Company and Industry Resources @ Smith Library
Finding reference works on companies and industries: in the library & on the Internet (Items code BLUE not owned at ECSU)
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios / by Leo Troy, HF5681 .R25 A45 2004
in the Reference Collection, provides tables of corporate operating and financial
information for 192 industries, both for all corporations, and only for profitable
ones gathered from federal income tax forms. In order to determine a company's true performance
and value the Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios provides 50
comparative performance indicators using NAICS data derived from the latest
available IRS data on 4.8 million U.S. and international companies. Data for each industry are subdivided into 13 categories based on company
size.
Brands and Their Companies (Gale Research - new edition annually) is available in CCSU
and the State Library reference collections. An older edition is available at Smith Library (Reference TS223 . V4
A25) This source lists manufacturers and distributors from small businesses
to large corporations, from both the public and private sectors, offering complete
coverage of more than 426,000 U.S. consumer brands; 115,000 manufacturers, importers
or distributors; and companies that are out of business as well as brands that
are no longer in production or are now considered generic.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook (HE8689.B77 1997 edition
in 2 vols. in the Reference Collection with more recent additions at other CSU
libraries) focuses on the broadcast and cable industry, providing an industry
overview for the previous year. The bulk of the yearbook, which is updated
annually, lists television and radio stations by various categories; satellites'
carriers, programming, brokers; technological services; awards; associations;
and government agencies.
Business Rankings Annual (HG4050.B88 2001-2005 plus index in the Reference Collection)
is compiled for Gale Research by the Brooklyn Public Library Business Library.
D&B Business Rankings (HG4057 .A237 2005 in the Reference Collection) ranks private
and public businesses by size within states, and SIC.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations (HG4057 .A221 2001 in the Reference
Collection in six volumes) is sometimes unofficially known as known as "Who
owns who." This print resource provides
information on nearly 200,000 parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries and
divisions world wide.
Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) database is located on the Security and Exchange Commission home
page (http://www.sec.gov/). EDGAR performs automated collection, validation,
indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others
who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness
of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the
economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis
of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency. Not all documents filed with the Commission by public companies will
be available on EDGAR. From May 1996 forward
all public domestic companies were required to make their filings on EDGAR,
except for filings made in paper because of a hardship exemption. However, some
documents are not yet permitted to be filed electronically and will not be available
on EDGAR. Other documents may be filed on EDGAR voluntarily, and consequently
may or may not be available on EDGAR. For example Form 144
(notice of proposed sale of securities) is optionally filed on EDGAR. Forms 3, 4, and 5 (security ownership and transaction
reports filed by corporate insiders) filed before July 2003 may be filed on EDGAR at the option of the filer, but those filed on or after
that date must be filed on EDGAR. Filings by foreign companies and foreign governments
before November 2002 either could be made on EDGAR at the option of the
filer, or were not permitted to be filed electronically, but from that date
on, those filings must be made on EDGAR. It should also be noted that the actual annual
report to shareholders (except in the case of investment companies) need not
be submitted on EDGAR, although some companies do so voluntarily. However, the
annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB, which contains much of the same information,
is required to be filed on EDGAR.
Handbook of North American Industry, 2nd edition (HF1746 .H36 1999 in the Reference
Collection) is the basic reference source on the economies of the
Hoover's
Handbook of Emerging Companies is in the Reference Collection at HG4057.A28618 2006.
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies, shelved in the Reference Collection
at HG4057.A28616 2006, contains profiles of major
Hoover's Handbook of World Business is shelved at HG4009.H66 2006 in the
Reference Collection.
Industry
Norms and Key Business Ratios (Dun & Bradstreet - HF5681 .R25 I53 in the Reference Collection [1990/91-1996/97]
and on 2 hour reserve behind the Circulation Desk [1997/98-2002/2003]) help
you understand the performance of a company by benchmarking it against its industry
peers. Use this tool to help you research risk, understand industry trends,
and identify a company's strengths and weaknesses. The 14 key business ratios cover all critical areas of business performance-solvency,
efficiency and profitability. Using an individual company's financial statements,
you can generate a comparison of a company's own business ratios with the industry.
Each three- to five-page
entry includes facts gathered from popular magazines, academic periodicals,
books, annual reports and the archives of the companies themselves. Entries
provide information on founders, expansions and losses, labor/management actions,
NAIC codes, key dates, ticker symbol, principal subsidiaries, principal divisions,
principal operating units, principle competitors and other significant company
milestones.
Vols. 1-6 are organized
alphabetically by major industries; Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes are arranged
alphabetically by company name within each volume. Each volume includes a cumulative
index to companies and personal names. Vol. 7 and subsequent volumes include
a cumulative index to industries.
The histories were
compiled from publicly accessible sources, as well as from material supplied
by the companies themselves. Entries on companies that have had major changes
since they were last profiled may be selected for updating. Starting with Volume 37 a geographical index
to companies sorted by country of head office includes Country name, alphabetical
list of companies from that country, and volume number where the company profile
can be found.
Market Share Reporter (HF1040.9.G2 1992-2006 in the reference collection) relies
on published market share data, rather than an exhaustive analysis of companies
and products. MSR reproduces in tabular and graphic form market share reports
from business journals and newspapers, and brokerage house reports, including
4,000 companies and 2,300 products and services. MSR is divided into chapters based on 2-digit SIC code numbers.
Within each chapter, entries are listed according to 4-digit SIC numbers. Entries
are indexed by original source, place name, product name, service, and company
name. Each entry includes a descriptive
title; data and market description; a list of producers/ products along with
their market share; and more. The market categories actually reported are
limited and the time lag from the date statistics were first published in cited
secondary sources and then re-published in these volumes may be a problem for
researches that need current information.
Mergers & Acquisitions (http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/Executable/cn_mergers.asp)
free service from Corporate Affiliations, a trusted guide to corporate families
in the
Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory (HC102.D8 1993 edition, five
volumes in the Reference Collection and held by other CSU libraries in more
current editions) of America's leading corporations provides the name, address
and phone number for headquarters and single locations; public/private ownership
designations; D-U-N-S number; SIC Codes; founding/ownership dates; and, where
available, information on annual sales volume, total number of employees; names,
titles and functions of officers; names of directors; import/export designations;
principal banking and accounting relationships; sticker symbol and stock exchange;
state of incorporation; and parent company.
Moody's [various] Manuals are essentially an encyclopedic
history of American business from as early as 1909 and the mid-1990s. The manuals
provided company profiles and financial information for thousands of
Moody's Analyses
of Railroad Securities, Moody's Transportation Manual, Moody's Analyses of Industrial
Investments, Moody's Analyses of Industrial Securities, Moody's Industrial Manual,
Moody's Manual of Banks and Finance, Moody's Bank and Finance Manual, Moody's
Analyses of Public Utilities and Industrials, Moody's Analyses of Public Utility
Securities, Moody's Public Utility Manual, Moody's International Manual,
Moody's OTC Industrial
Manual, Moody's Analyses of Governments & Municipals, Moody's Manual of
Government Securities, Moody's Municipal and Government Manual. The Moody's Manuals have been transformed
in Mergent Online business database.
North American
industry classification system:
Plunkett's Industry Almanacs cover major trends, statistics and industry
overviews with profiles of approximately the top 500 companies in each industry. Industries covered in the ECSU Reference Collection are:
Airline, hotel & travel industry almanac (Ref HE9803.A2 P58 2002 / 2005)
E-commerce & Internet business almanac (Ref HF5548.325.U6
P59 2003/04)
Employers' internet sites with careers information
(Career Info Ref HF5382.75.U6
P487 2002/03)
Energy industry almanac, 2002-2003 (Ref HD9502.U52 P62
2002-03 )
Engineering and research industry almanac (Ref TA160.4 .P55 2000 / 2004)
Entertainment
and media industry almanac (Ref P88.8 .P57 2003)
Financial
services industry almanac (Ref HG65 .P58 2001 / 2004)
Food industry
almanac (Ref HD9003.P57 2003 / 2005)
Health
care industry almanac (Ref RA410.53 .P56 2004)
Infotech
(Ref HD9696 .C63 .U5287 1999 / 2001 / 2003)
Retail
industry almanac (Ref HF5428 .P558 2000 / 2003)
Telecommunications
industry almanac (Ref HE7621 .P58 2000 / 2004)
Annual Reports.com (was Report Gallery) (http://www.annualreports.com)
is an online library of links to over 2,000 annual report web pages, as well
as an extensive list of links to other sources of financial and company information.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Shelved with Value Line in the Index
and Abstract area of the ECSU Reference Collection, are the fastest way to come
up to speed on the players and events impacting over fifty of the largest North
American and global industries. Each report is authored by a Standard & Poor's industry research analyst and includes the following sections: Current
Environment, Industry Trends, How the Industry Operates, Key Industry Ratios
and Statistics, How to Analyze a Company, Glossary of Industry Terms, Additional
Industry Information References and Comparative Company Financial Analysis. Industries covered included: Advertising, Aerospace & Defense, Agribusiness, Airlines, Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco, Apparel & Footwear, Autos & Auto Parts, Banking, Biotechnology, Broadcasting
Cable, Chemicals, Chemicals (Specialty), Communications
Equipment, Computers (Commercial
Services), Computers (Consumer
Services & the Internet), Computers (Hardware), Computers (Software), Computers (Storage & Peripherals), Electric Utilities, Environmental & Waste Management, Financial Services
Diversified, Food & Nonalcoholic
Beverages, Healthcare (Managed
Care), Healthcare Facilities, Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Products & Supplies, Heavy Equipment & Trucks, Homebuilding, Household Durables, Household Non
Durables, Industrial Machinery, Insurance: Life & Health, Insurance: Property
Casualty, Investment Services, Lodging & Gaming, Metals - Industrial, Movies & Home Entertainment, Natural Gas
Distribution, Oil & Gas
Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas
Production & Marketing, Paper & Forest Products, Publishing, Real Estate
Investment Trusts, Restaurants, Retailing (General), Retailing (Specialty), Savings & Loan, Semiconductor, Semiconductor
Equipment, Supermarket & Drugstores, Telecommunications
(Wireless), Telecommunications
(Wired), Transportation
- Commercial
Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies, also known as the Agency Red Book, is the companion
volume to the Standard Directory of Advertisers. These "Red Books" provide information
on agencies reporting a minimum of $200,000 in gross annual billings. Entries
include: agency name, address, phone, e-mail, website, number of employees,
area of specialization, annual billing, gross billing by media, clients, executives,
special markets, and new agencies.
Standard
Industrial Classification Manual 1987 (HF1042.A55 1987 in the Reference Collection) provided a uniform method
of classifying establishments for the collection of Federal Economic Census
through 1992. The SIC system was designed by the Office of Management and Budget
to provide a comprehensive, detailed framework for the collection and tabulation
of establishment-based statistics by the Federal Government. Establishments
are classified into Industries by the products made or the services rendered.
Industries are identified by a four-digit number, and are aggregated into three-digit
Industry Groups, two-digit Major Groups, and Divisions that are identified by
a single letter. The SIC system, which
has been replaced by the North American Industry Classification System, was
last revised in 1987.
(http://www.thomasregister.com). In addition there is an online version of Thomas
Food Industry Register ( http://www.tfir.com/ ) with limited information
available free to non-subscribers.
The Summary & Index contains an index of all stocks in the publication as well as many up-to-date
statistics to keep investors informed about the latest company results. It also
contains a variety of stock "screens" designed to help investors identify
companies with various characteristics. The Selection & Opinion section
contains Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups
of interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock
market statistics. A unique component
of the Value Line Investment Survey is its Timeliness
Ranking System. This proprietary
system forecasts the next six to 12 months of probable price performance for
the stocks listed in the Value Line Investment Survey relative to each other by analyzing millions of data items using a proprietary
series of calculations. This Timeliness Ranking System provides
the basis for the stock ranks in The
Value Line Investment Survey.
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies (HG4057 .A575 in the Reference Collection, 1991 Geographic
listing and Ranked Sales by SIC, 1992-1993 Ranked Sales by SIC, 1994 full edition
in five volumes, 2001- subscription for Ranked Sales by 6 digit NAICS and 4
digit SIC groups. Ward's current
editions list more than 114,500 companies, 90% of them private. Volumes 1, 2
and 3 provide current company information in a single A-Z arrangement. Volume
4 is a geographic company listing, offering evaluations of industry activity
through rankings and analysis. Volume 5 gives national rankings by sales within
SIC codes at the 4-digit level; Volume 8 presents these rankings by NAICS codes.
Volumes 6 and 7 rank companies in each state by sales within 4-digit SIC codes
and provide brief evaluations of industry activity of leading companies for
each state. The volumes of Ward's that ECSU collects are valuable tools for obtaining updated company
and industry profiles, identifying market participants, studying market share,
and analyzing market position.
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