Objective U.S. and Canadian Fundamental Financial Data
Standard & Poor's Compustat® North America is a database of financial, statistical and market information on active and inactive companies in the U.S. and Canada, covering over 99% of the U.S. total market cap.
Standardization & Quality Control
Standard & Poor's Compustat® data is unique in that it is standardized. Standardizing the data ensures that comparability exists among similar types of data items, as well as financial results in current and prior time frames. While the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulate many reporting standards, there is a great deal of latitude allowed among companies and industries regarding reporting practices, presentation requirements and disclosure methods. Our value-added data collection and presentation process removes reporting variability and bias to ensure that comparability exists among similar types of data items, as well as financial results in current and prior time frames.
Standard & Poor's maintains data quality through a series of rigorous validity and quality control measures. More than 2,500 validity checks are performed on each company entered into the Compustat database. These steps are designed to ensure the highest standards of accuracy and timeliness.
Choose how you want to access Compustat North America data
Compustat North America data is available through Standard & Poor's analytic products, such as Compustat Xpressfeed®, Research Insight®, Research Insight® on the Web and Market Insight®. Compustat North America data is also available through select third party vendors.
