Mergent Intellect User Guide

This guide will show users how to navigate the Mergent Intellect database to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, industry profiles and much more.

About KBR

According to the Mergent Intellect database:

Key Business Ratios (KBR) provides immediate online access to competitive benchmarking data. This powerful tool lets researchers examine industry benchmarks compiled from D&B’s [Dun & Bradstreet] database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios (users choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of business.

KBR allows you to examine ratio analysis tools by company or industry, including:

  • Solvency Ratios
  • Efficiency Ratios
  • Profitability Ratios

To access KBR, click on the Key Business Ratios button on the Mergent Intellect database homepage:

To access Key Business Ratios (KBR), click the link on the Mergent Intellect database homepage.

Industry Reports

To access KBR's Industry Reports:

  1. Click on the Reports tab in the top navigation menu.
  2. Make sure Industry is selected in the lefthand navigation.
  3. Select an Industry using the SIC dropdown menu. Your results will automatically update after you make your selection.
  4. You can export the resulting data table by clicking on the Export button in the top right corner of the table.

KBR's Industry Report screen. Make sure to select Reports at the top of the page and Industry on the lefthand side of the page. Select your industry using the SIC dropdown menu.

Company Reports

To access KBR's Company Reports:

  1. Click on the Reports tab in the top navigation menu.
  2. Make sure Company is selected in the lefthand navigation.
  3. Search for your company using the form fields provided, i.e. input the company name into the Company box. Click on the Search button.
  4. From the results list, click on the Select button next to the company you're searching. This will open up to the Company report page.

KBR's Company Report screen. Make sure Reports and Company are selected in the navigation. Type in the name of the company into the search bar, i.e. Nike. Click on Search and the Select company button.

Company reports will include data such as:

  • Balance Sheets
  • Income Statements
  • Cash Flow
  • Ratios

You can toggle between this data using the navigation at the top of the page. You can also easily download the data as an Excel file by clicking on the Export button at the top right corner of the table:

Nike company report page using KBR. Toggle between different data sets using the top navigation.

Data can be displayed either as tables or as charts.

To see data organized as charts:

  1. Click on the Charts button in the upper left.
  2. To download charts, click on the Chart Options button in the upper right. Here you can download charts as PNG images, PDFs, etc.

Example Company Report Charts page. To download charts as an image file, click on the Chart Options button.

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