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November 4th:. "My accounting/finance class has a project coming up – I need financial statements for the past 10 years for the XYZ Company!". Find the finances !. Balance Sheet. Cash Flow $$$. Return on Equity. Income Statement. Quarterly… Annual…. Etc., etc. etc. ….
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November 4th: "My accounting/finance class has a project coming up – I need financial statements for the past 10 years for the XYZ Company!"
Find the finances! Balance Sheet • Cash Flow $$$ Return on Equity Income Statement Quarterly… Annual… Etc., etc. etc. ….
This is an EASY one! • Capital IQ • It’s a given that you can get all this information for currently operating, public companies. • What about… recently-gone-private companies? Or long since deceased companies? Examples: • Evergreen Bancorp • Dell
More easy resources • MergentOnline* • Offers annual & quarterly data • Easy-to-export/download • Special feature: “Include Auditor data” in the download function • Same examples: Evergreen Bancorp • Dell *Access it from a link on a library page
Private companies • As we discussed in our Oct. 14 session – getting financial data for private companies is very hit-or-miss, but the place to try first is: • PrivCo ! • (and then, as usual – Capital IQ – of course! )
Join us next week, Nov. 11, 5:00pm for: "OMG! I have a phone interview with Company XYZ – I need to find out everything I can about them, RIGHT NOW!"