COMPUSTAT INFORMATION

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Standard & Poor's COMPUSTAT

COMPUSTAT provides superior accounting statement information on companies from around the world.

Mainframe Tape Products

S&P Bond Guide Database provides history on over 6,800 convertible, corporate and foreign bonds from 1986 to the current month. This database carries over 60 items per bond such as interest rate, maturity date, S&P CreditWatch status and yield to maturity.
Global Vantage on tape. This international database carries comprehensive financial data on over 10,000 companies. Provides in-depth pricing and market-related information from December 1985 to present for companies in 60 countries.
COMPUSTAT full subscription. Covers 16,775 companies. Has approximately 9000 active companies with up to 20 years and 48 quarters of history and approximately 7000 inactive companies. Provides income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow items, monthly stock price data, business segment data, geographic segment data and company address and name information. ACE estimated earnings database contains analyst recommendations for more than 4000 companies.
COMPUSTAT limited subscription. Covers over 7,770 companies. Has approximately 4,700 active companies with up to 20 years and 48 quarters of history and approximately 3,100 inactive companies. Provides income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow items, monthly stock price data, business segment data, geographic segment data and company address and name information. ACE estimated earnings database contains analyst recommendations for more than 4000 companies.

Special Databases

ExecuComp. Executive Compensation and board data from 1500 firms from 1991 to present. A unique database.
Price, Dividends and Earnings (PDE). Monthly history from 1962 to present with approximatly 8,960 US and 738 Canadian companies plus industry indices.
Daily Stock Price History.Up to 20 years of daily price and dividend history Covers 23,000 equities and 6,000 mutual funds.
S&P Industry Index History.Over 100 industries for up to 30 years with balance sheet and income statement ratios.
Back Data-Active Companies Approximately 2,370 companies with up to 19 years of annual history prior to that of current database. 90 quarters of quarterlies also available.
Back Data-Inactive Companies Approximately 4,500 companies with up to 19 years of annual history prior to that of current database. 90 quarters of quarterlies also available.
Back Data-Bank Companies Approximately 71 companies with up to 19 years of annual history prior to that of current database. 90 quarters of quarterlies also available.
Back Data Industry Segments-Active Companies Approximately 5,250 companies with up to 19 years of annual history prior to that of current database.
Back Data Industry Segments-Inactive Companies Approximately 5,000 companies with up to 19 years of annual history prior to that of current database.
Industry Segments-Inactive Companies
Multiple SICs-Active CompaniesApproximately 7360 copmanies with up to 90 SIC codes for each for the most current year.
Geographic Data-Active CompaniesApproximately 7360 copmanies with up to 7 years of data on geographic segments.
Back Data-Geographic Data-Active Companies
Back Data-Geographic Data-Inactive Companies
Monthly and Quarterly History-Inactive Companies.Price, dividends and earnings as far back as 1962.
Canadian Annual.738 Canadian companies data with up to 20 years of financials.
Canadian Quarterly.775 Canadian companies data with quarterly data since 1991.

Query and Ordering Information

You can obtain further information about COMPUSTAT databases and pricing information by calling S&P at (212) 512-4900. You can also fax queries to (303) 740-4677. COMPUSTAT can be reached by mail at 7400 S. Alton Court, Englewood, CO 80112-9970. Plus, there's a COMPUSTAT web page with more contact information.

Articles About Compustat or Which Use Compustat

Bednar, Dick. "Residual Analysis Using Compustat Data," Journal of Financial Education, 1977, v6, 90-92.
Beedles, William L. "A Comparison Of Compustat And Value Line Financial Data Bases," Journal of Financial Education, 1983, v12, 100-102.
Bennin, Robert. "Error Rates In CRSP And COMPUSTAT: A Second Look," Journal of Finance, 1980, v35(5), 1267-1271.
Glimpse, Warren G. "The Compustat Analysis System: An Integrated Software Package For Financial Analysis And Modeling," Journal of Financial Education, 1976, v5, 80-87.
McElreath, Robert B., Jr. and C. Donald Wiggins. "Using The COMPUSTAT Tapes In Financial Research: Problems And Solutions," Financial Analyst Journal, 1984, v40(1), 71-76.
Rosenberg, Barr and Michel Houglet. "Error Rates In CRSP And COMPUSTAT Data Bases And Their Implications," Journal of Finance, 1974, v29(4), 1303-1310.
San Miguel, Joseph G. "The Reliability Of R&D Data In COMPUSTAT And 10-K Reports," The Accounting Review, 1977, v52(3), 638-641.
Schaffer, Burton F. and D. Ordell Calkins. "Compustat: Bringing The Real World Into The Classroom," Journal of Financial Education, 1977, v6, 75-78.
Thornton, Jack E. and Henry Tobler, III. "Effective Compustat Tape Utilization By Students And Faculty," Journal of Financial Education, 1975, v4, 111-113.
Varela, Oscar. "Using The COMPUSTAT Tapes In Studying The Dow Jones Portfolios," Financial Analyst Journal, 1986, v42(5), 70-75.
Vigeland, Robert L. "Instructional Usage Of The Compustat Data Files," Journal of Accounting Education, 1983, v1(2), 123-133.

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This page is maintained by Tim Opler who can be reached at opler.1@osu.edu. Updated January 20, 1996 with information provided by Compustat.