Choose a company that starts with the first letter of your last name from the list provided at the end of the assignment. Fill in the data or answer the questions below.

LIBRARY RESOURCES - DATABASES

Go to Mergent Online. (Hint: Use the alpha index at the top of the Library Databases page)

Enter your company name or ticker symbol in the company search box.   As you type in the name or ticker, you may be given choices of companies. Click on the correct company name. Once you are in the Mergent page for your company, use the summary info at the top and tabs just below that to find relevant info.  

1. Company name:

2. Ticker symbol: 

3. Industry name and NAICS code (i.e. Software Publishers NAICS 511210):

4. Describe the business of the company, in your own words, do not copy paste: 

5. How many employees:

6. In what city and state are the corporate headquarters located:

1. Auditors: 

2. Market Cap:

3. Search elsewhere on the internet for:

a. What is the definition of Market Cap (Capitalization):

b. How is Market Cap Calculated:

4. Name of the Chief Executive Officer "CEO":

5. What university did the CEO attend/graduate from (Hint: click on the CEO's name):

6. Name of the Chief Financial Officer "CFO" if available:

7. What was the most recent closing stock price?

8. Find the most recent annual financial statements for your company.  (Hint:  Company Financials)  What is the report date of this fiscal year?

9. What were Net Sales/Net Revenues/Total Revenues/Total Sales/Revenues/Sales (these terms all mean basically the same thing) for the most recent fiscal year ended (Hint:  in Company Financials select Income Statement in drop down menu and refresh): 

10. What was Net Income(Loss) for the most recent fiscal year ended:

11. Who is the largest institutional holder of this stock?  (Hint: Ownership)

12. Look at the Ownership tab and then at "Insider Trades". Who made the most recent insider trade?

a. Name:

b. Title:

c. Market value of the trade:

Go to Business Source Complete Enter your Company's name in the first search box.  This will produce a list of articles.  Choose one and read it.  You may have to use the "Find it at CSU" link to get the entire article. 

1. Paste the article's URL below. (Hint: Permlink).  If the URL doesn't work then you will not receive these points:

2. Provide a citation of the article in APA style:

3. Write a three sentence summary of the article: 

4. Create a Boolean AND search of two words that are relevant to the business of the company you are researching:

a. Two words searched:

b. Number of results for just the first word:

c. Number of results for both words:

d. Choose one of the articles produced in this two word search.  Read it.

i. Paste the article's URL below [if the URL doesn't work then you will not receive these points]:

ii. APA citation of the article:

iii. Write a three sentence summary of the article:

Go to IBISWorldand enter in your company's name or NAICS code in the search box.  Choose an industry report that seems most relevant to your company or industry code (usually one of the first in the list) and click on it.  Take a look at the report.

1. Name and date of report:

2. Name an"additional resource" provided in the report:

3. Name other companies involved in this industry:

Go to the Company's website

1. Paste the Company's URL below [if the URL doesn't work then you will not receive these points]:

2. Find the press releases (Hint: Investor relations; often at the bottom of the homepage in very small print).  Read the most recent press release.

a. Title of the most recent press release:

b. Write a three sentence summary of the release:

Public Companies

(Note:  We try and keep this list up-to-date, but occasionally companies change status.  If you find that your company is no longer public, please choose another)