Library: Corporate Finance: Investment Analyst Reports

Analysts Reports

Some large companies disclose information to investment analysts.
Investment analyst reports are available from the databases featured below.

Find Analyst Reports in these databases

Business Insights Global
Company Dossier

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A unique database that brings together a wide variety of resources that cover companies and industries.
This innovative resource includes company profiles (with corporate parent/sibling relationships), industry rankings, products and brands, investment reports, industry statistics, financial ratios, case studies, and corporate chronologies and history. Coverage is from 1980-present.

1. Type Your Company in the initial screen.
2. When the Company Profile appears, scroll down the first page to find Investment Reports under the Ratios box.

Company Dossier (NexisUni) This link opens in a new window
From the Menu drop down box at the top of the page, select: Company Dossier. Information is gathered from a wide array of sources, including: Standard and Poor's Corporate Descriptions, Hoover's Company Reports, Disclosure Reports and more. Subject areas include: Business & Financial News, U.S. and international company financial information, market research, industry reports, industry ratios, and SEC filings.

1. From the Nexis/Uni home page, slide to the top of the page.
2. Click on the down arrow by Menu. Select: Company Dossier

In the Company Name box, type: your company
Select your company from the Results List
From the left navigation area, under Investment Reports, select: Analysts Reports

Conference calls

A conference call is also known as an "earnings conference call," "analyst call," "earnings call" or "results-earnings call." Investors can listen to the quarterly earnings report that management makes to analysts. Often, you will be able to get a transcript of the call to help determine your analysis of the company's financial earnings and projections.

For more information, see the guide:
Earnings Calls