Company Financial Information: Further Research at New York Public Library

Annual reports before 1956 are in hard copy and are found in the Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries (by the corporate name); 1956-1968 (microcard); 1969-1977, 1996 (microfiche) are in call number *XLF-456. As a result of the Sarbannes Oxley Law of 2002 most companies send a 10K report to all shareholder combining it with their annual report. Recent annual reports/10K reports are available from the web sites of most publicly-held companies.

• Alternative Sources, especially pre-1952 | A scarcer source of financial information about public companies is the microfilm set of Listing Statements of the New York Stock Exchange (Call number *ZAN-T646). Beginning in 1884 these statements publish financial and other information required prior to a company’s listing on the NYSE, a little like an IPO statement. The Library subscribed to this compilation until 1968. Identification of the reel containing your company requires the use of the Index, a copy of which appears here: http://libguides.mit.edu/ld.php?content_id=6600288.

• The Securities Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/) | All publicly held companies are required to file annual financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). All current reports are available at SEC's EDGAR Database - http://edgar.sec.gov/. Earlier 10-K reports are available in microform from 1978 to 1996 in the call number *XLF-456. They are available on Mergent Online (EIC) from 1996 to date; and through the SEC's EDGAR database. Complete retrospective 10-K reports are only available from the Security and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, Telephone: 202-942-8090.

• Standard Corporation Descriptions | JBM 02-42 | Monthly. Library has: Vol. 1, no.1 (Aug.1999 - 2016)

• Value Line Investment Survey | Weekly. Pt.1 (Summary/Index) Pt.2(Selection/Opinion), Pt. 3(Ratings/Reports). Current cycle in Finance section. Earlier issues available in paper issues, JBM 09-48, (2001 - ) and microfiche *XLE-331 (1980-2001).

• Value Line Investment Survey (Small and Mid-Cap Edition) | Covers 1800 smaller cap stocks. [Summary/Index] and Current cycle in Financial section. Earlier issues available to request in paper issues , JBM 09-55 1997- )

• Wall Street Transcript | JBM 98-584  (1998 - current) | *ZAN-T6066 (1964 - 1997) | Weekly publication of stockbroker reports on companies and industries.

• Capital Adjustments : stock dividends, stock rights, reorganizations | JBE 18-610 (1970-1989)* | Originally published to compete with Capital Changes, this service of printed volumes is probably best seen as a supplement to that and to the Directory of Obsolete Securities.  It was published in three stages from 1969 to 1989.

• Stock Reports. New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Market, Other Exchanges (Standard & Poor's) | JBM 14-22 (2014 - Current) | Continues: Standard & Poor's Stock Reports. New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and Regional Exchanges | JBM 98-69 (1998 - 2013) | Before 1997, separate editions of the Stock Reports were published for each exchange. Please check the catalog for further details. | Annual

• OTC Semi-annual Stock Summary | JBL 07-110 (2004-2007) | Continues: National Quotation Bureau Semi-Annual Stock Summary | JBL 94-198 (1994-2004)| The National Stock Summary | JBL 95-134 (1983-1994) | The National Monthly Stock Summary | JBL 92-116 (1917-1983, incomplete) | Quarterly and Semi-Annual Price Summaries | NB: These reports cover what are sometimes referred to as the "Pink Sheets"

• Bank and Quotation Record | *ZAN-T2911 (1928-1964) | Monthly

• The Annalist | ZAN-T379 (1913-1940) | Weekly

• Financial Review | JBN 97-23 (1860/73-1921) | Available electronically in Hathi Trust | Monthly