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Financial Statements for Public Companies
- Mergent OnlineCoverage: Varies
Provides current and historical financial information on U.S. and international publicly traded companies. Including annual reports, holdings data, trading data, FactSheets, and more.
- EDGAR (SEC filings)EDGAR contains 10Ks and other government required filings for public companies back to 1994.
Financial Information for Private Companies
Private company financials are more difficult to find, but these databases do contain sales and other financial data for many private companies.
- PrivCoCoverage: Varies
Database of financial data on major privately-held companies. Includes private financials and revenues; private M&A deals and deal multiples, private firm valuations, VC funding, private equity deal history; and private and family ownership data.
Click the ‘Direct Link’ button to access content. Use the login button to access personalized features, . - Mergent IntellectCoverage: Varies
Collection of worldwide business information. Access private U.S and international company data, industry news, demographic and psychographic profiles, executive contact information, and more.
Financial Ratios
- Mergent OnlineWithin an individual company's information, company ratios are available in a link under the Company Financials tab.
- eStatement StudiesCoverage: Varies
Contains industry ratios and composite financial data compiled from anonymized financial statements of businesses operating in various industries across all sectors of the economy. Designed to be particularly useful to those who want to compare one company's performance relative to other companies in the same line of business.
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