Company Info and Financial Statements
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Compustat global (Access via WRDS)
Database description
Compustat provides balance sheet and market data of active and non-active listed companies in a standardized form. (Acces via WRDS)
Keywords: Banks , Company Info and Financial Statements , Indices and Factors , Stock Prices / Market
Access information
Access only possible with a WRDS account.
You can find out how to apply for an account here.
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Eikon (also see LSEG Workspace)
Database description
LSEG Worksapce is a database with information on commodities, equities, fixed-income securities and hedge funds, on the foreign exchange & money market and on wealth management.
Various services are available via the Woekspace platform, in particular the Datastream database. The database contains tools for navigating news including videos of live and on-demand equity news broadcasts. It provides key market data, charts, time series analysis and streaming news from Reuters and other financial institutions and market research firms for price analysis and global indices of individual stocks. It also includes charts and fundamentals, proprietary data and analysis to provide actionable insights into the global equity market.
Keywords: Bonds and fixed Income , Company Info and Financial Statements , Currency Exchange Rates , Deriatives / Options , Indices and Factors , Stock Prices / Markets
Access information
Please contact us for access to LSEG Workspace and Datastream.
E-Mail to: lica-data@wiso.uni-koeln.de
Tutorials
Learning Centre:
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IBES (Access via WRDS)
Database description
The I/B/E/S database contains the earnings estimates (EPS) of banks and individual analysts. The estimates are offered to American companies (HSEPSUS) and international companies (HSEPSINT). Explore I/B/E/S on WRDS to access summary and individual analyst forecasts of company earnings, estimates and recommendations. Enhance your research using I/B/E/S, I/B/E/S Global Aggregates, I/B/E/S Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and I/B/E/S Guidance.
Within I/B/E/S, access:
- I/B/E/S Global Aggregates Extract earnings forecasts plus related data for 87 countries and major international indices — global asset allocation, cross-border valuation, sector and industry aggregation and derivatives.
- I/B/E/S Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Effectively evaluate a business and how likely it is to perform in the medium and long terms. KPIs allow researchers to effectively evaluate a business and how likely it is to perform in the medium and long terms.
- I/B/E/S Guidance Directly compare analyst and management expectations on company performance for over 8,200 companies, safe in the knowledge that they are using the same accounting basis for consistent analysis.
(Access via WRDS)
Keywords: Banks , Company Info and Financial Statements
Access information
Access only possible with a WRDS account.
You can find out how to apply for an account here.
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LSEG Workspace (former EIKON)
Database description
LSEG Workspace is a service mainly for financial experts with information on commodities, equities, fixed-income securities and hedge funds, on the foreign exchange & money market and on wealth management.
Various services are available via the platform, in particular the Datastream database . The database contains tools for navigating news including videos of live and on-demand equity news broadcasts. It provides key market data, charts, time series analysis and streaming news from Reuters and other financial institutions and market research firms for price analysis and global indices of individual stocks. It also includes charts and fundamentals, proprietary data and analysis to provide actionable insights into the global equity market.
Keywords: Bonds and fixed Income , Company Info and Financial Statements , Currency Exchange Rates , Deriatives / Options , Indices and Factors , Stock Prices / Markets
Access information
Please contact us for access to Datastream and LSEG Workspace via e-mail: lica-data
wiso.uni-koeln.de
Download der Application:
LSEG web access:
Support & Tutorials
Learning Centre:
Issues with the Datastream Excel Add-in on Mac: Alternative access via LSEG Web Access is recommended.
- Search for Datastream Chart Studio or DSCHART in the main search field.
- Hover the mouse pointer over the arrow next to the name of any data series.
- In the popup menu, select the option “Find New Series” to access the Datastream Navigator.
- In the Datastream Navigator, enter search terms or start browsing data categories.
Issues with Datastream Excel Add-in when using a VPN client:
- When using a VPN client, error messages may occur when retrieving data via the Datastream Excel Add-in
- In this case, deactivate the VPN client
Questions or issues? Contact us:
WiSo Data Library Team
+49-221-470-3511
lica-datawiso.uni-koeln.de
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Morningstar Direct
Database description
Morningstar Direct provides comprehensive data on investments worldwide. The database contains data points on portfolios, performance, risk and master data.
Keywords: Company Info and Financial Statements
Access information
Access only for members of the WiSo factual database agreement.
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Nexis
Database description
(formerly LexisNexis/Economy)
The database contains international press releases, company and financial information, information on people from business, politics and current affairs, sector data, country reports and legal information.
Keywords: Comapny Info and Financial Statements , Economy
Access information
Accessible from the university network (by VPN)
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Orbis Europe (Zugang via WRDS)
Database description
Orbis Europe contains information from European companies, banks and insurance companies. Company and shareholding data as well as financial figures for listed and unlisted companies from the last 10 years are available.
With Orbis you can analyse individual companies, search for companies with certain characteristics and carry out a wide range of evaluations and comparisons.
The following information is contained in the data records:
- Standardised financial statement data (consolidated and non-consolidated)
- Financial ratios, ratings and creditworthiness indicators
- Board members, managing directors and managers
- Share prices of listed companies
- Detailed information on company networks
- Industry reports
- M&A transactionen from the BvD Zephyr database (on a company basis)
- Patent data (on a company basis)
- ESG ratings
- and much more
Keywords: Company Info and Financial Statements , Stock Prices / Markets
Access Information
Access only possible with a WRDS account.
You can find out how to apply for an account here.
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Statista
Database description
Statista is a statistics portal that bundles statistical data from various institutes and sources. The database offers:
- Statistics on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 different sources
- Sector information from agriculture to administration and social affairs
- Company information with key figures of over 1000 companies
- Information graphics on current topics
Reports bundle all relevant statistics on a specific topic.
For each statistic, the available metadata such as source, publication date, number of respondents, etc. are published and thus make the data on Statista verifiable. Data sets are prepared according to scientific criteria.
Further more there is an access to the following databases:
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eCommerce Insights : Detailed information for 39,000+ online stores and marketplaces, 70+ KPIs per store, revenue analytics and forecasts
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Consumer Insights (until 2022 called Statista Global Consumer Survey) : Insights on consumer attitudes and behavior worldwide, 2,000,000+ interviews, 15,000+ brands
Keywords: Company Info and Financial Statements , Statistics
Access information
Accessible from the university network (by VPN)
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WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)
Database description
Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) is a web-based retrieval tool of Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. WRDS provides a business intelligence, data analytics, and research platform to global institutions enabling comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis, and insight into the latest innovations in academic research. Search, combine and save information from various databases and different data providers via a singular search interface or use your own software to connect with the database.
WRDS consists of two different kinds of databases:
- Databases that are included automatically when subscribing to WRDS (included datasets & analytics): Bank Regulatory, Blockholders, CBOE, DMEF, Dow Jones, Fama French, FDIC, Federal Reserve Bank Reports, IRI, OTC Markets, Penn Wold Tables, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, SEC Disclosure of Order Execution, TRACE.
- Databases that can be included in WRDS search with a separate license with the data providers (additional datasets & analytics), e.g. Amadeus/Orbis, Audit + Compliance, COMPUSTAT, CRSP, Eventus, I/B/E/S, MFLinks, Ownership, Worldscope.
Keywords: Banks , Bonds and fixed Income , Company Info and Financial Statements , Currency Exchange Rates , Derivatives / Options , Indices and Factors , Stock Prices / Markets , Statistics , Economy
Access information
How do I get access into WRDS?
To apply for WRDS access, you must meet the following requirements:
- You are a member (student or employee) of the WiSo faculty.
- You have a valid Uni-Köln identifier (Uni-KIM).
1. Faculty internal application procedure
The following groups of people can apply for a WRDS account:
| Group | Account-Type | Registration form |
| Professors, Assistant Professor | Faculty-Account | Download Form (Employee) |
| Scientific staff, PhD student | PhD-Account | Download Form (Employee) |
| Student assistants | Research Assistant-Account | Download Form (Student) |
| Master students | Masters-Account | Download Form (Student) |
- Please fill out the appropriate registration form digitally,
- sign it (for student accounts, the signature of the supervising person is also absolutely necessary) and
- send it to lica-data(at)wiso.uni-koeln.de.
Following this, you can create a personal account at WRDS as described below.
2. Personal registration on the WRDS platform
- Open in the web browser: https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/register/
- Fill out the online form and select "University of Cologne" in the subscriber field and select your appropriate account type in the User Type field.
- After registration, an email will be sent to the WRDS administrators who will then verify WiSo faculty affiliation.
- Once approved by the WRDS administrators, your personal WRDS account will be created and you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to proceed.
Important notice
If you already have a WRDS account - active or recently inactive - do not request another WRDS account. Use the account-transfer-form to automatically transfer the account or contact the WRDS Support.