Compustat North America
| Name | Compustat North America |
| Description | Compustat North America is a database of U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items. Compustat North America files are available in both annual and quarterly formats. The industrial annual formats offer both historical and restated data. The industrial quarterly formats offer restated data as reported by the company. The restated data allows analysts to compare current and prior years' results on a comparable basis and determine financial trends and growth rates. For most companies, annual history is available back to 1950 and quarterly history back to 1962 with monthly market history back to 1962. Compustat North America files also contain information on aggregates, industry segments, banks, market prices, dividends, and earnings. |
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| Keyword | aggregates ; balance sheet ; banks ; Canada ; dividends ; earnings ; income statement ; industry segments ; market prices ; North America ; public companies ; statement of cash flows ; United States |
| Subject | corporations ; stocks ; stock exchanges |
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| Year start | 1950 |
| Year end | Current |
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| Collection | ECO |
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| Access | User Account |
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