Thomason Library: ACCT 203: Principles of Financial Accounting: Company & Industry Info

Company Financials

Beginner's Guide to Financial Statements [US Securities and Exchange Commission]
This brief brochure explains how to read the basic parts of financial statements.

From the dropdown menu on the top left, select company dossier
Enter the company name or the ticker symbol of the company, and search
Select the Financial Overview tab to see Assets, Liabilities, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet and more

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista integrates statistical data from over 80,000 topics in areas such as business, education, finance, media, politics, society, and technology. Statista gathers data from over 18,000 sources, including market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be downloaded in Excel, PDF, PNG, or PowerPoint formats or embedded in web pages.

Value Line Investment Survey, Large, Small and Midcap Editions
* On permanent reserve at the Reference Desk.
Reports on approximately 1,800 large, small & mid-cap stocks, ranking them for performance, technical merit, and safety. Each stock report is updated on a regular rotation 4 times a year. Current issue plus previous year.

Company Profiles This link opens in a new window
Over 10,000 comprehensive MarketLine profiles on the world’s most important companies.

MERGENT Market Atlas This link opens in a new window
Authoritative financial information including company, industry, index, ESG and economic data views and reports.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista integrates statistical data from over 80,000 topics in areas such as business, education, finance, media, politics, society, and technology. Statista gathers data from over 18,000 sources, including market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be downloaded in Excel, PDF, PNG, or PowerPoint formats or embedded in web pages.

FDIC
[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]
An independent agency of the United States government that protects the funds depositors place in FDIC-insured institutions. Site has updates, news, industry analysis, including bank data and stats, info on failed banks, banking trends, and more.
SIC Division Structure
[Occupational Safety & Health Administration]
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) coding system for industries was last used in 1987. It was replaced by NAICS (see below).
North American Industry Classification System
[U.S. Census Bureau]
Also available Main Level, Reference: R 338.02 N811N

Forbes
*Online in Business Source Premier: full text 1990 - present
*In print: 2008 - present
Fortune
*Online in Business Source Premier: full text 1992 - present
*In print 2017 - present
Harvard Business Review
PC has electronic full-text access to the Harvard Business Review from 1922 - present through the database Business Source Premier. To search by keyword(s) or article title, select "Search within this publication". Alternatively, select the year/month to find a specific issue.
*Print copies also available in the library from 2015 - 2020.

Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window
All current PC students, faculty, and staff have free online access to the Wall Street Journal and the WSJ mobile app.
**You must first create an account at http://wsj.com/presby [be sure to use your PC email address]. Once you have registered for an account, you can sign in on a laptop using the prompt in the upper right corner of the WSJ website, or you can download the mobile app and sign in using your account credentials.

MERGENT Market Atlas This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni [formerly LexisNexis] This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Company Profiles This link opens in a new window
Over 10,000 comprehensive MarketLine profiles on the world’s most important companies.