Company Overviews
- MarketLine Company Profiles This link opens in a new windowType the company name into the search box. The MarketLine (formerly Datamonitor) report includes a revenue analysis, a SWOT analysis, top competitors, major products & services and a company view.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowSelect the Companies/Markets option. Type in company name or ticker into the search box. The company snapshot includes latest news, peer comparison and key financials.
- Hoover's Company Records This link opens in a new windowType the company name or ticker symbol into the Search box.
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowType the company name or ticker symbol into the Company Search box.
- NetAdvantage This link opens in a new windowType the company name or ticker symbol into the Search Box at the top of the page.
Company Articles
- ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
ProQuest One Business combines multiple ProQuest business information databases including ABI-Inform, Accounting, Tax & Banking and Entrepreneurship and contains more than 130 million documents. Content in this database also covers over 2,400 journals and magazines, several hundred news sources, thousands of ebooks, videos and company, industry and country reports.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic and full text content, including indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back to 1886 and full text journal articles in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. The database full text content includes investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses. Sources covered by this database include Economist Intelligence Unit country reports.
- Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Business Abstracts with Full Text is a database that indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere, including the leading business magazines and trade and research journals; it also includes full text of selected periodicals.
- Factiva This link opens in a new window
Provides worldwide full text access to local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni is a source for newspapers and magazines, trade journals, wire services and transcripts, as well as legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790, and information on U.S. and international companies and executives.
For additional company resources, see Company Information Sources.
Company Financials and SEC Filings
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowThis database will compare company against company using ratios and financial metrics, access company SEC filings like 10-k’s as well as annual reports and allows you to export financials into Excel. See Mergent Tutorial.
Company Financials- Click on the Company Financials tab to obtain financial statement information and ratios.
SEC Filings - Click on the Filings tab.
Competitors’ Financial Information - Click on the Competitors tab. Create a competitor report.
Company Comparisons - Click on the Report Builder tab and then click on the Comparison Reports link and select either Compare Company Against Industry or Compare Company Against Custom Group.
See Find company ratios using MergentOnline.
- EDGAR databaseThe EDGAR database available on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website contains annual report (10-K) filings and other financial filings.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowClick on Companies/Markets tab in the upper right-hand corner
Enter the Company name or Ticker in the Get Company Snapshot search box
Click on Financial Results on the left-hand side
Choose Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Income Statement, Geographic or Business Segment Breakdown or Key Ratios from the Statement Type drop-down box - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFind a Company: financial information, corporate hierarchy, legal information and intellectual property.
Create a Company List: search by industry code (SIC or NAICS), employee size, sales/revenue and geographic locations
Compare Companies: Create a report with balance sheet, income statement and ratio information.
Under the “Companies” tab, the SEC Filings link provides the option of searching for various SEC filings such as the Form 10-K and the Form 10-Q.
For additional financial databases, see the Financial Databases Overview tutorial.
Also see the
Private Company Information
Information on private companies, especially financial information is challenging to find. Company overviews and articles from business and trade publications are good sources for private company information.
Company Overviews
- MarketLine Company Profiles This link opens in a new window
- Factiva This link opens in a new window
- Hoover's Company Records This link opens in a new window
Article Databases
- ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
- Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
- Factiva This link opens in a new window
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Company Financials
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowSome private company financial information is available in Mergent Online through the D&B 20 Million Plus Private Company Search. See Mergent Tutorial.
