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/

Lexis Nexis / business tab
Business and Company Resource Center
Business Source Premier

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 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website: www.sec.gov
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 Yahoo finance: http://finance.yahoo.com/
Select Big Charts: http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/default.asp?siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctbc

Locate stockholder information, major stock holders, stock ownership, insider trading

Access Lexis Nexis / business resources; search the company name, select "financial information"
Locate the company report such as: http://investor.sirius.com  for Sirius Satellite Radio
Search Yahoo financials for the company, scroll down looking for stock ownership information