STRATEGY 682 Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Development: Company Research

• Database features one-stop shopping that includes strategic initiatives, business and geographic segments, strengths/weaknesses, and ratio comparisons.
• Covers over 30 million U.S. and global companies and offers over 17,000 detailed company profiles
• Provides some industry reports (Datamonitor and Fredonia Focus Reports) which can be viewed by selecting the SIC and NAICS codes in the company record or by searching in the industry box.
• When looking at an industry, "Peer Analysis" in the left menu will provide a list of leading firms.  Use SIC or NAICS codes to search for other similar industries.
  
  

• Information on over 100 million companies worldwide including 6 million in South and Central America, 4 million in Japan and 400,000 in China. More detailed profiles of over 60,000 companies listed on various global exchanges.
• Identifies competitors and customers and provides business and geographic segment information for selected companies
• Companies can be sorted by industry using the list building function
  
  

COMPUSTAT (via WRDS)

Web-based data management system for retrieving information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources.

NOTE: You will need a WRDS account to get to COMPUSTAT (one of the databases available via this platform).  If you already have an individual WRDS account or wish to register for one, click on the link under Do you have your own WRDS account? located in the lower left-hand corner, then log in with your username and password.  If you wish to create an account, click on the Register tab, then select University of Michigan from the drop down list.  Indicate the appropriate account type, and provide your name, @umich,edu email address, and your preferred username.  You will receive email confirmation of your request.  Within 5 business days, you will receive another email with a link to create your WRDS password.