Industry Financial Ratios
This guide includes sources for industry financial ratios. Many of these sources are useful in corporate valuation.
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Top Databases
BloombergLocate real-time and historical information on economic conditions, market data and public companies worldwide. Information is available on governments, mortgages, money markets, bonds, commodities, stocks, and currencies. This resource is used in most companies and institutions that manage equities, commodities, and currencies. Two dedicated Bloomberg terminals with full API capabilities which allow for custom downloading and creation of reports are available in the Walker Management Library. Online tutorials are available on the terminals and Bloomberg now offers certification in different financial management areas with tests that can be taken on the Bloomberg terminals. [more]
Factiva
Factiva is a multi-functional database. It is primarily used to find the full-text of business publications, including magazines, trade publications, and newspapers. It has full-text coverage of the Wall Street Journal. It is a good source for international and local business news, which typically isn't covered in other databases. Also included in this database are company profiles and financial quotes. [more]
First Research
This resource has three main sections of key business intelligence interest: Industry Profiles, Industry Prospector, and States/Provinces. There are more than 200 Industry Profiles which are updated every 90 days. The Industry Prospector allows you to search for industry drivers and key economic metrics using metrics such as financial, industry and employment growth, and prices and spending. The State/Provinces section gives a state level view of key industries, growth factors and business news that define the market. [more]
Morningstar Cost of Capital Resources Center
Industry Analysis module, originally published as Ibbotson's Cost of Capital, reports by SIC code detailed statistics for sales and profitability, capitalization, beta, valuation multiples, financial ratios, equity returns, capital structure and more.
SBBI (Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Inflation) Valuation essentials provides data from Ibbotson's Valuation Yearbooks from 1999 to the present.
Company Betas module features the analysis found in Ibbotson's Beta Book, current and historical data for 5,000 companies.
International Cost of Capital module includes the "International Cost of Capital Report" with estimates of the cost of equity for 170 countries from US and international investors; the "International Equity Risk Premia Report" provides historical equity risk premia in $USD and local currency for 16 countries dating back to 1970. [more]
SBBI (Stocks, Bonds, Bills and Inflation) Valuation essentials provides data from Ibbotson's Valuation Yearbooks from 1999 to the present.
Company Betas module features the analysis found in Ibbotson's Beta Book, current and historical data for 5,000 companies.
International Cost of Capital module includes the "International Cost of Capital Report" with estimates of the cost of equity for 170 countries from US and international investors; the "International Equity Risk Premia Report" provides historical equity risk premia in $USD and local currency for 16 countries dating back to 1970. [more]
OneSource
Use this database for in-depth details on companies and industries whose operations span the globe. It includes 80,000+ international companies and their executives as well as 350,000+ U.S. and Canadian public and private companies and their executives. Company data includes financials, subsidiaries, trade and business news, and research reports. With the Company Insights Add-On Module, export company data for further comparison and analyses. You may also search for and export contact data on more than 3M executives and managers across the globe. [more]
S&P NetAdvantage
Standard and Poor's Net Advantage provides fulltext access to a variety of S&P publications including the electronic full text versions of the Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Covers 52 different industries (usually the larger industries like Retail, Apparel and Footwear, Airlines, Computers, Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, etc) and the reports are updated every 6 months. The surveys contain information about current trends, how the industry operates, key ratios and statistics for each industry, and then how to analyze a company in a particular industry. The last section provides comparative financial data in tabular format for the top companies in the industry. S&P NetAdvantage also includes Stock Reports, Corporation Records as well as detailed information on mutual funds, bonds, dividends, earnings, and a directory of corporations and executives. [more]
Thomson ONE Banker
Pulling data from multiple sources (e.g. I/B/E/S, Worldscope, SDC, Datastream), this database provides company financials, profiles, financial market data, and forecasts. Research portion includes analyst reports. Deals portion provides current Mergers & Acquisitions information including league tables, Equity, Bonds & Loans. [more]
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Books, Reference & Print Resources
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios REF HF5681 .R25 T68
Cost of Capital (Ibbotson Associates)
REF HC110 .C3 C67
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
REF HF5681 .R25 I525
Robert Morris Associates (RMA) Annual Statement Studies
REF HF 5681 .B2 R6
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Internet Resources & Websites
NetMBA Explains ratios and gives formulas.
Financial Ratio Calculator
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