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Some business databases with company information are excellent for finding articles that have been published in trade journals, magazines, and scholarly sources. These include:

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window

EDGAR
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Public companies are required to file financial and operational information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This database provides free access to this information. In addition to finding company financial information, EDGAR can be useful for finding executive compensation information, lists of public companies by state or county, and lists of public companies by industry. Some useful forms included are:
1. Form 10-Q (unaudited quarterly financial statements)
2. Form 10-K (audited annual financial statements)
3. Form 8-K (current financial information)
4. Proxy statements may contain executive compensation information

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Some databases are best for locating business intelligence about companies in the form of proprietary reports and data. These include:

Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
Explore over 420,000 company profiles with expert analysis such as SWOT reports, financial statements, Refinitiv statistical data, market share, business rankings, case studies, company histories, and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more. Also includes insight into major markets with profiles of the world's countries and territories, and analysis of over 1,000 industries with MarketLine and Plunkett reports, competitive landscapes, and articles.

Business Rankings Annual
Ranks companies, products, services, and business-related activities. Link to the resource, then perform a “search within” at right, to get results from any and all editions. You may also filter your results by date.

Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Company, executive, financial, and industry information, with access to private, public U.S, and international data. Includes Key Business Ratios, and demographics and consumer data for marketing.
NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage is a comprehensive, professional source of proprietary analysis on industry trends, corporate activities, and investments. Includes S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), and now with Markets tab for drill downs to key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, etc. by sub-industry. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista.com is a statistics portal with data on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on a wide variety of industries including media, business, finance, politics, health and pharmaceuticals.
Mergent Archives This link opens in a new window
An online database featuring an indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. The database contains hundreds of thousands of reports, covering over 100 countries and industries.
Value Line This link opens in a new window
An electronic, Web-based version of the venerable investor's publication, Value Line Investment Survey. However, the electronic version is much enhanced. In addition to supplying the traditional Value Line company and industry reports, a powerful stock/company screening tool is available. This makes Value Line Research Center an excellent tool for identifying companies according to a nice range of financial variables.

*Looking for market share information? Try Gale Business: Insights, IBISWorld, and Statista.

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