HOOVER'S ONLINE
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Availability
Hoover's Online is a subscription service that provides business information via the web. Current students, faculty and staff can access this service which is restricted by IP address. For access, please point your web browser to
http://mergentonline.com/hoovers.
and click on the "Continue" button.
Description
Hoover's Online includes reports on companies, industries and initial public offerings (IPOs).
- Company information: Includes reports about public and private companies, such as descriptive summaries and profiles, lists of top competitors (including comparisons of financial ratios for the selected company relative to its competitors, the market segment and industry), products and operations summary (annual figures for most recent year available), and lists of company officers. Users can also access summary income statements and balance sheets (most of it in HTML format, with some quarterly and annual data downloadable as MS Excel spreadsheets), and some market information. Additional links provide news stories related to the selected company.
- Initial public offerings (IPOs) information: The "IPO Central" includes information about recent IPOs, lists of underwritters, lists of IPOs underwritten by a specific investment bank, pricings (totals by quarter and totals by industry), etc.
Hoover's also offers information on money management, career development, news, and business travel.
Vendor information
Hoover's, Inc.
5800 Airport Blvd.
Austin, TX 78752
Phone: (512) 374-4500
Fax: (512) 374-4501
Accessing Hoover's Online
