Advanced Search

The Advanced Search allows you to specify a wide range of textual and financial criteria to be searched for.

 

These criteria are textual or numeric information within the data stored on companies. Multiple criteria can be set, combined with ‘AND’ or ‘OR’, for even greater refinement in searches.

 

You may choose from eight different categories of information from which to build criteria for your specific search.

 

Corporate Information

Executives

Financials

Industry Codes

Pricing

Ratios

Textual Search

Portfolio & Index

 

 

·         Select Target Universe: Check-off the company databases to be searched.  Select from any of the available Mergent Databases:

o    US Company Universe: Active publicly traded US companies

o    US Company Archive: Public US companies that have merged, were acquired or went bankrupt since 1995.

o    International Universe: Non-US publicly traded companies

o    International Archive: Public Non-US companies that have merged, were acquired or went bankrupt since 1995.

o    Private Company Database: Private company reports from the Dun & Bradstreet Private Company Database.

Note: Depending on your subscription, various database names will be available for selection.

·         To Build Search Criteria

o    Select the databases you wish to search by setting the check box in front of their names.
The five available databases contain data for active and inactive US and International companies, and Private companies.

o    Once you have selected the databases you wish to search within, Select Data Categories by choosing one of the tab options:

§  Corporate Information

§  Executives

§  Financials

§  Industry Codes

§  Pricing

§  Ratios

§  Textual Search

§  Index & Portfolio

o    After you have chosen a specific category of information, select a data point of interest by clicking the (+) icon next to it.  This will populate the area below with each data point you choose and more specific options available for that particular data point.

o    When you click on a data point, you will notice that this data point and further specifications particular to it will appear in a row below the options box.

§  If you have clicked a data point incorrectly, simply click on the X on the left of the criteria box.

§  If you have chosen the correct data point, be certain to offer further specifications to better narrow your search.  
Note: Select a category from the list above for a specific break down of the options available to you for each data point.

o    As you build the criteria for your search, pay attention to the numbers generating within each data point box.  This is Mergent Online’s projection for the number of results available for each additional data point.  As your search becomes more specific, the number will naturally become smaller.  Note:  Even if you build a search with multiple data points, you do not have to start over if you wish to perform your search from any earlier data criterion which may return higher results.  At the right of each data point box is a view link.  Click this link to view your results at each stage of your criteria building process. 

Note: The number generation tool may take some time to populate. You may either choose to wait for it or view the results before this estimate number generates.  

o    When ready, choose the view button to start the search for companies satisfying the criteria specified.
This will take you to the Search Results page.

 

 

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