company financials
Finding a share prospectus in Capital IQ
When you are researching an equity offering, one of the key items you will need is the prospectus, also known as the offer document or listing particulars. It is a legally-specified document, filed by the ...
Company codes – CUSIP, SEDOL, ISIN…. What do they mean and how can you use them in our resources?
As you use our many finance resources you will probably notice unique company identifiers which may be codes or symbols. It is worth spending some time getting to know what these are and which resources ...
Running a peer analysis in Fame
If you need to compare a UK company’s financial performance against a group of other companies then Fame is an easy database to start with. Fame contains the financial accounts of more than 8.5 million ...
Where can I find credit ratings for companies?
A credit rating (or score) is a measure of a company or corporation’s ability to meet their financial commitments based on their previous dealings. It can also be viewed as a measure of a company’s credit worthiness when ...
Finding a company’s market value
If you had to find a company's market value, would you know where to look? Now, before you ask, we're talking listed companies only here, so solely those which have shares actively traded on a stock ...
Introducing… Compustat data
Does your research need in-depth historical financial data for North American companies? Has your supervisor told you to use Compustat data? If so, take a look at the Capital IQ platform. Capital IQ data includes ...