Company Financial Information: Business Web Resources

Quotes and analytical reports for over 16,000 mutual funds and stocks. Mutual fund reports include the Star Rating.

ADR's are shares of non-U.S. companies that trade on United States stock markets. Database includes company profiles and financial statements and is searchable by company name, country, industry, and stock exchange.

Reports on 28 industries in the U.S. Included in the report are an overview, industry news, and links to relevant companies and resources on the Internet.

Resources, news, calendars, market info, and additional info by industry.

Quotes and analytical reports for over 16,000 mutual funds and stocks. Mutual fund reports include the Star Rating.

Learn to evaluate a stock based on the company's growth trends, financial health, management performance, market multiples, and intrinsic value.

This stock screener has three different expertise levels, ranging from simple lists of stocks meeting predefined criteria to a customized search using user-defined values for 39 variables.

Access quotes for stocks, bonds, mutual funds, indices, and futures & options. Historical stock prices (open, close, high, and low) also available. View calendars for companies' earnings announcements and economic indicator releases.

Database of official financial statements (e.g. 10K) and other documents that public companies are required to file with the SEC.

Learn the basics of investing, including tutorials on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other investment topics.

A substantial amount of free information and data including news, financials, stock research including current and historical data, and currency data. Yahoo has created an “Education Center” with some interesting glossaries and tutorials.

Open access to databases and datasets, including World Development Indicators (WDI), Global Development Finance (GDF), Africa Development Indicators (ADI), and Global Economic Monitor (GEM).

Statistical data on the U.S. economy from the national to the local level, organized primarily by industry.

The American Library Association compiles lists of online sources approved by librarians. The subject index offers broad categories for you to browse.

Categorized list of sites including reference materials online and special “business search” sites.

Government links for business including country and trade data, business and employment data, and free government publications.

Economic, consumer, wage, employment, industry, demographic, spending, occupational, safety and health data are all available from this excellent and well organized site.

This website offers free financial data including quarterly and annual reports on most U.S. public companies such as 10K and 10Q filings. In addition to corporate filings, news, laws and regulations, a quick EDGAR tutorial is offered on this site.

This website offers a variety of options to create stock charts and graphs. The historical stock information is particularly useful (see historical quotes.)

This site has concise information on US and global markets as well as stock market data.

A site with an extensive list of business, news, government, reference, law, and technology links.

An established competitive intelligence firm (business and industry research.) Their website offers links to numerous and useful free online resources.

Business research can be a complicated process, and there typically is not just one place to find the information that you need. However, if you’re looking for information on your topic quickly, then here are the top picks based on the type of material needed. Please be advised that the list below is not comprehensive. For more extensive research, please see the Guides or Databases links a the top of the page.

This guide lists the most essential resources to use when performing company research. It is designed to get the business researcher started in the right direction. Please note that this guide is neither complete nor comprehensive as new information will be added as necessary. Read through the entire guide or use the links below to skip to a particular section. All links on this page will open in a new browser window.

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A public directory that lists only the most relevant and "useful business sites."

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