A basic company profile usually includes a summary of a company's products or services, operations, key personnel and contact details. Other comprehensive profiles may include some basic financials, principle subsidiaries, major competitors, SWOT analyses and more
Investment Research (S&P Capital IQ)
Access to investment and brokerage reports and analyses covering companies, industries, and commodities worldwide.
Data contributors: include 100s of banks and stockbroker firms, among these Moody's, HSBC Global Research and Deutsche Bank Research. The database contains millions of reports and is updated daily.
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Content: main focus is listed companies
Coverage: you find reports from the early 1980's and forward. The coverage change from company to company
Search hint: Investment Research is an integrated part of S&P Capital IQ.
Choose the Research tab > Quick Search: search by company name/symbol, keyword, report type, contributors etc.
Research tab > Advanced Search: search by company name/symbol, indices, industries, contributors, geographies etc.
Our access to Eikon provides you only with some few reports
Business Source Ultimate:
Contains more detailed company profiles on about 30,000 companies world wide.
Providers are Medtrack and MarketLine.
Search hint: Select the option 'Company Profiles' (top menu bar: More). Another feature is "Related information" which gives you access to articles about the chosen company from academic journals, magazines, trade publications etc.
The profiles are typically structured after this template: Company Overview – Key Facts – Business Description – History – Key Employees – Key Employee Biographies – Major Products and Services – Revenue Analysis – SWOT Analysis – Top Competitors – Locations and Subsidiaries.
GlobalData Explorer:
Contains 800,000+ company profiles and 4000 industry profiles covering 215 countries. Some company profiles are more comprehensive than others and include a SWOT analysis and brief biographies of key executives, while the industry profiles contain a practical application of Porter's 5 Forces analysis. MarketLine also includes financial deals and search results can be refined by deal type, status, value, industry, geography and date.
Search hint: select the module "Companies".
Passport (GMID, Global Market Information Database):
access to reports on companies within the market for consumer goods (FMCG)
Search hint: search for the company name in the search box and choose Analysis
Access to more than 23,000 public listed companies. Main focus in the reports is the financials and performance of the companies.
Search hint: Select the Companies/Markets tab followed by Company and enter in a company name. View a company snapshot, company news and annual financials for the previous 5 years (balance sheet, cash flow, income statement, key ratios)