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Coverage Stats. What is compustat. Compustat. Compustat is a database of financial, statistical and market information on active and inactive global companies throughout the world. The service began in 1962. This database provides a broad range of information products directed at institutional investors, universities, bankers, advisors, analysts, and asset/portfolio managers in corporate, M&A, private capital, equity, and fixed income markets. The database covers 99,000 global securities, covering 99% of the world's total market capitalization with annual company data history available back to 1950 and quarterly available back to 1962 (depending when that company was added to the database). The following information is available: Fundamentals Compustat Data including Compustat North America, Compustat International, Compustat Global, and Compustat Point-in-Time data setsIndustry classification and universe management by GICS®, NAICS and SICKey market identifiers, including CUSIP, ISIN, and SEDOL Integrated Databases Proprietary Data.
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