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Company Information on the Web
COMPANY INFORMATION ON THE WEB
LARGE AND PUBLIC COMPANIES
Most large companies now have Web sites and for those that don't there are often other sites that provide information such as financials, profiles and news releases. The following sites are useful for large and public companies. Also try typing www.companyname.com
Company Web Sites & Annual Report Information
AFSCME
A guide to company information for union activists from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Annual Report Library
General information about online annual reports plus links to other sites. Includes material on accessing non-profit reports and tips on reading/producing annual reports.
Annual Report Service
A large free directory of online annual reports. Registration required to view the thousands of reports and 10-K presentations.
adviceforinvestors.com
Excellent site for Canadian public companies. Current information including stock quotes, press releases and analyst recommendations. Links to Strategis, SEDAR and company homepages.
annualreports.com
A source for free annual reports, by searching alphabetically, by company name, by ticker symbol, by sector, or by industry. Reports can be viewed in either HTML or PDF format.
CAROL - Companies Reports Online
British company annual reports online. Provides links to annual reports or financial information about British companies.
Corporate Information
Excellent meta site for international corporate information, listed by country. As well, the site offers good country overviews. Material is gathered from sources such as the CIA factbook. Economic information is also available here.
EDGAR
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Provides U.S. 10K's and other filings. Click here for assistance in searching the EDGAR database.
globalEDGE
Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE™ is your source for global business knowledge.
GuideStar
Reports on more than 700,000 U.S. nonprofit organizations. Registration required.
Hoover's Online
U.S. company capsules. Free information for news, financials and company overviews. Company web links provided. Western Libraries has full access to Hoovers and their in-depth company profiles. Click here for assistance in searching the Hoover database.
Hoover's IPO Central
U.S. initial public offerings. Search by company name, industry grouping location etc. links to homepages, EDGAR, Hoover's and news sources.
Reuters Investor
Snapshots of U.S. public companies. Offers financial information, news releases, company profiles, industry overviews and analyst recommendations. Free registration for full information.
Morningstar
U.S. mutual funds information includes ranking, risk assessment and profile analysis. Also provides information on stock trends and valuations including ratios. Free membership for specified material. Premium membership available for a fee.
PRARS - Public Register's Annual Report Service
Order free paper reports for U.S. companies
Investor Relations Information Network
Free access to electronic annual reports. IRIN will forward your request for a paper copy to the appropriate company.
SEDAR
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval for public, Canadian companies and mutual funds. Provides access to all types of filings including annual reports. Click here for assistance in searching the SEDAR database.
Sid Cato
Annual report critic providing tips, critiques and news releases on the the annual report industry.
Silicon Investor
Historical open, high, low, close and volume for US companies as far back as 1968. Canadian data doesn't go back as far.
StockHouse Online Journal
Focus on micro/small cap stocks. Covers Canadian, U.S. and Australian companies.
TheScannery
A site that attempts to index many thousands of company, government stock exchange and transnational websites. Useful for finding the occurrence of a term in an organization's documents.
Wall Street Journal - Annual Reports Service
Free Annual Reports provided by WILink and The Wall Street Journal Online. The Annual Reports Service provides you with quick access to annual reports and other information on select companies. New companies are added weekly.
Yahoo Finance
Outstanding site providing financials, news releases, analyst recommendations and charts. Provides historical prices for both Canadian and US companies.
STOCK EXCHANGES and REGULATORY AGENCIES
Canadian Securities Administrators
SMALL AND PRIVATE COMPANIES
Finding information about small and private companies is much more difficult than for large and public companies. Most small companies do not have web sites. Try searching the popular search engines on the Web. Google is particularly useful. The following sites are useful for locating small businesses.
Company Directories
Superpages.com
US listings searched by state
Business.com
Company profiles and news releases. Includes coverage of private and international companies. Financial ratios are provided for traded American companies.
Canada411
Finds businesses or people
CanadaYellow Pages
Finds businesses or people
Canadian Trade Index
Search Canadian manufacturers by SIC code or by destination of exports
City of London - Industrial Directory
Directory of local businesses
Global Yellow Pages World Directories
Links to phone directories from around the world
Strategis - Company Information
Canadian listings
ThomasRegister
Online directory of industrial products. Canadian coverage.
COMPANY DIRECTORIES IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Relevant Subject Headings:
Business Enterprises - Directories
Corporations, America - Directories
Corporations - Canada - Directories
Corporations, Canadian - Directories
Corporations - Directories
Corporations - United States - Directories
Industries - Canada - Directories
International Business Enterprises - Directories
Manufactures - Ontario - Directories
Also: Keyword Searching Directories and Advertising
Directories and Ontario and Business
Directories and Retail
Directories and Finance
Directory and Ontario and Business
