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Financials and Ratios
Financials and Ratios provide key figures related to the company performance and activity.
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowFactiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides access to global and local newspapers, magazines, industry-specific journals and newsletters, newswires, media programs, and websites. Financial reports are available for public companies (balance sheet, cash flow, income statements, key ratios, etc.) Current quotes and market data are available. Factiva, also provides standard ratios on relative valuations; financial strength; profitability; effectiveness and efficiency, for a large selection of U.S. and international companies. Select the Companies/Markets tab, and search by either company name or ticker. In the left menu of the company snapshots screen, select Financial Results. Select Key Ratios from the drop-down menu.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowLexis/Nexis Academic focuses primarily on business, legal and news resources. Included in the database are law reports, company filings, journal and newspaper articles, broadcast transcripts, etc.
LexisNexis Academic may provide valuation, operational and earnings ratios for a large selection of publicly-traded U.S. and international companies.
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CompuStat on WRDS This link opens in a new windowInformation and Access Request
Hosted on the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) platform, Compustat is a database of financial, statistical and market information on active and inactive global companies throughout the world.
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Mergent Industry Review byCall Number: Reserve HG4961 .M68
Selected free resources:
Financials and Ratios Journals
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The Value Line Investment Survey byCall Number: Reserve HG4501 .V26A periodical which serves as an information resource for investors. The library keeps the current three years of this periodical only.
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Value Line (via Toronto Public Library)Value Line is a major investment research firm, known for publishing the Value Line Investment Survey. They also produce industry analysis reports and other publications.