Compustat

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For a fee, the world is yours.

At least, that’s what subscription services will tell you. One important financial subscription service is called Compustat. This is a financial database that contains financial, statistical, and marketing information. It includes fundamentals and integrated databases, as well as Standard and Poor’s proprietary data. The annual company data goes back to 1950 and quarterly data back to 1962.

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