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Business Resources at the John M. Pfau Library. Les Kong. Company Research. Public or private? Diversified? Majority of business within a single industry?. Public Companies. Issue stock Must file detailed financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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Company Research • Public or private? • Diversified? • Majority of business within a single industry?
Public Companies • Issue stock • Must file detailed financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission • Info: Public filings (Mergent Online, Factiva, Lexis-Nexis), annual reports, newspaper/magazine articles
Private Companies • Do not issue stock • Report financial information to the IRS (information not available to public) • Info: newspaper/magazine articles, directories (Hoover’s, Lexis-Nexis)
Company Research • Want to compare the company to others in the same industry? • How to identify an industry? • How to determine what part of a company's profits and expenses are related to that industry?
Finding a peer group for purposes of comparison • Examine a financial report of the company and find the SIC or NAICS codes • Use Mergent Online, Hoover's, or S & P's Industry Surveys to find companies in the same industry
Industry Ratios • RMA Annual Statement Studies (data by NAICS, asset size of company) • Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios (data by SIC, no breakout by asset size, most current data) • Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios (data by NAICS, based on IRS data)
Data Sources • Industry ratios: RMA Annual Statement Studies, Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios, Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios • Company Data: Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Mergent Online, Factiva, SECEDGAR filings, Yahoo, newspapers, Value Line, annual reports
More Data Comparisons • Betas: Value Line, Standard & Poor’s Stock Reports, Yahoo • Market Share: Business Snapshots N.A., DataMonitor, RDS Business Suite (TableBase) • Export.gov Trade Development Site: http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/td_home/tdhome.html
Locating Articles • Magazines/newspapers: Factiva, Business Source Premier, ABI/Inform Global, Lexis-Nexis • Wall Street Journal
Questions?Contact me: • Les Kong • lkong@csusb.edu • (909) 537-5111