Business Ratios

Start at the Library's Homepage

Click on the Databases by Subject Box and select Accounting/Business/Finance/Marketing and click GO

Factiva's Companies/Markets tab contains financial and ratio information about companies

• Select Company from the drop-down list
• Change the Smart Lookup option or either Company Name or Ticker then
• Enter the company name or ticker in the dialog box and
• Click on the matching company
• At the Company Snapshot page click on the Reports link (left side of screen)
• Select the Ratio Comparison Report in HTML format

• At the top of the screen enter either the company name or ticker symbol and click on the match from the returned list of companies
• On the left side of the screen click on the Ratios link
• This link is always in the Financials/Valuation category and frequently in the Most Used category

• Click on the WRDS link
• You cannot save yoor work in WRDS, you can only download results and same on your personal computer, a flash drive, email or save  to your network space
• You are prompted to enter your Hofstra email
• You will receive a one day access code by return email
• Click on the link in the email and you will have access to WRDS
• Ratios are located in Compustat / Tools / Data and Ratios (XLS)
• Enter the year range
• Enter the Ticker codes
• Press Submit
• Should a warning appear about an untrusted connection click on I understand the risks to continue
• The spreadsheet will appear

• Enter either Company Name or Ticker and select correct company from list
• Click on the Financials link on the left side of the screen
• Select Ratios tab
• From available options select type of ratio comparison, time period and companies
• Click Update View