Mergent's Handbook of Common Stocks Summer 2004 Featuring First-Quarter Results for 2004

Mergent's Handbook of Common Stocksa? offers you quick and easy access to key financial statistics on approximately 900 New York Stock Exchange-listed issues. This handbook, updated quarterly, presents market data, performance ratios, stock prices, and dividend information as well as recent quarterly results and future prospects in succinct one-page profiles. Filled with the latest available facts and figures, Mergent's Handbook of Common Stocksa? helps you make the most informed investment decisions. Each full-page company profile includes: Business Summary-highlights products, markets, and business lines Summary of recent developments, including latest quarterly earnings reports Future prospects analysis Stock movement charts showing ten-year records of monthly highs and lows and trading volumes, if available Most recent annual and quarterly data available for income statement and balance sheet items Dividend payment record Key performance ratios Institutional holdings-number of institutions and number of shares held Officers, address, phone and fax numbers, Web sites, auditor and investor contact Plus, special addenda that include: Companies added and dropped Recent and pending stock dividends and splits Recent dividend changes Recent and pending name changes Latest developments A Century of Providing Trusted Information For over a century, Mergent has been the preferred source for global business and financial information by providing comprehensive data to savvy investors, both novice and professional. Mergent's business research tools offer a convenient way to quickly identify potential investment opportunities with the most reliable and complete business and financial information available.Mergent Inc. Staff, Mergent is the author of 'Mergent's Handbook of Common Stocks Summer 2004 Featuring First-Quarter Results for 2004', published 2004 under ISBN 9780471663355 and ISBN 0471663352.