S&P NetAdvantage

Access: S & P NetAdvantage

Librarian: Shaun Bennett

What it is:

• An online database of public and (limited) private company data including subsidiaries and M&A deals, also including Standard & Poor's publications related to financial markets and investing.

What you can expect to find:

• Extensive profiles of publicly traded companies including financials, executives and officers, reports on relevant industries, competitor listings, 5-star ratings of stocks, valuation, brief analyst research notes, and company news.
• Basic financials, business descriptions and ratios on international companies.
• Mutual funds and ETF information.
• Limited market reports for broad markets.

Some useful things you can do:

• Download company financials for working in Excel; download PDFs of company profiles.
• Find current economic briefs, insights, trends, and projections under the Industry Surveys section.
• Screen funds based on criteria like fund family, S&P ranking, and others.

Limitations:

• Historical data is only available through the Chart Builder function. Such data can be exported from the function as well.