Research Guides: ENTR 200 (Davis): Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation : Company Research

Company Research

	Privately Held Company	Public Company
Meaning	Wholly owned privately by private investors, management, founders, etc.	Sells all or its part of shares to the public by IPO. Similarly, it contains investors, founders, etc.
Public Stock Exchange	Not traded on public stock exchange.	Traded on public stock exchange like NYSE, Tokyo Stock Exchange, etc.
Information Availability	Almost no information is available.	A lot of primary as well as some secondary data is available.
Size	Small comparatively.	Large-dealing in dollars.
Valuation	Very difficult due to lack of information.	Easier due to a lot of information availability.
Control	Owners and management have higher control over their company.	Lower control, must have board of directors from inside and outside the company.

Mergent Online
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Company financial statements, ratios, and other quantitative data. Other information includes but is not limited to SEC filings, analyst reports, executive/board biographies and compensation details, and historical daily stock pricing back to 1925.
LSEG Workspace This link opens in a new window
Company, industry, and economic data and news from the London Stock Exchange Group including ESG, M&A, and robust charting.
Note: This resource requires you to create a user account.
S&P Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
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n-depth financial/valuation data resource, including information on equities, credit ratings, transactions, and more. Explore pricing across markets including indices, commodities, and more. Use hundreds of data points to generate lists of companies, markets, or executives. Includes an Excel plug-in for data analysis, and the S&P Market Intelligence platform to find sector-specific financial data, research, and news.
D&B Hoovers
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Aggregates company profiles, business news, and industry reports.

PrivCo
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A premier source for business and financial data on over 300,000 major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies. Note: This resource requires you to create a user account.

Google
Google search can be extremely helpful for looking up keywords or phrases you might not be familiar with. It can also help you find similar terms that can help guide you to the resources you're looking for.
Google News
Click on Business.

IBISWorld Industry Reports
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Data-driven reports on industries. Each report is approximately 30-40 pages in length, providing an authoritative overview of trends, competitive forces, statistics, top companies, and more.
ThomasNet: Thomas Register of American Manufacturers This link opens in a new window
From the dominant big green books of the Thomas Register to today, when the Thomas Network at Thomasnet.com is the go-to resource for product sourcing and supplier selection, our singular focus has been on helping to fuel the success of industry.
Data Axle Reference Solutions
Basic directory data including 93 million US businesses, 379 million historical US businesses, and 261 million individual US consumers. Use it to build lists like these examples: all coffee shops in Indianapolis, all semiconductor machinery manufacturers in California and Indiana, or consumers in West Lafayette interested in cooking / wine with a household income between $125,000-$200,000.

Glassdoor Built on the foundation of increasing workplace transparency, Glassdoor combines the latest jobs with millions of company ratings and reviews, CEO approval ratings, salary reports, interview reviews and questions, benefits reviews, office photos and more. Unlike other job sites, all of this information is shared by those who know a company best — the employees. In turn, job seekers on Glassdoor are well-researched and more informed about the jobs and companies they apply to and consider joining. This is why thousands of employers across all industries and sizes turn to Glassdoor to help them recruit and hire quality candidates at scale who stay longer. Glassdoor is available anywhere via its mobile apps.