New Database for Company Research: Mergent Online

The library is happy to announce that we are now subscribing to Mergent Online, a key resource for company and industry information. Those of you familiar with the Mergent Manuals (formerly Moody's Manuals), know that Mergent provides comprehensive information and data for 15,000 U.S. public companies and 20,000 non-U.S. public companies. Coverage includes inactive companies, on both the U.S. and international exchanges. Mergent Online also provides access to the D&B 20 Million Plus Private Company database.  Mergent BondViewer contains a wide-range of bond data, involving both issuer and issue-level terms and conditions for U.S. taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.

Company Information & Data

• Business summary, company history and corporate news
• Property – a list of property owned by the company
• Subsidiaries - percentage owned and geographic location
• Long-term debt, capital stock and earnings estimates
• Company financials, annual reports & government filings
• Business segments - the business and geographic revenue analyses for major segments of the company’s business operations
• Executives -  details various aspects of the company’s Officers, Directors, and Committees
• Ownership - information on the top institutional holders of active U.S. traded companies, the top 25 equity holdings of each institution’s portfolios, insider transactions and holdings
• Competitors - U.S. and global

Equity Reports

Mergent's Ford Equity Research Reports offer earnings and activity projections for 4,000 large and mid-cap U.S. companies. Each report offers buy, hold and sell recommendations for the company and peers.

Industry Reports

Mergent Industry Reports provide analysis of 24 of the largest global industries, with coverage for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Each report describes the market environment, industry landscape and key market trends.

Company-to-Industry Comparison Reports

Create reports which compare your selected company against a number of competitors within the same industry by using the industry average, the total revenues of the companies, and a variety of company details.

Custom Mergent Reports

Download company reports using Mergent’s predefined report options (Full Company Report, Company Details Report, Financial Details Report) or create a custom report by selecting specific data items from the Company Details, Pricing Information, Company Financials, Executives and News sections.  All reports can be exported in Word, Excel, PDF or HTML formats.

Bond Search

Mergent BondViewer contains a wide-range of bond data, involving both issuer and issue-level terms and conditions for U.S. taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.

Access Mergent Online via the Databases A-Z page and the Companies & Industries and International Business databases pages.