Company and Industry FAQs: Home

Where do I find information about the current environment of an industry including industry trends and how the industry operates?

• S&P Global Netadvantage (Enter your company's Industry Classification in the top search box (for example soft drinks, on your results page, look on the left-side of the screen for the link S&P Industry Surveys.  .)

Where do I find information about a company's financials including balance sheets, income statements, 10-K statements, annual reports, and market charts?

• Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) (look under the link for Filings and use Search Company Filings)
• Morningstar
• Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis)

Where do I find information about a company's competitors?

• Morningstar (Look on the company's overview page for the section on Competitors)
• S&P Global Netadvantage  (Search for your company, on the company's Profile page, look for the link Peer Analysis - Quick Comps.  Also, try the link for Find Similar Companies.
• Yahoo Finance (Look for the link Competitors on the company's summary page)
• Google Finance (Look for the section "Related Companies" on the company's summary page)
• Reuters (Look for the section on Competitors on the company's overview page)

Where do I find articles and other information about a company or industry's marketing plans, product developments, management practices, leadership qualities, competitors, and/or human resource policies?

• ABI/INFORM Complete
• Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis)
• Business Insights:  Essentials
• JSTOR

• Morningstar (look in the company profile section of the company's report)
• ABI/INFORM Complete
• Business Insights:  Essentials
• Also, read the information found at Determining the NAICS code/Industry for Your Company.

• North American Industrial Classification System NAICS
• Business Insights:  Essentials

• The International Directory of Company Histories
  Call Number: 338.7409 I613 In the Reference Collection in the library
  Located in the Library's reference collection, The International Directory of Company Histories provides comprehensive background information on over 11,000 companies worldwide.
• Business Insights:  Essentials
• Search MC Quest for books about your company.
• Check company's web site for annual reports and other documents that may contain historical information about the company.

• S&P Global Netadvantage 
• Morningstar (look under the "key ratios" tab on the company's report)
• Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis)

• S&P Global Netadvantage 
• Watch the following video containing information on where to find industry ratios  https://youtu.be/pdV0od2jfN8

• Search MC Quest