CES Search Fund: Identifying Specific Companies and Prospecting
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Screening Firms by Financial Criteria
- Data Axle Reference Solutions This link opens in a new windowProvides data on both public and private firms.
Evaluating Specific Companies
- Capital IQ This link opens in a new windowIf you get an error message when trying to connect, see our Capital IQ access FAQ.
Data on public and private companies, financial statements, M&A deals, and executives and boards worldwide. By S&P Global.
Note: If you're looking for analyst reports, use LSEG Workspace instead. Learn more.
For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students for academic use only.
Help: Capital IQ access & Excel Plug-in instructions | Capital IQ search help - LSEG Workspace This link opens in a new windowFinancial terminal from the London Stock Exchange Group (formerly Thomson Reuters and Refinitiv). Provides access to global pricing data (stocks and bonds), company fundamentals, I/B/E/S estimates, ESG data, deals and league tables, analyst reports, and more. Replaced Eikon.
For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students.
Help: LSEG Workspace access information | Video Tutorials | Analyst/Equity Reports - Compustat (in WRDS) This link opens in a new windowProvides comprehensive company financial analysis.
- Valuation ResourcesAvailable on the web.
- Yahoo FinanceAvailable on the web.
- ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new windowOne stop shop for ProQuest business content. Includes eBooks, news and magazines, journals, videos, and reports on companies, industries, markets, and countries. Replaces ABI/INFORM.
Stanford GSB Alumni: Access ProQuest One Business
Names and Addresses of Executives
- Data Axle Reference Solutions This link opens in a new windowContains information on executive directories.
- D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new windowAllows you to search for executives by position, geographic location, and education institution among other characteristics.
Searching Lists of Interesting Companies
- Magazine listsProvide ideas of the top players in a particular industry or the fastest growing industries e.g. Inc 5000 fastest-growing private companies, Forbes 200 Best Small Companies.