Library Information Sources for Financial Management

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Library Information Sources for Financial
Management

• BUAD 381
• Charlotte Johnson Jones
• Reference Social Sciences Librarian
• Fall 2008

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Information needs forFinancial Management

• Corporate information
• Annual reports and financial statements
• Trends, ratios, stock prices, other benchmarks
• Analysis and outlooks
• Industry information
• Trends, ratios, and other financial indicators
• Analysis and outlooks

UMW Libraries have online and print resources to
help you find all of these.
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Download corporate financials in Excel from 10K
Wizard
10K Wizard is a database of financial and other
information drawn from SEC filings by U.S.
publicly traded companies.
Tour
10K Wizard is a rich database with many ways to
search for and compile information on companies.
Take the 10K Tour watch the UMW ShowMe! video to
learn more.
Use the Financials view for this assignment.
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Use ticker symbol for precise results
Enter the ticker symbol for your corporation.
Choose Annual or Quarterly statements and the
items you want to see.
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View the Company Capsule and your selected
financial statement in time series
Notice the SIC number for this corporation.
Click to download to Excel
Click on Source to see the text of the actual 10K
filing.
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get. You can
delete and compress line items once the data is
in Excel.
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Notice separate worksheets
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Please be sure to logout. UMW subscription allows
only two concurrent users.
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Standard and PoorsNetAdvantage
SP NetAdvantage offers excellent access to stock
prices, trends, and other subscription corporate
and industry analysis.
Choose Companies tab for information on an
individual company.
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An SP Company Profile
Financials are compressed and not downloadable in
Excel. SP numbers and analysis tend to be based
on stock prices, valuations, and trends.
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Valuation tab includes a Beta coefficient
Valuation
Beta Look at the Glossary to see how the SP
beta is derived.
Watch our step-by-step ShowMe! Video Using
NetAdvantage at www.library.umw.edu/showme/sp/sp
.html
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Free, non-subscriptionsources of corporate
information

• Corporate web sites, including annual reports
• SEC EDGAR federal database of 10-K and other
  SEC-required reports in downloadable format. 10K
  Wizard makes the whole process a lot easier.

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Industry codesComparing apples and . . .

• Governments, including the federal government,
  and financial information publishers, such as SP
  or Mergent, use industry codes (also known as
  classification systems) to sort and organize
  information about similar companies.
• The problem? Not everyone uses the same system.
• Even the federal government has two systems in
  widespread use.
• Why do you care?
• Because if you compare your corporations
  financial picture to that of other corporations
  in an industry, you want to be sure you are
  comparing apples and apples.
• Make sure you know what classification system is
  used in each information source you consult.

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NAICSNorth American Industry Classification
System

• Provides common industry definitions for Canada,
  Mexico, and the United States.
• NAICS, which was integral to the implementation
  of NAFTA, replaces the countries' separate
  classification systems with one uniform system
  for classifying industries.
• In the United States, NAICS replaced the Standard
  Industrial Classification system or SIC codes.
• The online version, posted by the U.S. Bureau of
  the Census, is found at http//www.census.gov/epcd
  /naics02/
• Simpson Library has a print version of NAICS at
  REFB HF 1042.N6 2002.

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SICSStandard Industrial Classification System

• Was theoretically superseded by the North
  American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• However both systems are still widely in use, by
  information publishers and even by the federal
  government
• A searchable online version, posted by the U. S.
  Department of Labor is available at
  http//www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html
• Simpson Library has a print version at REFB
  HF1042/.A55/1987.

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Proprietary code systems

• Are called proprietary because they are the
  intellectual property of the individual
  publishers that use them.
• For example, the Dow Jones database Factiva uses
  its own set of industry categories and
  alphanumeric industry codes.

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Types ofindustry financial information

• Ratios, trends, and other indicators compiled
  from tax returns, financial statements and other
  sources of information about a pool of similar
  companies
• Many major players in financial information
  publish these on a regular basis, including
  Mergent (formerly Moodys), Standard Poors,
  and Dun Bradstreet
• Ratios will be a key tool in analyzing
  corporations and industries in this course
• Simpson Library has many resources, including
  reference books and databases, to help you find
  industry ratios

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Industry Norms Key Business RatiosDesk-Top
Edition

• Norms and 14 key business ratios by SIC
  classification
• Drawn from financial statements of one million
  companies in Dun Bradstreet Financial
  Information Base
• Includes information about how ratios are
  calculated
• Published annually
• Library holds 1990-
• Accounting period is the calendar year, although
  the date of publication on the books looks like a
  fiscal year.)
• Most recent edition, as of 9/25/2008 is 2006/2007
  edition with data and ratios for calendar year
  2006.
• Call number REFB HF5681 .R25 I53

Use this one for BUAD 381
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Industry analysisis an SP strength
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SPs industry structure
SP uses its own industry classifications.
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Use the SP Industry Surveys with caution for
this assignment

• The surveys are an excellent, respected source
• Use them as a guideline for how to write an
  analysis of financial data
• Do not use them as a sole source or major source
  for your analysis
• Draw your own conclusions from your own
  calculations and your own research

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Periodical articles

• Are a good source of both corporate and industry
  analysis and forecasts
• Can provide a snapshot of what analysts were
  thinking and projecting at a certain point in
  the past
• Are found in Simpson Library databases, including
  Business Source Complete and Factiva

Watch our ShowMe! video for how to use Business
Source Complete.
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Factiva, from Dow Jones

• Has almost 100 full-text content, including The
  Wall Street Journal
• Contains approximately 8,000 news, business, and
  trade publications
• 1,000 are foreign language titles
• Can be difficult and/or overwhelming to search
• For best results, take advantage of Factiva
  Intelligent Indexing

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Use Intelligent Indexing to find your company
Click the sign. Type the company name in the
search box. Click the symbol to open a list of
options.
Important Click once on the company name you
want to search. Do not double click! Double
clicking removes the company from the search.
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Now choose the subject
Click the sign to see the choices. Open Subject
? Content Types.
Wow! Analysis! Commentary/Opinion! Choose one and
click on it once.
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Change OR to AND
Change Or to And.
Run the search.
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Great results!
Click a title to see full text. Use the icons to
e-mail, print, or save.
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Find industry analysis too
Or use Editors Choice under Subject for
analytical articles selected by Factiva content
specialists.
Use the same strategy to search for industry
analysis.