Analyst reports on industries are an important source for research on industries where public companies are present. These reports should include market size, growth, and forecasts as well as major company shares of the market. Another very good source for industry information comes from Initiating coverage reports on individual companies within an industry. In the Mergent database below look for the Investext tab for the investment research
Data and information about U.S. and international public and private companies (including thousands of inactive U.S. and international public companies), economic research, country profiles, and international industry analysis. Content includes: basic company, customer, competitor, and product information, executive profiles, financial statements (up to 35 years), financial ratios, stock prices, SEC filings, Investext current and historical broker research reports, supply chain information, Mergent Industry Reports for key industries covering North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe and Latin America by country and region (2003 to present), and the ability to perform a mock merger and acquisition analysis. Mergent Bond Viewer is also accessible from the Bond Search tab