Ready Ref items are shelved behind the reference desk.
Value Line Investment Survey—Weekly (Ready Ref 332.6 V215) Analyzes 1700 companies in 95 industries. The statistics, charts, and brief explanatory text are reviewed and updated quarterly. Includes 11 year statistical history of 22 key investment factors plus estimates 3-5 years into the future, quarterly sales, earnings per share, dividends, Value Line ratings (on timeliness, safety, and relative volatility), review of latest developments and future prospects.
Lexis Nexis Company Information
Company financials include Disclosure reports, annual reports from 1972-1995 as well as stock reports. Company financials often include 3 years of data as an Excel spreadsheet. Company profiles include data from the Disclosure database of US Public Companies, Hoover’s Company and Industry Reports, Nelson Information, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Corporate Register, S & P’s Daily News as well as the US Business Directory.
Edgar Database
Annual reports, 10K and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Annual Reports
Contains links to more than 2200 web sites to companies and their annual reports.
Public Register’s Annual Report Service
Order free paper copies of annual reports from 3600 companies.
Standard and Poor’s Security Owner’s Stock Guide—Monthly (Ref 332.6 St785sg)
Tabular format for 5100 common and preferred stocks, includes S&P ratings, stock price range, capitalization, annual and interim earnings, dividends, and institutional holdings. Library owns year-end volumes back to 1997.
Wall Street Journal Index. Library has: 1957-present.
Use the first January issue each year to locate historical stock data.
Standard and Poor’s Corporation Records—Monthly (Ready Ref 330.016 St785c)
Covers companies having listed and unlisted securities. Topics include capitalization, corporate background, stock data, bond descriptions, earnings and finances.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations. 8 volumes. (Ready Ref 330.016 D598)
Lists over 4,000 major American parent companies, giving line of business, approximate sales, number of employees, ticker symbol, top officers, subsidiaries, divisions of affiliates, includes a cross-reference index for all subsidiaries, divisions, etc. Volumes 5 & 6 contain information on U.S. Private Companies and volumes 7 & 8 have information on International Public and Private Companies.
Standard and Poor’s Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives. 3 volumes. (Ready Ref 650.68 St785p)
Alphabetical listing of 40,000 companies. Includes officers, line of business, SIC codes, sales range, number of employees, the company’s accounting firm, primary bank, law firm, and stock exchange symbol.
