) and 10-Q (quarterly) reports. These reports are also linked in Hoover Online and other databases.

MarketScope Advisor
Contains detailed descriptions of companies, industries, and mutual funds; company information includes a description of the company, stocks & bond issues, earnings estimates, dividend and split history and more. Industry surveys cover industry trends, forecasts, major players and market share data, key ratios, and statistics. Screening tools for companies, stocks and bonds are available.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides full-text access to 15,000 news, business and legal sources including U.S. Federal and State case law, statutes and regulations; law journals; U.S. and international news; and company and industry financial information.

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