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Guide to Mergent Online

Navigating a Company Profile

Once you have a company profiles in Mergent Online opened, use the tabbed menu to navigate to different parts of the report. Many of the sections actually include subsections. For example, under the default Company Details tab, subsections include:

  • Synopsis: Business summary, key executives, news, and basic financial information.
  • Highlights: Quick financial statistics and data like the most recent income statement, balance sheet, and profitability ratios.
  • History, Business, and Property sections: Basic details on company founding (History), what industries the company competes in (Business), and headquarters location with any other major properties (Property).
  • Subsidiaries: Expandable list of subsidiaries and locations.
  • Long-term debt: Projection of long-term debt and notes on credit.
  • Capital Stock: Stock performance over the lifetime of the company.
  • Earnings Estimates: Indicators like Earnings Per Share, Revenue, and EBITDA.
  • Business Segments: Reports with customizations available that review revenue by location (country).

...and that's just one section of the overall profile!

The profiles in Mergent Online are exhaustive. We recommend exploring on your own with a company you are familiar with to see their depth. It also helps to have questions you want to be answered going in to help focus your study. Do you need key financials? Then explore the Company Financials section.

Company profile menu

Linking to and Saving Reports

To link to a specific report, in most cases, you can copy/paste the URL from the browser's address bar. Mergent Online doesn't have a "share" or "persistent link" tool. 

Mergent also lets you download the data as a spreadsheet, create a printer-friendly view, or use the "My Mergent Tools" to use advanced features like company comparisons in order to create a custom report, which you can download as HTML, Word, Excel, or PDF.  Look for these tools above each page of the company profile you are viewing. Other sections beyond a company profile offer similar or customized tools. 

Mergent Online's download options