Research Guides: NYU Business Library: Company & Financial Information

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Research Tip: Understanding Financial Filings

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Company Profiles

Business Insights: Essentials This link opens in a new window Business Insights: Essentials includes company profiles, mergers & acquisitions, ticker symbols, news articles, company histories , financials, balance sheets, and more.
This database is part of NovelNY and is therefore only available to users within the NYU New York network
Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
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Data on public and private companies, financial statements, M&A/deals, PE/VC, LBOs, and executives and boards worldwide. Use the screening and charting features to create lists of firms for tasks such as investment analysis coursework or your job search.
Please use either Chrome or Edge browsers to access this database. We are working to resolve temporary access issues on Firefox and Safari.
eCommerceDB This link opens in a new window eCommerceDB provides detailed information for 20,000 e-commerce stores in 50 countries, including detailed revenue analytics, competitor analysis, market development, marketing budget, and KPIs. Includes analyses of national e-commerce markets, customer behaviors and purchase patterns, market trends, and top stores.
Users must click the “Log in” link once in order to gain IP recognition.
Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) This link opens in a new window Emerging Markets Information Service contains articles, news, financial filings for publicly held companies, and analyst reports in emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
Requires NetID and password.
Factiva This link opens in a new window Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
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Foundation Directory Online This link opens in a new window Foundation Directory Online is a database of over 100,000 public and private foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. It provides comprehensive information on grant-makers and their grants.
GuideStar: the National Database of Nonprofit Organizations This link opens in a new window Candid's GuideStar provides data on IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations in the U.S. Users can search nonprofits according to their operating budgets, size, location, and National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). Highlight include a financial trends analysis snapshot for each organization and downloadable form 990s.
To access the premium section of Guidestar, you must register and create an account. Once registered, NYU users are permitted to download 1000 records per month.
Hoovers This link opens in a new window Hoovers contains public and private company profiles. Includes key executive profiles, industry coverage, and detailed company fact sheets.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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Mergent Intellect Directory of public and private companies in the US and worldwide. Contact information, financials, key personnel. It provides information from Hoovers Online and Dun and Bradstreet but with additional downloading capabilities.

Passport This link opens in a new window Euromonitor Passport (formerly GMID) provides international market intelligence, including economic statistics, on industries, countries, and consumers.
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Pitchbook This link opens in a new window Research and analyze companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle.
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Users must create an individual account using an NYU email address at the above link. Accounts reset annually on August 1st and users must re-register. Users must always use NYU Libraries' link to log in.

Downloading/printing is limited to 10 daily and 25 monthly rows of data. Screen capturing is prohibited. (The Business Library offers expanded downloading accounts to NYU faculty and PhDs on a first-come, first-served basis. NYU researchers with funding may also purchase an enhanced account with expanded downloading capabilities. Learn more here.)
ReferenceUSA This link opens in a new window
ReferenceUSA allows users to create personal accounts for saving searches and search criteria.

Annual data available for download beginning in 1997 for research and analysis purposes. (Log in first with your NYU credentials to view).
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage allows users to research companies, industries, and funds (mutual funds & ETFs), as well as to access financial news and directories, and financial education materials.
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Uniworld Online This link opens in a new window Uniworld is a source for multinational business contact information. It allows screening for companies by industry, geographic location, size, or keyword. It is ideal when you are looking to find American firms operating in other countries or foreign firms operating in the United States.

Stock Indices & Exchanges

Historical Company Information

Annual Reports at Academic Business Libraries
A merged list of the corporate Annual Reports to Shareholders held by a group of major US business libraries. Does not contain full text and requires on-site use.
Columbia Digital Annual Reports

Financial Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window The Financial Times Historical Archive is a searchable archive of the Financial Times newspapers from 1888-2010.

International Directory of Company Histories

ProQuest Historical Annual Reports This link opens in a new window ProQuest Historical Annual Reports contains companies' annual reports available through searchable pdf images. Key data (financial, Fortune 500 ranking, industry classification, key people, geographic location, auditor, and related companies) are indexed in the citation and can be searched.
Mergent Archives This link opens in a new window Mergent Archives provides access to an indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. Includes Mergent's Full Collection of Digitized Manuals, Ford Equity Research Reports, Annual Reports, and Industry Report Collection.

Financial Information & Filings

Bloomberg This link opens in a new window Bloomberg is a terminal-bound financial services platform with advanced analytical and data functions. To learn more about how to find and use NYU's Bloomberg terminals, please consult our Bloomberg guide. The Bloomberg terminal includes full text access to Bloomberg.com via the BBG command.
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Must be accessed on-site at NYU's Bobst (Greenwich Village), Brause (Midtown), Dibner (Downtown Brooklyn), Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi Libraries.
CB Insights This link opens in a new window CB Insights is a venture capital analytics platform that provides real-time information about startups, venture capital companies, and angel investors in the United States.
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Requires creation of a CB Insights account with an active NYU email. If your credentials have expired or you receive a trial account error, contact info@cbinsights.com.

Not all "Research" reports fall under NYU's subscription. Locked "Expert Intelligence" reports are not sold to academic clients.

Individual accounts may only download up to 6,000 rows of data per year. Faculty accounts with expanded downloading capabilities may be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Email the Business Library team using our form for more information.

Compact Disclosure. SEC; 1988-1995
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This resource is only accessible in Bobst Library. To use this resource, stop by the 5th floor Reference Center.
Compact Disclosure New Issues, 1995-98
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This resource is only accessible in Bobst Library. To use this resource, stop by the 5th floor Reference Center.

The Block Pro (registration link) This link opens in a new window
The Block Pro provides access to research, news, and data on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, digital assets, and related markets.

Current NYU students, faculty, and staff should use the above link to register for an account using their NYU email address. After using that link to create an account, users should access their account by logging directly into the Block Pro site: https://www.theblock.pro/home
Users must create an account with their @nyu.edu email address. Check your spam folder if you do not see your account activation email. Add The Block as a contact to ensure you receive emails and newsletters.
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Data on public and private companies, financial statements, M&A/deals, PE/VC, LBOs, and executives and boards worldwide. Use the screening and charting features to create lists of firms for tasks such as investment analysis coursework or your job search.
Please use either Chrome or Edge browsers to access this database. We are working to resolve temporary access issues on Firefox and Safari.
D & B Key Business Ratios This link opens in a new window D & B Key Business Ratios provides financial norm and business ratio data developed from actual company income statements and balance sheets. Information is arranged by SIC and NAICS code. Key ratios provide information about industry performance with respect to solvency, efficiency and profitability.
Datastream This link opens in a new window This resource provides a comprehensive historical database service by LSEG that encompasses daily prices, trading volumes, and return indices, updated at the end of every trading day, for equities in countries around the world, data on bonds, options and other derivatives, mutual funds (unit trusts), market indices, exchange rates, macroeconomic variables, and corporate financial data.
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Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) This link opens in a new window Emerging Markets Information Service contains articles, news, financial filings for publicly held companies, and analyst reports in emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
Requires NetID and password.
Factiva This link opens in a new window Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
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Firsthand This link opens in a new window
Firsthand, formerly known as Vault, provides insights into potential employers, including organizational culture, pros and cons of working at a firm, etc. Vault also has a series of "Best of" employer lists across different industries and functions. Vault's ebook "Guides" provide information about careers, including work environment, education requirements, a day in the life, and career outlook.
Hoovers This link opens in a new window Hoovers contains public and private company profiles. Includes key executive profiles, industry coverage, and detailed company fact sheets.
LSEG Workspace This link opens in a new window
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Individual account creation required before you can login. Account requests require a mandatory 7-10 business day processing period. Users with existing accounts may log into the web interface here. LSEG Workspace provides access to fundamental financial data on public companies, merger and acquisitions, financial market data and quotes, analyst reports, and private equity and venture capital. It features powerful screening and charting capabilities. This product was formerly known as Thomson ONE, Eikon, and Refinitiv Workspace.
Each user is permitted to view and/or download up to 150 pages of analyst report content ("AMR") per 24 hour period. Faculty may request expanded AMR access - pending availability - by emailing the Business Library team using our form.

Users may log in via the web platform, or optionally via LSEG's Mac and PC software.
Mergent Archives This link opens in a new window Mergent Archives provides access to an indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. Includes Mergent's Full Collection of Digitized Manuals, Ford Equity Research Reports, Annual Reports, and Industry Report Collection.
Mergent Bond Viewer This link opens in a new window Mergent Bond Viewer provides access to bond data, including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window Mergent Online is the online version of the former Moody's Manuals. Provides a history of the company, summary balance sheets and income statements, capital structure, subsidiaries, principal officers, and financial filings.
Morningstar Investing Center This link opens in a new window Morningstar Investing Center offers mutual fund and stock information, as well as global market data on equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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Pitchbook This link opens in a new window Research and analyze companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle.
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Users must create an individual account using an NYU email address at the above link. Accounts reset annually on August 1st and users must re-register. Users must always use NYU Libraries' link to log in.

Downloading/printing is limited to 10 daily and 25 monthly rows of data. Screen capturing is prohibited. (The Business Library offers expanded downloading accounts to NYU faculty and PhDs on a first-come, first-served basis. NYU researchers with funding may also purchase an enhanced account with expanded downloading capabilities. Learn more here.)
Preqin This link opens in a new window Provides financial information and data on alternative asset markets worldwide. NYU's subscription includes private equity and venture capital, private debt, real estate, hedge funds, infrastructure, sustainability/ESG, and Preqin's Insight+ analysis. Other modules are not available at this time.
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Users may request large data downloads (that require delivery via a custom Preqin link) via Preqin's live chat. Preqin's private equity and venture capital data is also accessible via WRDS.

We are experiencing a technical issue with the remote access. Please use VPN to access if you are coming from off campus.
ProQuest Historical Annual Reports This link opens in a new window ProQuest Historical Annual Reports contains companies' annual reports available through searchable pdf images. Key data (financial, Fortune 500 ranking, industry classification, key people, geographic location, auditor, and related companies) are indexed in the citation and can be searched.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage allows users to research companies, industries, and funds (mutual funds & ETFs), as well as to access financial news and directories, and financial education materials.
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Value Line This link opens in a new window Value Line provides access to data, tools, rankings and analysis covering companies, industries, markets and economies, with research covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.
WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services This link opens in a new window WRDS is a data platform that specializes in historical financial information for banks, government bonds, stock exchanges, and major companies. It is intended solely for academic research and teaching purposes. Popular datasets include Compustat, CRSP, TAQ, and IBES. First time users should consult our WRDS guide for help.
Account or on-site "Day Pass" required for access. WRDS access is restricted to currently enrolled/employed members of NYU. No exceptions.

Journal and Newspaper Article Resources

ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window ABI/INFORM features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals. Researchers can locate country- and industry-focused reports, and its international focus provides a picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window Alternative Press Index (API) is a database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Coverage dates begin in 1991, for earlier content use the Alternative Press Index Archive database.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window Business Source Complete is a full text database of articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Dates of coverage: 1886 to present.
Conference Board Research Online This link opens in a new window Conference Board provides reports on key business issues regarding corporate leadership, human capital, high-performing organizations, the economy, markets, sustainability, and philanthropy.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, multi-lingual (English, Spanish, French, German, and more) database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses. Full-text content ranges from the 1940s to present day.
Factiva This link opens in a new window Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
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Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window Global Newsstream contains the html full text of hundreds of U.S. and international news sources. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but generally span the most recent five to ten years.
ImpactAlpha This link opens in a new window ImpactAlpha, including ImpactAlpha’s daily newsletter, The Brief, is a digital media company redefining business journalism around social and environmental value. ImpactAlpha's open database, ImpactSpace, includes profiles on impact ventures, funds and deals.
Individuals must register for an individual account using their @nyu.edu email.
Institutional Investor Journals This link opens in a new window Institutional Investor Journals are quarterly publications offering research in global investment and finance. The subscription includes: The Journal of Alternative Investments, The Journal of Derivatives, The Journal of Fixed Income, The Journal of Index Investing, The Journal of Investing, The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Private Equity, The Journal of Structured Finance, The Journal of Trading, and The Journal of Wealth Management.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR provides access to scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to journal articles, users can access book chapters, ebooks, and primary source documents.
New York Times, 1980-present (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Full-text coverage of the New York Times, 1980 to present.
The New York Times with Index (1851—2015) This link opens in a new window The New York Times with Index database provides access to the full text, "as printed" edition of The New York Times, including images and advertisements. Coverage begins with the first edition published in 1851 and extends to three years from the present day (due to a rolling embargo).
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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OmniFile Full Text Mega This link opens in a new window OmniFile Full Text Mega is a Multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six collections: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Dates of coverage: 1982 to present.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window ProQuest Central is a large, multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.
Russian Central Newspapers This link opens in a new window Russian Central Newspapers contains the most important Russian newspapers currently being being published in Moscow. Searching can be done across newspapers.
Search in Cyrillic or in Library of Congress English transliteration.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This link opens in a new window Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is composed of a number of specialized research networks in the social sciences. Topics covered by networks include accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, and management (including negotiation and marketing). The SSRN eLibrary consists of abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an electronic paper collection of downloadable full text documents in pdf format.
In order to subscribe to the NYU network one must create an account with their NYU email address. Please note that when accessing through off-site connection you may encounter a login screen which indicates you can 'login anonymously.' If you reach this choose to login anonymously and you will be granted access.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) Provides full-text access to the Wall Street Journal. Dates of coverage: 1984 to present. NOTE: This is a text only database; does not provide PDF images of the newspaper.