FIN 4596
Factset Data Download
1. At the tope left corner of the screen after logging in there is a search sign.
2. Once clicked a new side window opens and type in the name of the industry you want to search
and click on the industry tab.
3. Once you click the industries tab, it will give the list of all industry indices and industry analysis.
There are a list of the all industries according to the geographic region. In our research you will mostly look into the USA industry analysis. In this screen shot I have taken the USA real estate industry.
4. Once the industry is selected you can double‐click on the industry analysis or can simply type in the Facset identifier which starts with FI in tis example the identifier is “FI4885US”.
5. The snapshot of the industry is the first page which comes to display once the industry is selected.
6. Under the Key Industry Players you will find the list of all the top companies in the industry
under study.
7. On the left side of the webpage there is the list of all the reports. You can get the financial ratio analysis under the “Financials” tab.
8. On the left‐hand side of the screen is a column labeled Reports where you can view different data categories for that industry. Click on Financials. In Financials, click Ratio Analysis. The resulting screen should look like this picture below.
9. There is a downward facing green arrow in the top right corner of every data category. Click on this to download data. Download the first data set into excel.
10. Consolidate the information for one industry into one excel sheet. To do this, you can right click the name of the excel tab, select Move or Copy… (resulting window below), and then select which workbook to move the tab into.
11. In the Industry page, in the Reports column, there is an Overview Report, and in that report is the Snapshot report (pictured below). Click the Snapshot Report.
12. In the resulting window (pictured below), the Key Industry Players are listed. Download this
data. In the excel workbook, rank the companies by Market Capitalization (stated as MV$ in FactSet).
13. Select one of the top five largest constituents in that industry. Click on the Company/Security Tab in the top ribbon where you found the Industry tab.
14. Start typing the company’s name in the entry field below FACTSET, and it should be an option (pictured below).
15. In the Reports column on the left‐hand side of the screen under the company name, select
Financials. Then select Ratio Analysis. Scroll downwards on the resulting screen to find the DuPont Analysis.