Let’s say you are one of Santa’s elves and need to know:
- the largest manufacturers of dolls?
- peppermint makers in Poland?
- names at Nestlé Purina PetCare for executives who could help with reindeer chow sourcing?
- international sources of clean coal?
All these and more can be found in the Libraries’ expanded offerings of business, company, and industry data from Mergent Online. Mergent (building on key business reports developed by Moody’s and Dun & Bradstreet) has long been a trusted source for financial and other information on publicly-traded companies and key industries. The core Mergent Online subscription covers:
- 15,000 U.S. public companies (active and inactive) listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges
- 20,000 non-U.S. companies (active and inactive)
- Economic sector reports from U.S. and abroad
Most public company reports will provide a business summary, a stock price history, key financials, key executives, corporate news, a description of the corporate ownership structure, 10-K and other corporate filings, and information on key competitors.
Recent additions to this core database include:
- D&B Private Company Database: Over 34 million private company records are available for both domestic and international companies, with financials for 450,000 North American private companies.
- Key Business Ratios (Current File): Industry benchmarks compiled from the D&B (Dun and Bradstreet) database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios (users choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of business. Identify solvency, efficiency, and profitability ratios across a variety of sectors.
- Mergent Archives: featuring retrospective Annual Reports and Key Business Ratios. These sources provide annual reports back to 1925 and business ratios back to 1979, extending our coverage of historical business data.
These new sources join an impressive array of resources for business research, including
- Standard and Poor’s NetAdvantage
Includes the important Industry Surveys, which provide descriptive summaries of trends in more than 50 sectors, as well as company, stock, and bond reports. - ValueLine Basic Edition
Provides weekly analyses of more than 1500 equity issues. For each stock it offers year-ahead and three- to five-year probable relative price performance, projections of key financial measures, and concise commentary on current operations and future prospects. - Morningstar Investment Research Center
Reports on more than 20,000 stocks and funds with detailed analysis of 1,500 stocks and 2,000 funds. Reports include 5-year stock price history, ratios, SEC filings, ownership information, and a written analysis. Includes tools to identify stocks and funds by criteria such as earnings ratio, industry, number of employees, performance history, market capitalization, or fund family. - Company Dossier (a part of Lexis Nexis Academic)
Identify and compare companies based on a number of criteria. - Article databases for current industry and financial news and analysis, including ABI/INFORM Complete, Ebsco Source Business Complete, Lexis Nexis Academic, and Gale Business Insights: Essentials.