Marilyn Scoville     SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE

Company Financials: Researching and Collecting the Data

 Locate company reports/analysis
 alphabetical listing of databases: http://www.smcvt.edu/library/databases/title/

ValueLine (see below for more information about ValueLine)
Business and Company Resource Center
Business Source Premier

 Locate company history and industry information

Search LexisNexis/ business/ company profiles
Search Business and Company Resource Center
Search Business Source Premier / company profiles

Locate news articles about each company: trends, changes, decisions, events

Search the company’s website
Search Business and Company Resource Center
Search Business Source Premier
Search LexisNexis / business
Use Yahoo finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/
MSN financials: http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp

Locate company financials including ratios, income statements, balance sheets:

Access the Securities and Exchange Commission website: www.sec.gov
Locate the company website
Select MSN.com:  http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp
Use Yahoo finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/

Locate common stock listing, current stock price, and chart the stock performance

Select: : http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp
Select Yahoo finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/
Select Big Charts: http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/default.asp?siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctbc

 Locate each company’s annual report; find the auditor’s opinion

example for Coca Cola Company:  http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors

Look at the company website for the ABOUT link and links for investor information and reports
Go to annual reports.com: www.annualreports.com (free)
Use PRARS (Public Register Annual Report Service): http://prars.com (free)
Try the Wall Street Journal annual report service; http://wsjie.ar.wilink.com (free)
Search CAROL (Company Annual Reports Online: www.carol.co.uk (free)

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