Guides: ACCT 603 Accounting for Multinational Enterprises: Company Financial Information

Locating Financial Information for Publicly Traded Companies

The below databases provide financial information for publicly traded companies. Some of the highlights: Mergent Online is a great starting place and it is easy to access SEC filings here. LexisNexis Academic contains access to Hoovers In-Depth Company Reports.

Mergent Online
Business and financial information for U.S. and international companies. SEC filings (real-time and archived to 1993) for NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchange companies. Select private company reports available.

Nexis Uni
Provides full-text coverage of approximately 15,000 national and regional newspapers, broadcast transcripts, magazines, wire services, federal and state court opinions, federal and state statutes, federal regulations, and SEC filings such as 10-Ks and 10-Qs. It provides access to company profiles, industry and market research information, and trade journals. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff. For an overview of how to use this database, visit NexisUni's Support & Training page.

Example: I need a Hoovers Company Report for Tesla

Under the heading What are you interested in? click the box for Company Info
Type "tesla" into the box
Select ... and Show Me > Company Profile
Click Search
On the resulting page, type "Hoovers" on the sidebar Search Within Results
Locate the Hoovers Company Report for "Tesla, Inc." Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records

S & P NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage)
Access to research products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives.

Locating Financial Information for Privately Held Companies

Researching private companies is more challenging than publicly-traded companies since they are not required to report information to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).

Privco
PrivCo.com is a well-known source for business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. The PrivCo database provides difficult to find financial data on private companies. When available, this database may have reporting on financial data including evenue growth rate, along with funder and M&A data. You will have to create an individual account using your Pepperdine email address to view reports.

Example: I need the financial data on DropBox.

Enter Dropbox in the search box after signing in to your account
Click Go
Select the record titled Dropbox

Market Reports

Country Commercial Guides
Published annually by U.S. embassies with several U.S. government agencies, present economic, political and market analyses of countries' commercial environments.
Insider Intelligence (formerly eMarketer)
Includes daily market and media research articles, analyst reports, and a database of e-business and online marketing statistics.
Mintel
Market research and industry reports with market share, consumer profiles, forecasting, driving forces, and distribution methods. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Passport (formerly Global Market Information Database)
Market research reports on countries, consumers and industries from Euromonitor International. Historic data from 1997 plus up-to-date forecast models including industry reports and market share data. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.

Additional Resources for Company Research

These two library databases may also serve you well when doing online research. While the library does not subscribe to Dun & Bradstreet's Million $ Directory, you can use Reference USA for company directory searching. If you need financial ratios for industries, the RMA database can be a useful tool.