Many UMGC Library databases can be used to find a company's financial information, such as its income statements, balance sheets, cash flow, and ratios. (For instructions on finding financial ratios, see Finding Financial Ratios for Companies.)
Databases that can be used to find companies' financial information include:
Company financial information can also be found on the free web.
Information to help you understand a company's financial data can be found in print books in the Library's catalog (USMAI Book Search) and in ebooks from UMGC Library ebook collections.
Click on the links above to learn how to find company financial information in each of the sources listed.
Login to Business Source Ultimate,
Click on the Company Information link in the blue menu bar toward the top of the page and enter a company's name in the search box
After clicking on the company's name on the search results page to open up a page of information about the company, click on the + icon next to Financials to open the company's (brief) financial information.
Login to Gale Business: Insights.
Click on the Browse All Companies button, enter a company's name in the search box, and then click on the company's name on the search results page.
Scroll down on the company profile page and you'll see a "Financial performance" section that includes balance sheet, cash flow, income, ratios, investment reports, etc. Additional information can be found by clicking on the link for full/all data.
Note that financial reports and investment reports are available for publicly traded U.S. companies only.
Login to Hoovers.
Enter a company's name in the "Search for a Company" box at the top of the database's home page.
On the left-hand side of the company information page, see the "Financials" section for available financial information, which may include stock reports, income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, annual ratios, ratio comparisons, etc.
Login to IBISWorld.
Enter a company’s name in the search box.
The Company Financials section of the company overview page contains the company’s income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements, taken from the company’s SEC filings.
Login to Nexis Uni.
Click on the Find a Company link on the database's home page, below the search box.
On the Find a Company page, enter a company’s name in the “Company name” search box and click on its name on the results page.
On the company dossier page, click on the Financial Overview link and/or the SEC Filings link on the left-hand side of the page to see available financial information, which may include assets, liabilities, income, cash flow, balance sheet, ratio analysis, stock information, executive compensation, 10-K filings, 10-Q filings, etc.
Login to Statista.
Enter a company's name in the search box on the database's home page to find all available types of content -- statistics and facts, forecasts, reports, etc. -- about the company. You can use the options under the "REFINE YOUR SEARCH" heading on the right-hand side of the page to limit your results by content type, location, publication date, etc.
There are several free websites that can be used to find a company's financial information, including:
Depending on what type of financial information you're looking for, you may be able to find it on a company's own website. Look for the area of the company's website that contains information for investors.
Note that financial information can be found in 10-Ks that are publicly available on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) website. For more information, see the SEC's instructions for searching EDGAR and their guide to reading a 10-K.
There are numerous print books available in USMAI Book Search, the UMGC Library catalog, that describe how to interpret company financial data. These include:
There are numerous ebooks in the UMGC Library's ebook databases that can help you interpret company financial data, including:
You can find additional ebooks by running searches such as:
"business ratio*" OR "financial ratio*"
"corporate finance"
"financial statement*"