Guides to Business Subjects

No. 4 Company Information

This is one of a series of research guides produced by the Thomas J. Long Business Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

The following is a guide to selected company information sources. Unless otherwise noted, items are located in the Thomas J. Long Business Library. Databases are accessible from the List of Databases A-Z.

UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked * by using the library's proxy server.

Last updated 12/2011.

See the following related guide also: Industry Information

Directories and profiles
Corporate reports
Histories and changes
Business Rankings

Category	Sources
Company Directories and Profiles	Electronic Sources * Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the US/American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries * Factiva Public company profiles, latest news and reports, competitors, financials. Click on the Companies/Markets tab. * Faulkner's Advisory for IT Profiles of information technology companies include basic facts, strategy, strategic alliances, products and services, and financials. * Hoover's Online Contains profiles of companies including history, financials, competitors, etc. See also the printed Hoover's Handbooks in Reference: American Business (HG4057 .A28617) Emerging Companies (HG4057 .A33), Private Companies (HF5035 .H66), World Business (HF4009 .H66). * ISI Emerging Markets Company analysis, reports, news, and financials for companies in emerging markets. * ThomsonOne Analyst reports from investment banks via ThomsonOne Choose "Screening & Analysis -> Research" on the left sidebar. Must be accessed using Internet Explorer. Lexis/Nexis Company dossiers — US and international coverage. Company profiles, corporate hierarchies, latest news, analyst reports, complete financials, annual reports, SEC filings from 1994. Compare companies. In Print: LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations - Who Owns Whom Useful for gaining an overview of corporations, their divisions and subsidiaries. Covers U.S. and international firms. HG4057.A1.D5 Latest in Reference * Mergent Online Company reports and all SEC filings going back to 1994. * Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Research reports about a company's structure, performance, and outlook. Includes competitors, valuation, register of corporations, directors and executives. Stock splits, dividends to 1996. Also in print: Standard & Poor's register of corporations, directors and executives HG4057.P6 Latest in Reference * OneSource (Haas students only) Company reports, news, analysis, competitors, financials going back to 1994. * US Company Directory/Reference USA Directory information on US companies — can be searched by business type, location, number of employees, sales, etc. Print Directories in Reference (Latest edition in Reference; previous editions in stacks.) Asia's 10,000 largest companies marketing and financial information on Asia's top companies HG4234.85.A86 A86 Latest in Reference Business Directory of Singapore HF3800.6.Z8 S577 Latest in Reference D&B Principal International Businesses HF54.U5D8P7 Latest in Reference D&B million dollar directory HF3010.D85 Latest in Reference Eastern Trade Directory Middle Eastern companies directory HF3760.8 .E251 Latest in Reference Europe's 15000 largest companies HD2356.E9.E931 Latest in Reference Hoovers (various) — Hoover's handbook of American business: HG4057.A28617 Latest in Reference Hoover's handbook of emerging companies: HG4057.A33 Latest in Reference Hoover's handbook of private companies: HF5035.H66 Latest in Reference Hoover's handbook of world business: HF4009.H66 Latest in Reference Japan company handbook HF3823.J37 Latest in Reference
Corporate Reports	The Long Library maintains a collection of annual reports for U.S. public companies. The formats vary: Paper: up to 1895-1972 (annual report only) Request at Circulation Desk by company name (see the * Historical Corporate Annual Reports Collection). Microfiche: 1973-1994 (annual report and form 10-K) International company reports are available on microfiche from 1985-1990. Proxy statements for U.S. companies from 1984-1986. Available in the corporate reports cabinets on the lower level of Long Library. Mergent Online Digital, 1994+ (annual report and form 10-K) Historical Annual Reports
Company Histories and Changes	International Directory of Company Histories A multi-volume set of 2-3 page histories for over 4,600 companies. HD2721.D36 Reference Capital Changes Reporter - Company Histories and Changes Capital changes in US public corporations (mergers, buyouts, bankruptcies, stock splits). Select Capital Changes in the menu, and then search for target company. In print: KF6415.A6C6 Reference Dividends and stock splits from 1996 are also available in Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Business Rankings	Forbes and Fortune magazines publish a variety of ranked lists in various categories. Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage. Industry Surveys rank companies within industries. Business Rankings Annual. Gage HG4061 .B871 Latest in Reference. Companies, products, services and activities ranked by various criteria. Cumulative index from 1989-2011. D&B Business Rankings HF5035 .D68 Latest in Reference Companies ranked within industry and state by sales and employee size. Book of Lists (for San Francisco, Silicon Valley, East Bay) f HF5065.C2 B66 Kept behind Circulation Desk, please ask. Lists of Bay Area companies ranked by various criteria.