Data Services

Research Insight is built upon the foundation of Compustat's sophisticated data. Since 1962, Compustat has set the industry standard for worldwide financial data collection. Compustat data covers over 75,000 securities, which represent over 90% of the world's total market capitalization.

Research Insight has an extensive library of predefined reports and financial spreadsheet templates such as: Compustat Analysts' Notes*, Industry Specific reports, Pension reports, Global Coverage template, Snapshot view of company financials, Global comparables model and Global Market Performance templates. Use these tools to analyze the relationship among multiple variables and identify the driving forces behind the returns of your investments over time.
*This term refers to Standard & Poor's Compustat data analysts, who are financial researchers unrelated to, and independent from, any Standard & Poor's credit or equity analyst.

With Standard & Poor's Research Insight, you can:

• Customize your analysis—build complex screens or quickly create basic queries using the thousands of data items, ratios and concept calculations available
• Maximize your time—use the built-in wizards to save time generating your models so you can focus on analysis and results
• Import your own data—create custom expressions and import your own proprietary data and models
• Integrate with Microsoft^® Excel—create your own spreadsheets or use the extensive library of predefined reports and templates in Excel using all of the features adn data available in Research Insight
• Run reports and charts—access an extensive library of predefined reports and charts, including the most commonly used income statement, balance sheet reports or design and build your own
• Create custom models and templates with the assistance of our application consultants—to support your modeling or spreadsheet creation needs, Standard & Poor's has a team of dedicated application consultants

With over 300 predefined company and industry reports, Research Insight is a great resource for detailed, insightful company and industry financial information. These reports are easy to access, saving you time and adding depth to your analysis. Keeping up with the latest market needs, this vast collection includes reports for commonly-used presentations, comparative, composite, growth and trend analytical reports, and combined industry reports and more. All are available through the Open Report and Open Template menus within the Research Insight desktop and Excel add-on.

Following are examples of the predefined reports and templates included in Research Insight:

Company Fundamental Analysis Compustat Analysts' Notes* Industry Specific GICS® Aggregate Pension

Debt Analysis Global Coverage Template Snapshot of Company Overview Global Comparables Model Market Performance

*This term refers to Standard & Poor's Compustat data analysts, who are financial researchers unrelated to, and independent from, any Standard & Poor's credit or equity analyst.

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