The Library

S&P NetAdvantage

Includes S&P Industry Surveys

OneSource North American Business Browser

Search within Industry to view Datamonitor, Freedonia and other industry reports.

TableBase

Statistics on selected industries, in tabular form

Thomson Investext
(IE browser only)

Investment research reports written by analysts at investment banks and consulting firms. Go to "Company Analysis > Research" area.

OneSource North American Business Browser

Select Companies to do a scan of companies by various criteria, e.g. market cap. Use NAICS industry codes.

Thomson ONE Banker 
(IE browser only)

On main screen, select Screening and Targeting button at left. Expand Stock & Earnings Criteria at bottom to use Latest Market Cap search (e.g., less than or equal to 2,000 million). You can also screen for firms by country or stock exchange. Or in Advanced Search, screen by many detailed items

Capital IQ

Allows you to screen companies by market cap and valuation. Go to Company Screening, select Financial Information, select Valuation & Multiples

Bloomberg

Use the Equity EQS function to screen for firms using criteria

Finding corporate financials

• OneSource North American Business Browser 
• Compustat
• Bloomberg

Performance (analyst reports, earnings estimates, financial ratios, etc.)

• Thomson Investext (IE browser only) - investment research reports 
• OneSource North American Business Browser  and Thomson ONE Banker (IE browser only) for analyst reports, financial ratios (in Thomson One Banker, select Research in left column for reports).
• Thomson ONE Banker (IE browser only) - earnings estimates 
• Zacks Earnings Forecaster, the Library Reference Room (Table A). Limited Zacks data is also available in Bloomberg. To access, use Ticker <EQUITY> EE <GO> and select 13.
• First Call Historical Database
• I/B/E/S - earnings estimates

Business environment

• Forecasts section in the Library Reference Room, for larger picture
• Business Source Complete - Enter either "trends" or "forecast" and your specific industry's name in the keyword search box to search for articles on industry trends
• S&P Industry Surveys, available in S&P's NetAdvantage database

Comparing data for multiple companies

• Compustat - Type in multiple tickers, or import pre-existing set
• Thomson ONE Banker (IE browser only) - On main screen, select Screening and Targeting button at left. Expand Stock & Earnings Criteria to use Latest Market Cap search (e.g., less than or equal to 2,000 million). Select data you want from tabs. Additional financial data can be downloaded using the special Excel add-in; consult the librarians for assistance.