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 08/2012.

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. * 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. * 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. * OneSource (Haas students only) Company reports, news, analysis, competitors, financials 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 * ThomsonOne Analyst reports from investment banks via ThomsonOne Choose "Screening & Analysis -> Research" on the left sidebar. Must be accessed using Internet Explorer. * 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 50,000 international companies by country, cross-referenced by industry. HF54.U5D8P7 Latest in Reference D&B million dollar directory Top 160,000 public and private US business listings cross-referenced by geography and industry. HF3010.D85 Latest in Reference Eastern Trade Directory Middle Eastern companies directory HF3760.8 .E251 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: 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	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 International Directory of Company Histories A multi-volume set of 2-3 page histories for over 4,600 companies. HD2721.D36 Reference
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. 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. 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 volume and number of employees.