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- IBISWorld
Full-text of industry, company, and economic reports, covering over 700 U.S. industries. Reports include key statistics, market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, key factors, key competitors and outlook.
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IBISWorld provides access to industry, company, and economic reports. The Industry reports cover over 700 U.S. industries. Updated regularly, these reports include key statistics, market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, key factors, key competitors and outlook. The database also includes Business Environment reports that explain how economic, demographic and other changes impact on people, enterprises and commerce. The Company Research section contains information on U.S. public and some global companies complete with income statements and balance-sheet data, names of directors, and directory information.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Financial information for thousands of US and global companies. Also includes Industry Surveys, Bond Reports, Stock Reports, Directory of Corporations, Register of Executives and more.
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- Investext Plus
Full-text reports on companies, industries and global markets prepared by expert analysts at world’s top brokerage firms, investment banks, research firms and trade associations. They include relevant data, charts, graphs, and analysis.
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Research reports are global in coverage and become available as soon as their release terms allow. Historical research reports are available back to 1982. To find these reports, enter a company’s name or ticker and click on Research folder in the Company Analysis tab. Use the Screening and Targeting Tab/Research to search by additional criteria such as SIC & NAICS codes, contributor’s name, and report type, and date.
Use the Screening and Targeting Tab/Research to search by additional criteria such as SIC & NAICS codes, contributor’s name, and report type, and date.
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- Business & Company Resource Center
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Includes detailed company and industry news and information.
1980-current.
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Includes:
- Company profiles, including corporate parent/sibling relationships
- Industry ranking
- Products and brands
- Stock prices
- Investment reports
- Industry statistics
- Corporate chronologies and histories
- Consumer marketing data
- Emerging technology reports
- Industry newsletter news and analysis
- Business journal news and analysis
- Press releases
- Global coverage
- Investext (ASCII) reports
- Comprehensive financial overviews
- Twenty minute delayed stock quotes
- Company performance ratings
- Current investment ratings
- First Call Consensus Estimates
- CDA/Investnet Insider Buying & Selling Activity
- CDA/Spectrum Major Shareholders
- Pricing Momentum Short Interest Share and Ratios Key Measures
- Balance sheets and income statements
- Financial ratios
- Coverage of major business events and trends back to 1980
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- Value Line Investment Survey
Weekly reports on 1,700 stocks, projections of key financial measures, and commentary on current operations and future prospects.
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- D&B Key Business Ratios
Financial statements of U.S. corporations, partnerships, and proprietorships. 14 ratios include solvency, efficiency, and profitability. Calculate key business ratios that identify key relationships between financial data.
Also Known As
- Dun & Bradstreet's Key Business Ratios
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Can export data to a .csv file for easy manipulation in Microsoft Excel.
Business ratios are broken down into median figures, with upper and lower quartiles.
Ratios are arranged by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes -- a four-digit number that classifies business establishments by defining the industries in which they do business.
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