Compustat

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Compustat

Company type	Product of S&P Global Market Intelligence, which is a division of S&P Global
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1962
Founder	Standard and Poor's
Headquarters	Centennial, CO , United States
Area served	World wide
Products	Compustat Xpressfeed, Research Insight, Total Return, Compustat Data
Website	http://www.compustat.com

Compustat is a database of financial, statistical, and market information on active and inactive global companies throughout the world. The service began in 1962.

This database provides products directed at institutional investors, universities, bankers, advisors, analysts, and asset/portfolio managers in corporate with, M&A, private capital, equity, and fixed income markets.^{[citation needed]} The database covers 99,000 global securities, covering 99% of the world's total market capitalization with annual company data history available back to 1950 and quarterly data available back to 1962 (depending when that company was added to the database).^{[citation needed]}

The following information is available:

Fundamentals

Compustat Data including Compustat North America, Compustat International, Compustat Global, and Compustat Point-in-Time data sets
Industry classification and universe management by GICS, NAICS and SIC
Key market identifiers, including CUSIP, ISIN, and SEDOL

Integrated Databases

Monthly and daily pricing data
Standard & Poor's and other leading Index Data
Estimates data from Capital IQ and Thomson I/B/E/S
Qualitative content including business descriptions, officer information, and executive compensation
Corporate Actions and Insider and Institutional Holdings

Proprietary Data