Research Guides: ACC341 Intermediate Accounting I: Comparisons

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Value Line Library Elite This link opens in a new window
In-depth financial information, including market and financial data on U.S. companies, mutual funds and other securities, industry sectors, indices and economic variables, plus commentary and insights on companies, industries, markets and the economy.

Compare to the Industry

Click on Markets and then on View all industry analysis
Locate the industry in the list
You can also go to Browse Research, search for your company again, then go down the page to Industry Analysis where you can download/print a PDF of the industry

Investopedia
Investopedia offers an abundance of financial content, from articles, dictionary terms, tutorials and video, to frequently asked questions and exam prep quizzes.

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Enter your company's ticker symbol and click Get Quote
Click on the link to the specific industry you wish to compare underneath the daily quote

Yahoo! Finance: Industry Center
A rich source of financial information with company profiles, SEC filings, annual reports, stock quotes, news, analysis, industry statistics and news, and information for investors. Historical quotes for stocks, bonds, and money markets are since 1970 and give daily, weekly, and monthly closing prices and dividends. Also see "Industry Browser" under "Tools" which allows you to browse industries by performance rankings, including ROE, P/E ratio, market cap, price change, price to book value, profit margin, price to book value, long term debt, and more. Enter your company symbol and click "View Industry".

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Zacks.com: Stock Research & Ratings
Enter your stock symbol and choose your company from the list of suggested companies.

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Enter your company's ticker symbol and choose it from the suggested companies
Along the left-hand side menu, click on Comparison to Industry under the Research heading

Investing Center This link opens in a new window
Data and independent analysis on investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds.

Compare Companies

Enter your company's name or ticker symbol and select it from the list of suggested companies
On the Quote tab, click on Industry Peers

Compare Companies

Search using your company's ticker symbol
Scroll down to see Related companies or click on the link to Related companies along the left
View by the most recent annual OR most recent quarter

Value Line Library Elite This link opens in a new window
In-depth financial information, including market and financial data on U.S. companies, mutual funds and other securities, industry sectors, indices and economic variables, plus commentary and insights on companies, industries, markets and the economy.

Compare Companies

Enter the company name or ticker symbol in the search box and choose the company from the list suggested
Go down to Industry Analysis and click on Read more
In the pop-up window, you get the industry analysis as well as a visual that includes other companies in the industry; mouse-over each to see the relative strength (ratio of the company to the industry), and click on the link to view a list of companies within that industry