Bloomberg

To find a company of interest: 

1. Enter the Security Ticker, <Equity>, Go

ex. TGT<Equity> Go

2. If you don't know the ticker, type the name of the company, click on Go, and select the firm from the list under Securities

ex. Target, Go

To build a list of companies from a set of criteria

Enter EQS <Go>

You will be able to select criteria to create filters. You can select an industry sector and drill down to a specific industry, country of domicile, or any of the other options listed. 

Frequently used codes for company analysis: 

DES*:    Company Description 

BQ:        Display price, trade, earnings, & relative value on a single screen.

CN:        Company News and Research

MGMT:  Management structure and profiles 

HP:         Historical Prices table

GP:         Price Graph 

G:           Create custom graphs

ANR:      Analyst Recommendations

BRC:      Broker/Analyst reports

EM:        Earnings Matrix (multiple templates)

RV:        Relative Value - Peer Group Analysis

FA:         Financial Analysis