LibGuides: Business Databases by Category: Companies

Company Profiles

Capital IQ
Find company profiles and financial data for U.S. and international public and private companies, investment firms, and hedge funds. Covers key developments, relationships among firms and people, biographical and contact data, M&A transactions including IPOs, venture capital/private equity data, and regulatory filings.New users can register for an account by following the New User? link on the screen. Login to MIT VPN first if registering for an account remotely .
D&B Hoovers
Lists public, private, and nonprofit global companies that can be searched using a set of criteria and downloaded. Company profile includes news, corporate overviews, financial data, market research reports, analyst reports, executive biographies, SWOT analysis, significant developments, strategic initiatives, industry norms, and market share.
EMIS Professional (formerly ISI Emerging Markets)
Information about emerging market countries, their companies, and industries. Coverage includes countries from Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia-Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Middle East.
Orbis
Contains information on public and private companies worldwide. It can be used to research individual companies, or to screen for companies meeting certain financial, geographic or operating criteria.

Create list of companies

Use these resources to compile a list of companies based on specific criteria such as industry, geographic location, number of employees, and annual revenue.

Capital IQ
Screen for U.S. and international companies by financials, M&A transactions, industries, people, investment style and more.

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New users can register for an account by following the New User? link on the screen. Login to MIT VPN first if registering for an account remotely .
D&B Hoovers
Lists public, private, and nonprofit global companies that can be searched using a set of criteria and downloaded. Company profile includes news, corporate overviews, financial data, market research reports, analyst reports, executive biographies, SWOT analysis, significant developments, strategic initiatives, industry norms, and market share.
EMIS Professional (formerly ISI Emerging Markets)
Information about emerging market countries, their companies, and industries. Coverage includes countries from Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia-Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Middle East.
LexisNexis Academic (now Nexis Uni)
Lexis Nexis Academic provides access to the full-text of many news, business, and legal resources, including the New York Times. Create a company list using Dossier from "search by subject or topic" dropdown. Limit your search to companies within a specific industry, geographic area, or that meet a certain financial criteria. All results can be downloaded onto a spreadsheet.
Orbis
Contains information on public and private companies worldwide. It can be used to research individual companies, or to screen for companies meeting certain financial, geographic or operating criteria.
ReferenceUSA Historical Data Files
Historic company records. Created annually from Infogroup’s U.S. Business Database; a snapshot of the data is saved each December. Contains company name, mailing address, SIC and NAICS codes, employee size, sales volume, latitude/longitude, and many more variables about each company. Coverage is from 1997-

Comprehensive Financials: U.S. & Foreign

Amadeus
A database from Bureau van Dijk containing financial statement data as well as basic company and management information for public and private companies in Europe. Can also be accessed via WRDS
Compustat Global (via WRDS)
Compustat Global provides detailed fundamental data for major companies trading on international exchanges.

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Special files are available that contain financial services data, currency translations, and market data. Annual data date back to 1987 .
Compustat North America (via WRDS)
Use to find detailed fundamental data for companies trading on all of the major United States and Canadian exchanges. Coverage goes back to 1950.

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Special files are available that contain bank specific data. There is also industry specific data for airlines, gaming, homebuilding, health care facilities, lodging, managed health care (HMOs), mining, oil & gas, retail, semiconductors, and utilities.
Orbis
Contains information on public and private companies worldwide.
Oriana
Provides access to public and private companies across the Asia-Pacific region. Use it to research a specific company or create target lists with comprehensive profiles covering company financials, directors, contacts, and more.
Worldscope (via WRDS)
Provides fundamental data for major international companies. 1980+.

History, chronology & affiliation

D&B Hoovers
In company profile, click on "corporate family" link on left navigation bar.
Mergent WebReports
Historical information on public companies. Includes Industrial Manual 1920-, OTC Industrial Manual 1970-, OTC Unlisted Manual 1986-, Bank & Finance Manual 1928-, Public Utility Manual 1914-, Transportation Manual 1909-, International Manual 1981-. Also includes Municipal & Government Manual 1918-

Earnings and conference call transcripts

Capital IQ
Search by company name or ticker and then follow the CIQ estimates link on the left navigation bar. for data on consensus earnings, guidance, surprises, trends and revisions.New users can register for an account by following the New User? link on the screen. Login to MIT VPN first if registering for an account remotely .
Factiva
Conference call transcripts are available in Factiva, usually within two days of publication from Fair Disclosure. Coverage goes back to January 2002.

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In the search box, enter the following search statement: SN=Fair Disclosure AND HD=company name.
For example, SN=Fair Disclosure AND HD=Cisco would retrieve all mentions of Cisco in the headline of conference calls.
I/B/E/S (via WRDS)
The Institutional Brokers Estimates System provides consensus and detail forecasts from security analysts, including earnings per share, revenue, cash flow, long-term growth projections and stock recommendations. U.S. data begins in 1976 and international data begins in 1987. Both detail and consensus data is available. In 2000, I/B/E/S data was integrated with Thomson Reuter's First Call and in 2012, First Call was discontinued. I/B/E/S Guidance includes company-issued guidance data from more than 6,000 North American companies and 2,000 global companies.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis)
FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire provides transcripts to Nexis Uni. The FD Wire coverage began April 2001. Some calls will have an event brief analyzing the earnings and summarizing the call.

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Click on Advanced Search. In the Source box, enter Fair Disclosure Wire in the Source box and in the search box enter: company name and select Title from the drop-down menu next to the search box.
Thomson ONE
Select SCREENING & ANALYSIS->RESEARCH. Search by company and limit results to transcripts by entering Thomson Reuters Streetevents in the Contributor field. Thomson ONE works with Internet Explorer only. If using Microsoft Edge, click on three dots (...) on top right, to access Internet Explorer. IE versions 10 or higher may require running the database in compatibility view.

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To do so, open Thomson ONE database, select Tools from IE menu and then click on Compatibility View Settings. Add thomsonone.com to the compatibility view list and close the window. The site will automatically reload to run in compatibility mode. Mac users may access IE browser by logging into Citrix web interface

M&A

Capital IQ
Provides data on M&A transactions, spin-offs, public offerings, private placements, equity buybacks, and bankruptcies. Covers both US and foreign companies.

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New users can register for an account by following the link on the screen. Also available on workstations 2 and 3 in Dewey Library.
SDC Platinum - Securities Data Company
During the COVID-19 closure, SDC can be accessed via Thomson One database. Click on Screening & Analysis tab and follow the Deals module. Note that Thomson One only works with Internet Explorer version 11 or higher. For remote access to SDC, send an email to sharmash@mit.edu.

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SDC is available in Dewey Library on Workstations 2-5. Our subscription includes the following components:
- VentureXpert:, covers venture capital firms, VC deals, executives, IPOs and mergers & acquisitions from 1970 onward. This data is also available through Thomson ONE as Private Equity module under Screening & Analysis.
- Merger and Acquisitions: data on global M&As, LBOs, spin-offs, privatization, and more., varied coverage from 1980 onward. Our subscription does not include joint venture and alliances, and repurchases.
- Global New Issues: data on global stock and debt offerings, including IPOs, private placements, syndicated loans and more.since 1970
- Project Finance: containing worldwide projects announced and financed on a limited or non-recourse basis since the early 1990s.
Note: There is a delay period of 30 days on the data in SDC.
Zephyr
Contains data on M&A activity, IPOs, joint ventures and private equity deals with links to detailed financial company information. Coverage past January 2003 is global, with earlier coverage focusing on Europe.

Corporate governance & ownership

Conference Board Database
Reports and data on key issues in areas of corporate leadership, economy and business environment, and human capital including annual surveys on CEO succession practices, director compensation and board practices, US top executive compensation, job satisfaction, and sustainability matters . Economic datasets include historical data for key economic indicators.
Execucomp (via WRDS)
Top executives' salary, bonus, and stock option data since 1992 is available. The database also has company-specific financial statement information to supplement the compensation data.
ISS (formerly RiskMetrics)
Covering S&P 1500 companies, ISS provides data on: Directors: range of variables related to individual board directors (e.g., name, age, tenure, gender, committee memberships, primary employer and title, etc. from 1996+ Governance: information on takeover defense and other corporate governance provisions. Coverage is from 1990+
MSCI ESG KLD Stats (via WRDS)
Annual data set of positive and negative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators applied to a universe of publicly traded companies. Coverage: 1991+
MSCI GMI Ratings (via WRDS)
Annual historical data for each proxy year beginning in 2001. Information includes: corporate board structure and independence , director positions and committee assignments, executive and director compensation, audit fees, corporate ownership, and takeover defenses.

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Includes over 2,100 U.S. companies and over 38,000 directors. Formerly known as Board Analyst.
Thomson Reuters Ownership Datasets (via WRDS)
Formerly called CDA Spectrum, Thomson Reuters Ownership datasets consists of 3 parts:

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(1) mutual fund holdings 1980+ for US & Canadian Securities: All registered mutual funds filing with the SEC plus 3,000 global funds. Includes NYSE/AMEX/NASDAQ, Toronto and Montreal common stocks; (2) institutional 13(f) common stock holdings and transactions 1980+; (3) insider filing data 1986+ divided into the following major parts: (a) Table 1 -- transaction and holdings information, (b) Table 2 -- open market derivatives transactions as well as information on the award, exercise, and expiration of stock options (this files starts in 1996), (c) Proposed Sale data derived from Form 144 (this file starts in 1996), (d) Average Returns file contains the information relating to how a stock has historically performed following an insider's transactions. The file includes average 3-month and 6-month buy and sell returns as well as the number of historic buy and sell decisions for each individual insider.

Venture capital & private equity

PitchBook
Private equity and venture capital database with in depth information and statistics on firms, funds, deals, investors, portfolio companies, and key executives. Use this link to create an account first. Return to the same link to log-in with your PitchBook credentials. Use MIT VPN (cisco AnyConnect) if registering for an account remotely.
Preqin
Preqin offers comprehensive global research on investment industry. Our subscription includes Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Hedge Funds modules which offer detailed information and analytics on firms, funds, deals, and portfolio companies. Log-in to MIT VPN for remote access.
VentureXpert via Thomson One
Select Screening & Analysis. Expand Private Equity and select Companies & Investors or one of the other options. Thomson ONE works with Internet Explorer only. If using Microsoft Edge, click on three dots (...) on top right, to access Internet Explorer. IE versions 10 or higher may require running the database in compatibility view.

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To do so, open Thomson ONE database, select Tools from IE menu and then click on Compatibility View Settings. Add thomsonone.com to the compatibility view list and close the window. The site will automatically reload to run in compatibility mode.
Zephyr
Contains data on M&A activity, IPOs, joint ventures and private equity deals with links to detailed financial company information. Coverage past January 2003 is global, with earlier coverage focusing on Europe.