Stock Reports/Price Data
This guide lists sources which provide information and access to company stock reports and historical price data. Stock reports are available for any U.S. company that is publicly traded. If a company is a subsidiary of a parent company, look for stock reports/price data of the parent company since the subsidiary's information is not reported separately.
The guide focuses on suggested strategies and best places to begin research efforts. For information & assistance in using any of the sources, please contact library staff:
Getting Started:
InvestorWords.com
What do all those financial terms mean? This financial glossary, sponsored by WSJ, provides over 6,000 terms that may be browsed by subject or letter, or searched by keyword.
Wall Street Executive Library: Financial Markets
Concise links relevant to stock markets/investments.
Stock Reports:
Business & Company Resource Center [AVL Access for community researchers]
Provides Investext reports researched by leading stock analysts.
- Click on the 'Company' icon from the main screen.
- Enter the company name or ticker symbol, choose 'ultimate parent', and click the 'search' button at the bottom of the screen.
- Click your company name on the results list.
- At the top of the screen are various tabs to company information--choose 'Investment Reports'.
- Review reports which vary based on the investment firm that authored them.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
- From L-N's front page, click on the 'Business' category on the left tool-bar.
- On the next screen, click on the link to 'Company Financial Reports'.
- Type your company name or ticker symbol in the first dialogue box.
- Select 'Stock Reports' from the Source pull-down menu.
Note: Includes Nelson's Company Research Reports, Nelson's Consensus Earnings Estimates, Vickers Institutional Holdings, Vickers Securities Report, & Zacks Investment Research.
- Choose a date field as appropriate (suggest 1-2 years).
- Click on the 'search' button.
Mergent Online
- Do a 'Basic Search' for the company name or ticker symbol.
- Click on the company name on the next search screen.
- Click on the various tabs across the top for detailed information (Company Details--Capital Stock, TearSheets).
Standard & Poor's Stock Reports via S&P NetAdvantage
- At the top right of the screen, see the Publication Search box .
- Select 'Stock Reports' from the Select Publication drop-down menu.
- Select ticker or company name from the Search By drop-down menu.
- Enter your company's name or ticker symbol in the text box and click on the gold arrow.
- Also review other company sources listed on the left menu bar.
Note: Refer to the Stock Report Features Guide for assistance in interpreting data.
Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) - Daily Stock Prices
Refer to Section C: Money & Investing for stock price data. Pages 1-2 usually include overall trading activity for stock exchanges (Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500 & Russell 2000). Section C also covers individual stocks on each of the exchanges offering high, low, & close data and yearly activity.
WSJ Paper Copies:
Six months of the WSJ are located are kept on the shelves at the MCOB Library.
Microfilm Copies:
The University Library provides microfilm copies of the WSJ on the 2nd floor near Government Documents. Holdings are from 1958 until 2 months ago.
Yahoo! Finance
The market summary covered on the home page. To locate information for a specific company, enter the ticker symbol in the search box at the top of the page (use symbol lookup if the ticker symbol is unknown).
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Historical Price Data :
BigCharts - Historical Quotes
Pricing data goes back a number of years, however, the researcher will need to input each date separately.
Directory of Obsolete Securities
MCOB Reference HG 4961 .D56
"This directory provides a brief profile of banks and companies whose original identities have been lost as a result of one or more of the following actions: change in name, merger, acquisition, dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy, or charter cancellation. The listing for each company indicates the manner in which the company's identity or securities became obsolete; each listing also includes the new name of the company (if any) and the year in which the action occurred. "
Dow Jones Averages
Dow Jones Averages 1885-1990
MCOB Reference HG 4915 .D6433 1991
Markets in motion: a financial market history, 1900 to 2004
MCOB Reference HG 4551 .N42 2005
Stock Markets & Share Price Information (Karen Blakeman)
Blakeman provides global stock exchange and price data links per country.
Standard & Poor's Research Insight Database
(MCOB Lab Use Only)
S&P Research Insight is available for use in the MCOB Labs. If you are a first time user, please ask for assistance by contacting Deborah Harrington to set up an appointment.
S&P RI Manuals are now available on the Web in PDF Format. To learn the basics of the system, which includes more information on how to run preformatted reports such as the ones outlined below, refer to the 'Getting Started Guide'.
I. To run various reports:
- From the left toolbar menu, click on the 3rd button from the bottom 'Open Report' .
- Scroll down the list of folders and double click on any of the following folders: Market Reports, Institutional Holdings, or Insider Trading.
- Highlight the report you wish to run and click 'Finish' at the bottom.
- A box that helps you enter data to run the report will appear on the screen. Enter the ticker symbol and click 'OK' at the bottom of the screen.
- When the report appears, click the print button.
To save your report for use in Excel:
1. Pull down the 'File' menu at the top of the screen and select 'Save As'
2. Name file and saves as a .txt file
3. Click the button on the right 'Text Options'
4. Click on 'Comma' and 'Use Labels'
5. Click OK
6. Put disk in drive--choose--directory--OK
To open your file in Excel:
1. Open Excel
2. Use the 'File' pull-down menu and select 'Open'
3. Browse and locate drive and file name [see 'All Files]
4.
Choose, 'Delimited', then Next
5. Take the check mark off of 'Tab' and click on 'Comma', then Next
6. Click 'Finish'
7. Review Columns and Rows in Excel in comparison to your printout and adjust as needed.
Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) - Daily Stock Prices Back to 1958
Refer to Section C: Money & Investing for stock price data. Pages 1-2 usually include overall trading activity for stock exchanges (Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, S&P 500 & Russell 2000). Section C also covers individual stocks on each of the exchanges offering high, low, & close data and yearly activity.
Dow Jones-Irwin Guide to Using the Wall Street Journal
MCOB Reference HB 3743 .L44 1984
WSJ Paper Copies:
Six months of the WSJ are located are kept on the shelves at the MCOB Library.
Microfilm Copies:
The University Library provides microfilm copies of the WSJ on the 2nd floor near Government Documents. Holdings are from 1958 until 2 months ago.
Yahoo! Finance
The market summary covered on the home page. To locate information for a specific company, enter the ticker symbol in the search box at the top of the page (use symbol lookup if the ticker symbol is unknown). On the company's page, click on the link to 'Historical Prices' on the left toolbar. Allows downloading to excel.
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Last Updated: 7/15/07 DLH
