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Business (Company)

Resources and strategies for researching information on companies. Emphasis on publicly traded companies.

Company Research Guide

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Researching a company?

Use this guide to find a range of sources used to examine a company such as: 

  • Company profiles (public companies and very large private companies**)
  • Corporate annual reports
  • Business news and trade publications

Publicly traded companies are much easier to find research due to reporting requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). **Researching small private companies requires more effort and the use of a series of resources to create an "understanding" or story of the company. 

This guide navigates in a series of pages on the left-hand side. 

Subjects: Business