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Business Tutorial: WRDS

Access instructions and frequently asked questions for the Wharton Research Data Services.

Introduction

Compustat Segments Data provides segment information for about 28,900 companies in the Compustat North American (NA) package. Compustat Global does not provide segment data.

Where can I find information on executive compensation?

  1. From the WRDS homepage, choose Compustat - Capital IQ. Next, select Execucomp.

    Execucomp is the fifth option down in the Compustat list.
     
  2. Choose Annual Compensation.

    "Annual Compensation" encircled in red.
     
  3. Choose your date range.

    Date range, formatted by year.
     
  4. Under Apply Your Company Codes, click on Ticker and type the ticker symbol (Example: IBM) into the search box.

    "Ticker" box is on the far left. Then type the ticker of the company you are researching.
     
  5. Under Query Variables, select Company Name under Company Information, your executive information variables under Executive Information and your compensation variables under Compensation Data
    Relevant factors encircled in red.
     
  6. Under Query Output, select Excel and the date format. 

    Third option down in the Output Format options menu.
     
  7. Click on the Submit Query button and when the data output is complete, a link to the Excel file will appear.  Click on the link to the Excel file to access the downloaded data.

Assistant Head, Information Services

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Kathleen Berger
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617-353-4312