Historical Quotes-in Date Ranges Back to 1970-Are Now at www.lexis.com
Quick quiz…what can be as valuable as today’s stock price?
Answer: Yesterday’s … and last month’s … and in some litigation, even stock prices during a specific period, like the summer of 1984.
If your practitioners need to understand the historical pricing of a stock or other financial instrument—for securities lawsuits and enforcement actions, for Sarbanes-Oxley or M&A due diligence, for bankruptcy, even for settling an estate—turn to Historical Quotes now available on the LexisNexis® services at www.lexis.com 1
Historical quotes on LexisNexis Web resources are packed with information and features that make trending faster and more efficient.
LexisNexis is collaborating with SunGard (formerly Tradeline) to offer this gateway to a comprehensive collection of historical quotes. Coverage dates back to 1970.
More importantly, you can select a variety of search forms for:
- Stocks (de-listed, bankrupt, merged, acquired and privatized companies included)
- Hundreds of financial/market indexes
- Funds
- Corporate bonds
- U.S. government debt
- Unit trusts
- Currencies
- Capital changes (de-listed, bankrupt, merged, acquired and privatized companies included)
Though some forms are slightly different to reflect the source matter, generally you can search by instrument type, date range, data range, stock symbol or company/fund name. Retrieve daily results for a date range you choose. Or view results by week, month, quarter or year. You can also select from a variety of currencies—from more than 160 nations. And prices are reported in the same format as the exchange, e.g., prices that are reported using decimals will be displayed with decimals.
View results in formatted tables that can be printed to your local printer for no additional charge. Or view a variety of interactive charts that make it easy to zero in on trends. (You can add a competitive stock and compare prices.) Or download2 your results in comma-separated values (CSV) to a spreadsheet program.
Your LexisNexis account executive can show you more on Historical Quotes.
How to Research Historical Quotes at www.lexis.com
1. After signing on to www.lexis.com, you’ll find the link to Historical Quotes on the News & Business tab, under New Services. You’ll receive a screen stating you’re leaving the LexisNexis services and moving to the Historical Quotes gateway. Click Continue.
2. The Stocks search form is displayed automatically. However, you can choose another financial instrument from the list of links to the right of the search form.
3. Now you’re ready to add data to the search form. Let’s say you need to look at stock trends at Behemoth Corporation3 (symbol: BIG) during the past year. On the Stocks search form, ENTER:
- Stock symbol—Not sure what it is? Click the Look up Symbol link. Then enter the company name (or partial name). Click FIND. Select a symbol and click CONTINUE. You may enter more than one symbol at once. Separate symbols with commas, e.g., big, law.
- Date range—The default is one year.
- Data frequency of the results—daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually. The default is daily.
- Reporting currency—Currency as reported is the default. You can also select Most recent as well as currencies from more than 160 nations.
- Adjust data for capital changes? The default is yes. To decline adjustment, uncheck the box.
4. Click GO.
Reviewing Results
A Table of your information displays automatically. You can also choose to display the table in CSV (comma-separated values); click the View as CSV link. If you have entered more than one company/fund, a table is displayed for each. To move among company/fund tables, use the Next and Prev links at the top of the screen.
To PRINT a company’s quote, click the print icon in the upper left corner, above the company name.
To DOWNLOAD a company quote in spreadsheet format, click the download icon.
You can also view your information in Chart display, e.g., for stocks, showing Closing Price and Volume. Just click the VIEW CHARTS tab. To change chart size—select from small, medium (default) and large—or chart type (High-Low-Close instead of Close for stocks), scroll to the bottom of your results and use the search form to enter new chart display options. Then click REDRAW CHART.
Add Comparisons to Charts
Scroll to the bottom of your chart results screen. Add companies or indexes to compare. You can also change the chart date range and/or data frequency. Then click REDRAW CHART.
More About Historical Quotes at www.lexis.com ...
| If you need: |
You'll discover: |
| Industry benchmarks (What was the market doing when?) |
The best collection of market index quotes—data from more than 1,500 indexes, e.g.,:
- Dow Jones®, Standard & Poor’s®, AMEX and NASDQ indexes, plus the H&Q, CBOE, Bond Buyer and more
- all variations on the 100+ Dow Jones and S&P industry indexes
- foreign exchange lists
- Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Moody’s, all LIBOR indexes, and many mor
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Instrument changes over time, e.g., to monitor
for anomalies |
The complete Capital Changes Reporter. Check splits, reversals, name changes, etc. Plus enter any time period. |
| Adjusted quotes |
Stock prices—adjusted or unadjusted. You choose … and get more accurate data reflecting the growth and health of the instrument. |
| Quotes for companies that no longer exist |
Quotes for de-listed, defunct, bankrupt, merged/acquired companies, or companies that have gone private. |
| In-depth understanding of a company’s capital structure over time |
Complete bond databases |
| Detailed analysis data for close scrutiny |
Results can be downloaded into spreadsheet software, in
comma-delimited format, for further analysis. |
1 not available to corporate law departments
2 according to the terms and conditions of your LexisNexis subscription agreement.
