Mergent Online

Mergent Online delivers a comprehensive suite of authoritative financial information with the accuracy, timeliness and transparency required in today’s marketplace. Its innovative, intuitive user interface will satisfy the most demanding research needs. Rely on the quality and breadth of Mergent and its suite of global business and financial data products to leverage your research with the information that you have come to trust.

Key features and functions:
  • Batch printing for Mergent Online and EDGAR® documents
  • EDGAR email alerts for new SEC filings
  • Financial statements presented in as-reported form and in native currencies, maintaining their full integrity
  • Generate charts & graphs with just a few mouse clicks
  • Compare company peer groups within specific industries and sectors
  • Cross-border searching across multiple databases on a variety of financial and text variables
  • Export company reports into Microsoft® Word or view PDF files in Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®, as well as the ability to export financial information into Microsoft® Excel for data handling and analysis
  • Create comparison reports of multiple companies
  • Perform advanced searches based on pre-defined market indices (FTSE, S&P 500, Dow, CAC and others)

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Mergent Online data modules:

U.S. Company Data
In 1900, John Moody published his Moody’s Manual of Industrial and Miscellaneous Securities, the first guide to U.S. public companies. With its U.S. Company Data, Mergent continues to extend that tradition for quality, in-depth company information to the Internet. U.S. Company Data provides you with a fully searchable database of approximately 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies. Mergent’s company files also provide real-time access to EDGAR® filings, dating back to 1993 and updated daily. Coverage includes: history, business, property, subsidiaries, officers, directors, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, income statement, balance sheet, statements of cash flow, exchange and ticker symbol, address, telephone number, annual stock price ranges, trustees, registrar, transfer agent, stock splits, dividend payment history and more. Each company report incorporates up-to-the-minute news items on U.S. public companies. Mergent Online subscribers will have access to Wall Street consensus earnings estimates on all companies in the database followed by at least one Wall Street analyst.
U.S. Company Archives Data
Need to know who the chairman of Chrysler Corp. was before Daimler Benz purchased it? How about data elements from the last balance sheet and income statement produced by Etoys? U.S. Company Archives holds the key. We have restored the full business descriptions, history and financial statements for more than 4,000 companies – companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward. The archive continues to grow as each year more companies are added.
U.S. Annual Reports
This module is available exclusively through Mergent OnlineTM. Subscribers are assured of the fastest possible access to Mergent’s collection of more than 40,000 U.S. annual report collection The U.S. Annual Reports module is fully integrated into the U.S. Company Data module. With this easy-to-use platform, U.S. Company Data customers adding the U.S Annual Reports module to their subscriptions will immediately be able to access full or selected sections of annual reports from within company profiles. A subscription also includes access to our large archive of past years’ annuals, all in multi-image formats, including Adobe Acrobat® PDF.

Key features:
  • Save on time, space and money with comprehensive and convenient annual report access
  • Latest annual reports images are in color, maximizing printing and display clarity
  • Extensive archive of historical annual reports
  • If any international annual report is not found on the service, subscribers may call our toll-free customer service number and Mergent will make every attempt to secure the document quickly and add it to the service for access the next day

International Company Data
With the introduction of the International Manual in 1981, Mergent became the world’s first provider of global public company information. Now the industry’s most detailed and comprehensive collection of non-U.S. public company information is available on Mergent Online, the Internet-based suite of timely investment resources.

Mergent provides data on more companies from more countries than any other International database. Mergent updates and maintains data on 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations. Subscribers have immediate access to companies representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Rich textual descriptions – the hallmark of all Mergent publications – offer a wealth of detail on items including business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in “as-reported” form and in native currencies, maintaining the full integrity of this critical information.

Subscribers to both U.S. Company Data and International Company Data will enjoy the ability to seamlessly access reports on companies based around the world. Search by company name or ticker symbol, or search across all global boundaries to find companies that match specific financial and/or textual search criteria.
International Company Archives Data
Mergent now offers the last available financial information on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward. This module lists the firm’s final balance sheets, income statements, capital structure, text descriptions of the firm’s business and history, as well as its officers and directors.
International Annual Reports
The world at your fingertips. Mergent brings more than 75,000 annual reports from more than 100 non-U.S. countries to your desktop through Mergent Online. Subscribers are assured of the fastest possible access to a vast, continuously updated library of annual reports – timeliness no CD-ROM-based service can match.

The International Annual Reports module is fully integrated into the International Company Data module, Mergent’s global company database (customers must subscribe to International Company Data to receive International Annual Reports). With this easy-to-use platform, International Company Data customers who choose to add International Annual Reports to their subscription will immediately have access to full or selected sections of annual reports from within company profiles.

International Annual Report module subscribers gain access to the most recent annual reports on thousands of non-U.S. based public companies, as well as our large archive of past years’ annuals, all in multi-image formats, including Adobe® Acrobat PDF.

Key features:
  • Save on time, space and money with comprehensive and convenient annual report access
  • Latest annual reports images are in color, maximizing printing and display clarity
  • Extensive archive of historical annual reports
  • If any international annual report is not found on the service, subscribers may call our toll-free customer service number and Mergent will make every attempt to secure the document quickly and add it to the service for access the next day.

Institutional Holdings
Subscribers can quickly and simply determine the 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as examine aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data. Four prepared reports permit easy access to top holders, top sellers, top purchasers and top position changes.
Insider Trading
Insider Trading provides a complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods. Insider Trading appears as an easy-to-use report of all transactions in summary form, followed by a detailed listing of individual purchases and sales.
FactSheets
Mergent Online delivers FactSheets as a solution for subscribers who need presentation-quality, one-page summary equity reports. More than 1,500 NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX companies’ reports are updated quarterly with critical investment information, including summaries of recent quarterly results, analyses of future prospects, income statement and balance sheet information, key operating statistics and ratios, and much more.
FactSheets Express
Available on 10,000 U.S. and Canadian companies, these presentation-quality, summary equity reports are posted in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and updated with weekly closing prices. Each company report covers essential facts and figures, including:

Fifteen-year stock price and volume chart
  • Summary of annual financials
  • Recent dividends and splits
  • Recent quarterly earnings
  • Transfer agent
  • Key financial ratios
  • Institutional holdings summary

Expanded Long-Term Debt
Expanded Long-Term Debt provides detailed information on more than 10,000 U.S. companies with bond issues, including current ratings and historical rating changes from all three rating agencies.
Global Earnings Estimates
Enhance your subscription to fundamental company information with Mergent Global Earnings Estimates supplied from JCF International, utilizing JCF’s unique 75-day consensus methodology. Available as an additional data module within MergentOnlineTM, the Mergent Global Earnings Estimates module provides up-to-date consensus earnings information on more than 25,000 global publicly traded companies from over 50 countries.

Discover and experience what really makes financial information authoritative and crucial in making your next business and investment decisions. The Mergent Global Earning Estimate module seamlessly integrates company reported actual financials with up to two years of earning estimates, represented in tables as well as graphical presentation.
Global Equity Pricing
Delivered daily, the Global Equity Pricing data module incorporates the industry’s most comprehensive and reliable pricing data on U.S. and Non-U.S. companies. As with all data modules, the Global Equity Pricing data is easily integrated into the Mergent Online platform which combines unique value added content. This enables users to access our industry-leading indepth collection of timely and accurate business intelligence.

Mergent Online’s Global Equity Pricing data module can easily be adapted to monitor the essential needs of your company and its financial research requirements. Rely on our staff at Mergent to help make you more competitive in today’s dynamic business environment
Global Industry Reports
Timely and comprehensive, Mergent Industry Reports provide in-depth analysis of industries covering North America, Asia/Pacific and Europe by country and region. These reports describe the market environment and industry landscape for companies, industries, countries and regions as well as key trends and market outlook.

Mergent’s experienced research analysts draw on financial and industry insight and strong research and analytical skills to investigate, analyze and discuss the current trading environment, industry landscape, market trends and market outlook for companies in a range of industry sectors. Whether you’re interested in researching the latest market share figures or tracking the performance of a specific industry sector, Mergent Industry Reports are an intelligent way to see the world.
Experian National Business Database
Experian National Business Database, your source for high-quality private business information containing valuable and critical information on over 4 million top U.S. private businesses such as:
  • Business Address
  • SIC Industry Codes and estimated number of employees
  • Key executives names
  • Estimated revenue.

Mergent Equity Research Reports
A Comprehensive Source For Independent Equity Research. Improve your investment performance with the company that delivers the best in unbiased, independent research. Mergent now offers a new source you can rely on for equity data and stock recommendations: Mergent Equity Research Reports. Mergent Inc., a leading, independent provider of global business and financial information, has long been a reliable source for objective information on global publicly-listed companies, and a powerhouse source in information centers and libraries throughout the country.

With the recent Mergent acquisition of Ford Equity Research, the combined resources and capabilities add further value to the research process. Ford Equity Research is an established, independent equity research firm with a 30-year high-performance track record and a strong client base among buy-side security analysts, mutual fund portfolio managers and hedge funds. Indeed, in recent years, Ford has achieved one of the best research track records among equity research firms. With a reliable and validated stock selection model, Ford Equity Research provides a propriety proven valuation methodology that combines the key factors that influence common stock performance.

The foundation of these ratings is built on three basic characteristics: positive earnings changes, relative valuation compared to other companies, and price momentum. While identifying companies with these factors individually results in above average returns, the effect of combining them usually produces superior performance. As a result, the Mergent Equity Research Reports offers individual investors, investment managers, financial analysts, brokers, key reference professionals as well as public and academic libraries, a sophisticated product that can be utilized as a primary or alternative resource for independent research and investment information.To

Mergent Equity Research Reports provides access to individual analyst equity reports on over 4,000 large and mid-cap U.S. companies via Mergent Online – Your World- Class Online Business and Financial Information Connection to The World. - Each company report is updated quarterly with weekly updated reports on over 100 companies. Each two-page detailed company research reports offers:

  • Buy, hold and sell recommendations for the company and for peer companies
  • Price momentum ratings and chart
  • Earnings summary and chart
  • Analyst forecast summary and rating
  • Price performance charts 5-year charts of fiscal year fundamental data
  • Business summary, prospects, recent developments and more.

Standardized Financials
Expand and strengthen your financial research and analysis with Mergent Online’s GlobalStandardized Financials. As the preferred source for business data, subscribers can access these in-depth financial statements that were created to establish accurate comparisons between multiple companies, industry sectors, regions, exchanges and time frames.

Derived from an extensive collection of "as-reported" company financial statements, Mergent Online’s Global Standardized Financials module was developed by adopting and utilizing the standards of the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomies. With an increasing push towards efficiency and data reliability, the XBRL taxonomies have been a critical element in the preparation, analysis and communication of company financial statements. More importantly, the development of XBRL were lead by accounting experts and government agencies in accordance with U.S. GAAP and global/local accounting standards, thus creating a more powerful and flexible financial company database. The Global Standardized Financials also takes into consideration the taxonomies within specific industries, categorizing them into various sectors such as commercial/industrial, banking/finance and insurance.


Key features:
  • Provides clarity on every standardized financial account line by having a fully linked definition to facilitate a clear understanding of data item.
  • Traces back to the original "as-reported" company financials, allowing for transparency and data confidence.
  • Exports standardized and common-sized financials into a spreadsheet application enabling further data manipulation and analysis.
  • Single platform availability eliminates the need to utilize multiple business resources in order to maximize critical research time.

Data coverage includes:
Over 15 years of standardized annual and quarterly income statements and balances sheets on more than 35,000 publicly traded companies in over 100 countries.
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