Segment data on business lines and geographic segments.
Coverage: data from 1990 (not for all companies) and forward.
Search hint:
1) find the segment data by the Report function for individual companies
2) export segment data for a selected list of companies by the list format
Fundamental data grouped by business lines and geographical criteria.
Search hint: enter the company name in the search box and navigate to Financials and look for the category Segments
Search hint: Look up the company by name in the Company tab. You find the Segments information in the Financials/Valuation section.
Use the FA command and look for the category Segments.
Compustat Historical Segments (the database to be found through the WRDS database)
Content: Compustat Segments Data provides business and geographic details, product information and customer data for over 70% of the companies in the North American (NA) database. Compustat Global does not provide segment data.
There are four kinds of segment information available:
- Business Segment: An industry segment or product line reported by a company
- Geographic Segment: Indicates how many geographic segments collected by Standard & Poor's are available for the company in the given data year.
- Operating Segment: Company groups the geographic segment with the business segment
- State Segment: Data broken down by the region within United States and Canada.
Coverage:
The Compustat Segments database coverage varies by collection:
- Current Segments: Past 8 years of information for over 8,000 North American companies. This is included in the North America subscription.
- Historical Segments: Since 1976, information for over 23,000 North American companies. This is an additional product available from Compustat.
