Business Librarian
Company Data and Information
To better understand a company, its performance in the market and the factors that affect it, you need to understand the whole picture of that universe. This includes :
- Company’s financials
- Products and services
- SWOT reports (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
- Industry pressures and challenges
- Competitors
- Analyst reports
While you should certainly look at the company’s website, note that will only help you gain insight into that company's opinion about itself. For other opinions about a company’s issues and performance, there are several types of library databases that will help. They are generally divided up by the type of information they contain although there are some exceptions such as Hoover's, which gathers several different types of information by company name.
Using the company stock symbol helps you find consistent company analysis from resource to resource by making sure you are comparing the same company, and not any subsidiaries.
REMOTE ACCESS AVAILABLE:
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HooversDetails on US and international companies, executives, market research reports, and trade publications. Includes financials, subsidiaries, and trade and business news.
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Business Insights: EssentialsCompany chronologies, company histories, journals, market research reports, market share reports, rankings, recent news, SWOT reports, videos, industry information. Comparison chart tool.
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Thomson ONECompany financials, profiles, financial market data, forecasts. Research portion includes analyst reports by Investext. Includes SDC. ThomsonONE is only compatible in Internet Explorer and will not work with other browsers.
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PrivCoBusiness and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations: family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies. Company financials, M&A deals, valuations, venture capital funding, private equity deals, etc.
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PitchBookPrivate equity and venture capital database with in-depth information and statistics on a wide range of companies including startups. Establish benchmarks, find real time data on deals, identify and analyze comparables, and search investor details. Users are limited to 10 downloads per day and 25 downloads per month.
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Mergent OnlineCorporate financial histories (including capital changes) and operational histories for international public companies. Customizable reports on companies.
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CalcbenchConduct financial statement analysis, financial accounting and auditing using SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) XBRL data. Analyze financial data for public companies with an interactive data platform. Understand competitor financials, identify potential risks to firms, analyze trends across industry sectors.
ON-CAMPUS ACCESS ONLY:
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BloombergReal-time and historical information on economic conditions, market data and public companies worldwide along with governments, mortgages, money markets, bonds, commodities, stocks, and currencies. Users must come into the Managerial Studies office to use this resource. 1 user at a time per Bloomberg terminal. Online tutorials are available on the terminals.
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Capital IQMust access at the Walker Management Library or on the terminal in the Managerial Studies office.Financial data for public & private companies worldwide; private capital firms; M&A transactions. Financial analysis tools to generate reports: comparables analysis, market analysis, financial modeling, etc. Capital IQ Academic Help Sheet
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EikonProvides access to real-time financial data including current and historical equity, fixed income, commodities and foreign exchange markets. Additionally, Eikon provides access to analyst reports, call transcripts, and company profiles.
We are pleased that access to CapitalIQ is now available via the workstation in the Managerial Studies office in Calhoun Hall. There are a few steps to follow to access the database:
- On the workstation, click on the icon for that says "Access to Management."
- Login on the popup with your VUNet ID and password.
- Once logged in the VM, click on "Walker Management Library." This will log you into the VM (virtual machine.)
- It may take a minute or two for the VM to load.
- Launch the internet browser of your choice (IE, Chrome, etc.)
- Click on the link for CapitalIQ from here, another research guide, or the list of Business databases A-Z.
- You should now be in CapIQ!
You can also use the terminals in the Walker Management Library by logging in with your VUnet ID; once logged in, follow steps 5 and 6 to access CapitalIQ
The database ThomsonOne can be challenging to use as some steps are not intuitive. Use the screenshots and steps below to assist you in retrieving information from ThomsonOne.
- ThomsonOne will only work with Internet Explorer.
- Once in the database, enter the company name or ticker symbol in the upper left search box to pull up the company overview and data.
- To access analyst reports (both on individual companies, or on industries) hover over the "screenings & analysis" tab, then scroll down to research, then click on research search. This will bring you to the Advanced Research search page.
- In all cases, adjust your dates to your desired timeframe (ThomsonOne defaults to last 90 days.)
- For analyst reports on a company, type in your company name or ticker in the top box; a list of options will appear below. Click on your desired company name to add it to your search.
- For analyst reports on an industry, scroll down to "more options" and enter your NAICS code in the box under Industry. As you start to type your code, a list of industries will appear below. Click on your desired industry to add it to your search.
- Consider limiting your search by geography or report type (i.e. company, industry, etc.)
- Once you have a list of search results, click on the box to the left of the report(s) you would like to access, then click the blue "view" button to the top of the column.
- A window will pop up with details of all the report pages. Click on the box next to "select all reports" at the top, then on the blue "view" button at the bottom.
- Another window will pop up containing the analyst report.
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Eikon & Datastream research guideWalker Management Library guide. Introduction to Eikon, how to add plug ins, and how to access analyst reports. Eikon must be used via the Calhoun UBM office computer VM (virtual machine.)
