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Compustat Global Vantage

Compustat Global Vantage is a database of accounting information about Global (non-US) publicly listed companies. It covers the Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement and Balance Sheet as well as many other supplemental items.

It has fundamental information going back over 20 years covering annual, quarterly and monthly data items. It also contains historical information on companies that no longer exist because of merger or bankruptcy, known as inactive or 'research' companies.

Research Insight is the desktop application by which you can interrogate and analyse this data.

Installation and access

Staff - Research Graduates

The software can be installed on any supported connection within the department, please contact Paul Hodgson with your request.

Students - Taught Graduates

The software is installed on the following PC's within the department, there is no provision for personal use.

MSc area - ecopc722, ecopc723, ecopc724

Help and use

• Introductory user guide to Compustat Global Vantage - Research Insight (MS Word , 925kb). However, the software has extensive internal help which you can access through Help | RI Help Topics
• Compustat Global Vantage - Research Insight