Basic Business Sources:

Detailed U.S. Public Corporation Information

x indicates information regularly included
x indicates recommended source
** information may appear on subsequent Internet pages

Note: Off-campus access to some online sources is restricted to current UCF students, faculty, and staff via Pegasus or Proxy connection

 

TYPE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED	SOURCES OF INFORMATION
	Hoover's	Value Line	S&P Industry Surveys/S&P Netadvantage	S&P Corporation Records/S&P Netadvantage	S&P Stock Reports/S&P Netadvantage)	S&P Stock Guide	Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks	Moody's Company Data (monthly) CD-ROM
SIC or NAICS				x Web*			x	x
Officers	x	x			x		x	x
Number of Employees	x (10 yrs) Web**	x			x		x	x
Fiscal Year	x	x	x		x		x	x
Stock Price Range	x (10 yrs) Web**	x (5 yrs)	x (5 yrs)		x (10 yrs)	x (2 yrs)	x (10 yrs)	x (10 yrs)
Stock Price Date	x (FY close) Web**					x (End of month)
Beta		x			x
Web Site	x	x			x		x	x
Annual Revenue/Sales	x Sales (10 yrs) Web**	x Sales (10 yrs)	x Operating revenue (7 yrs)		x Revenues (10 yrs)		x Revenues (10 yrs)	x (as co. states it) (7 yrs)
Qrty Revs/Sales	5 qtrs Web**	x Sales (2 yrs)		x			x Earnings (3 yrs)
Annual Net Income/Profit	x Net income  (10yrs) Web**	x Net profit (10yrs)		x	x Net income		x Net income (3 yrs)
Historical Financials	x (10 yrs) Web**	x (10 yrs)			x		x
Assets	Web** (3 or 5 yrs)	x (Current)			x		x (10 yrs)	x
CEO Salary/Compensation	x "pay"
Ratios	some (10 yrs)	Net profit margin (10 yrs)	x (Some) (5 yrs)	x (Some) (10 yrs)	x (Some) (10 yrs)	x (Few) (5 yr grow rate)	Profit margin (10 yrs)	Profit margin
Financial Statements
Fortune Rank	x Web
Ticker/Exchange	x	x			x		x	x
Division Names/Subsidiaries	x				Sometimes		x	x (Many)
Competitors	x	Inferred from 1st page each edition	x (Major companies)

TYPE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED	SOURCES OF INFORMATION
	Mergent Online	SEC Annual Reports to Shareholders	SEC Proxy Statement [DEF Form]	SEC 10K (Annual)	Ward's	Fortune 500 April issue & Fortune.com	Directory of Corporate Affiliations
SIC or NAICS	x				x		x
Officers	x	x	x	x	x	CEO only	x
Number of Employees	x (4 yrs)	x		x	x	x	x
Fiscal Year	x	x	x	x			x
Stock Price Range	x (10 yrs)	x (2 yrs)		x (2 yrs)		Chart-Web
Stock Price Date
Beta
Web Site	x	Often		Often		Web	x
Annual Revenue/Sales	x (as co. states it) (10 yrs)	x (3 yrs)		x (3 yrs)		x	x
Qrty Revs/Sales		x (2 yrs)		x (2 yrs)
Annual Net Income/Profit		x (3 yrs)		x (3 yrs)
Historical Financials
Assets	x (10 yrs)	x (2 yrs)		x (2 yrs)			x
CEO Salary/Compensation			x (Salary + bonus) (3 yrs)
Ratios	x Operating margin Net profit margin (2 yrs)	x (Some)
Financial Statements		x		x
Fortune Rank						x (2 yrs)
Ticker/Exchange	x	x (Exchange only)		x (Exchange only			x
Division Names/Subsidiaries	x (Many)	x					x
Competitors					x (In SIC ranking volume)

 

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Last Updated July 28, 2008