Financial Accounting: Company Research 

This is an introduction to company research tools at Saint Joseph's University.

Each student in Financial Accounting (ACC1011/ACC1015) is required to review the content on this guide and complete a short project on their assigned company.  

The guide is comprised of 4 parts, each associated with a short assignment in BlackBoard.  Review them in this order:

Part 1 Company Background

Part 2 Industry and Competition

Part 3 Finding Articles and News

Part 4 Financials

Using the resources covered in this guide and in the library session (scheduled by your instructor), you will locate the following about your company:

Company profiles
Stock information
Competitors
Industry information
Article from a business publication
Financials, including comparing two companies' financials

The companies for the project all appear in the 2009 Fortune 1000 list.

Start at the home page of the Francis A. Drexel Library  http://www.sju.edu/library

Accounting

Finance

Management

Marketing