Industry Ratios
This guide includes sources for industry 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 and Owen Computer Lab. 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]
Mergent Online
Mergent Online (formerly FIS Online) provides access to detailed corporate financial histories (including capital changes) and operational histories for international public companies. Mergent has company financial reports (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and retained earnings reports) dating back 15 years/quarters and includes financial ratios. Mergent also provides company overviews, joint venture information, property descriptions, subsidiaries, officers/directors, long-term debt, and capital stock. Customized reports on a company or multiple companies can be created and data can be downloaded into Excel. The database also includes newswire headlines and annual reports (most recent 15 years). The industry reports are updated regularly. A new addition to this database are country reports containing statistical data. [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
This database pulls some data from multiple databases (I/B/E/S, Worldscope, SDC, Datastream and other Thomson databases) to provide company financials, company profiles, and financial market data. The Deals portion of the database provides current information (including League Tables) on Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity, Bonds and Loans. You get historical research and statistics as well as forecasts. You can analyze the performance of a company individually or compare it to industry averages. [more]
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Books, Reference & Print Resources
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios REF HF5681 .R25 T68
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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