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- Download a OneStop report for your company from D&B Hoovers. Include competitors, financials, and (usually) a SWOT.
- Search for your company's name or industry in Statista. Download charts & graphs about your company, its competitors, and customers.
- Search for your company's industry in IBISWorld. It will include industry projections, SWOT, and key companies with market share.
- Download an analyst report from LSEG Workspace. Don't feel like registering? Email us and we'll pick a report for you.
Want more? The resources below are organized by the deliverables for your project.
Logging In
Some library resources will ask you to log in with your Dartmouth credentials. Hold on to the Dartmouth netID and password you used to sign into Canvas for these tools.
Company Analysis
Detailed information about your company: overview, history, products, executives, financials, subsidiaries, SWOT, and more.
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D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new windowBest for: Company history, overview, brief financials, and SWOT analysis
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MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new windowBest for: Company overview, SWOT analysis, and related industry reports
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LSEG Workspace This link opens in a new windowBest for: Analyst reports, ESG data, detailed financials, stock price data, top investors, and competitors. Email us to request an account.
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Capital IQ This link opens in a new windowBest for: Company tearsheet, historical financials, leadership biographies, competitors, earnings call transcripts. Log in with your netID and password
Financial Statement Analysis
Download financial data for your company as a CSV or Excel file.
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Capital IQ This link opens in a new windowBest for: Key financials, ratios, capitalization, and valuation multiples, historical data, viewing online and downloading to Excel. Log in with your netID and password
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LSEG Workspace This link opens in a new windowBest for: Detailed financials, stock prices, derivatives, debt & credit, historical data, viewing online and downloading to Excel. Email us to request an account.
Analyst Reports
Analyst reports are a good source for a concise review of a company and its prospects, both historically and prospectively.
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BloombergAvailable in Feldberg Library. Use RES <GO> to search all reports or ANR <GO> for analyst recommendations within a selected equity. Note: some visible reports will not be available within our subscription.
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LSEG Workspace This link opens in a new windowLargest source for analyst reports, advanced search, and filtering options. Search for your company, then go to Company Research under the Research tab. Email us to request an account.
Strategic Analysis
Analyze the strategic environment in which your company competes.
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MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new windowBest for: Company SWOT Analysis, Industry Five Forces Analysis, Value & Supply Chain Analysis
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Capital IQ This link opens in a new windowBest for: Finding suppliers, customers, strategic alliances, direct investments, or search within earnings call transcripts. Log in with your netID and password
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowBest for: Global news and business information from over 33,000 sources. Search by keyword, company name, industry/sector, or any topic of interest.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowBest for: Business news, magazines, trade journals, and academic literature. Use keyword search or advanced search options. Includes Harvard Business Review.
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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowBest for: Business news, magazines, trade journals, and academic literature. Use keyword search or advanced search options. Includes MIT Sloan Management Review.
Market Research & Industry Profiles
Find market research reports and profiles of your industry.
Tip: Searching for market research can be tricky. Search using multiple keywords/synonyms for your product or service, e.g. self driving cars, autonomous vehicles, driverless car, etc.
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Statista: the leading statistics portal This link opens in a new windowBest for: Statistical charts and reports related to large companies, industries, market research, and consumer demographics. Easy to download images to include in presentations. Follow source links for additional resources.
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IBISWorld: Industry This link opens in a new windowBest for: Detailed reports on 700+ U.S. industries, including key statistics, market segmentation, market characteristics, industry conditions, key factors, key competitors, industry performance, and outlook.
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EMIS Intelligence This link opens in a new windowBest for: Market research reports, including very specialized industries. Includes Technavio, Grand View Research, Mordor, and Arizton publications.
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eMarketer This link opens in a new windowBest for: Reports and statistics on marketing, media, e-commerce, and consumer products.
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BCC Research This link opens in a new windowBest for: Market research reports in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology organizations. Includes trends, forecasting, and competitive landscape.
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EASI Market PlannerBest for: Consumer behavior and spending data. About EASI & Search Examples
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Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowBest for: Consumer product and service reports and survey data, reports on consumer groups and demographics.
Valuation
Determine what your target company is worth
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Business Valuation Research GuideIncludes resources for finding beta & cost of capital
Finding a Beta for Your Company:
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D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new windowProfile a company, choose "Stock Report" under Financials
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Yahoo!FinanceLookup a company, choose "Summary" or "Statistics"
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BloombergSearch for your company and type BETA. Bloomberg terminals are available in Feldberg Library.
Additional Business Resources
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BloombergReal-time news, financial and economic data. Worldwide pricing of bonds, stocks, commodities, currencies, money markets, and mortgages, with historical data. Economic time series, company financial statements, press releases, analysts forecasts, company filings and prospectuses, executive profiles, and more. Bloomberg terminals are available in Feldberg Library.
Toolkit
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Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance GlossaryOver 8,000 entries and 18,000 hyperlinks - the largest financial glossary on the internet.
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Sources and Citations at Dartmouth CollegeA guide to properly citing resources.
Free Financial Websites
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EDGAR U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission FilingsAll companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free.