Research Guides: Company Research: Company Financials

Historical Research?

Looking for historic information on companies? Try the resources below.

Proquest Historical Annual Reports This link opens in a new window
Online collection of historical annual reports, offering decades of coverage for major companies in North America.

Mergent Archives
Access more than 85 years of Annual Reports for companies across the globe through Mergent Archives' historical annual report collection dating back to as early as 1925. We also have access to an archive of industry reports, key business ratios, historical Who Owns Whom books and more.

For Public Companies

NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
NetAdvantage has extensive company and industry information. Company information includes: financials, key investors, peer analysis, analysts' research and biographical information on key executives.
D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new window
Hoover's company profiles include a number of unique aspects: information on products and operations, SWOT analysis, and major company events they call 'triggers'. They also include links to analyst reports, business and geographic segments information, and valuation information.
Mergent Online [Selected Articles in Full Text] This link opens in a new window
This database includes U.S. and international companies. The Advanced Search lets you screen a company list via company information, executives' biographical information, financial information, industry codes and more. These company profiles are some of the most in-depth of any database.
Morningstar This link opens in a new window
Morningstar offers investment research on stocks, mutual funds and ETFs. The company screener tool provides the ability to screen not only on the more common criteria, but also criteria such as earning estimates, ratings information, dividend yield etc. The company profiles include very detailed market information, executive compensation data, insider activity information, major shareholders information and more.

For Private Companies

PrivCo This link opens in a new window
PrivCo provides information on family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. The Advanced search features include private company search, private investor search and venture capital search options.
Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
The Mergent Intellect database includes both private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures. Company profile pages include news events, financials, executive details, company family tree and more.
Preqin This link opens in a new window
Mainly intended as an resource for alternative investments research, this database has venture capital and private equity data and also includes limited profiles on startup companies.

Bloomberg Terminal

The Libraries maintains a Bloomberg terminal that is accessible to the entire OSU community. Please contact the Business Librarian for more information.