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Which financial CD-ROM: Moody's or Disclosure's?(company financial data from Moody's Investors Service and Disclosure Inc.)

Information Advisor, The, January, 1997

If you're shopping for a CD-ROM with company financial data, you have two very good choices available from two of the most respected names in the industry. There's Moody's, with its Company Data CD-ROM, and Disclosure, with Us Compact D/SEC product. While you probably can,t go wrong with either, they do differ in a few fairly important ways, and it's worth knowing the key differences so you can make a better purchasing decision.

The chart on page 2 compares features of the two. Both include only publicly-traded firms, though Disclosure adds nonactive firms, and a few non-U.S. firms filing ADRs. Moody's covers LPs (Limited Partnerships) and REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) which Disclosure does not. Another difference is Moody's business history data,...

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