Crash Course in Business Research: Industry Ratios and Statistics
Based on a workshop presented on October 28, 2015
Industry Ratios
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial RatiosCall Number: HF5681 .R25T68 (Reference stacks)Contains operating and financial information for corporations with and without net incomes as well as only for those companies in an industry that operated at a profit. Organized by the SIC Code.
Industry norms and key business ratiosCall Number: HD47. D82 (Reference stacks)Financial ratios arranged by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes.
IRS Corporate Financial RatiosCall Number: HF5681 .I77 (Reference stacks)Compiled from IRS data from income statements and balance sheets for companies with and without net income. Organized by major and minor industry groups.
RMA annual statement studiesCall Number: HF5681 .B2R5 (Reference stacks)Balance sheet and income statements as well as commonly used ratios for over 360 industries. Organized by the SIC Code as well as title of industry. Includes the most recent five years of data.
Industry Statistics
- Business & Industry Survey / Census.govProvides statistics about U.S. businesses and governments.
- Economic census information at Columbia University Libraries / Columbia University Libraries, U.S. Government Documents. This link opens in a new window
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This guide identifies and locates publications from the U.S. Economic Census, both in print and online.
- Industry snapshotsProvide worldwide market data for a broad range of industries and regions.
- Mintel global market navigator . This link opens in a new window
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"GMN is a trusted database containing market size, market share and forecast data for thousands of consumer goods categories worldwide." - ProQuest statistical insight . This link opens in a new window
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Provides statistical data from U.S. government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and international organizations from 1983.
- Standard & Poor's Industry SurveysEach survey is divided into two parts. 1) the basic analysis which contains an examination of prospects for that industry followed by composite industry data & a comparative company analysis 2) the current analysis which contains the latest developments and some industry and company statistics.
- Standard & Poor's Statistical ServiceCall Number: HG4921 .S71 (Reference Stacks)Cumulative annual with monthly updates. Contains current and historical time series data on money, commodities, stock indexes, and industry indexes.
- Statistical abstract of the United States . This link opens in a new windowA statistical reference and guide to over 250 statistical publications and sources from government and private organizations. Provides more time-series, geographic and industry coverage than print publication.