Compustat Global Vantage

The Compustat® global database provides authoritative financial and market information. It covers “90% of global market capitalization, including 90% of the Asian market, 90% of the Indian market, 95% of the Taiwanese market, and 95% of the European market.”

Compustat Global data are normalized to facilitate comparability across a wide variety of global accounting standards and practices.

Industrial format data include:

• General company information
• Income statement
• Items related to the income statement
• Balance sheet – Assets
• Balance sheet – Liabilities and
• Equity
• Items related to the balance sheet
• Statement of cash flows
• Rest of world cash flow by activity
• Rest of world cash flow by source and use
• United Kingdom (FRS1 revised) Statement of cash flow

Financial services format data include:

• General company information
• Insurance line of business information
• Trust Bank supplementary information
• Japanese U.S. Insurance Company legal information
• Reinsurance supplementary information
• Bank capital ratios
• U.S. Bank, average balance and tax equivalent information
• Bank parent company information (U.S. banks)

How to access this database

Integrated into WRDS. See WRDS (link) for more information.

How to use this database

Basic information on the use of this database can be found in the Compustat Quick Reference Guide.