Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)

Access select financial and alternative databases via the WRDS query platform for deep historical research and company linking.

Service Provider Information

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) delivers data analytics and a financial research platform to global institutions - enabling comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis and insight into the latest innovations in historical research. WRDS provides researchers with one location to access over 250 terabytes of data across multiple disciplines including Accounting, Banking, Economics, ESG, Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Marketing, and Statistics.

S&P Global Market Intelligence data via Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) provides researchers across disciplines access to the raw historical data needed for advanced historical research and publishing needs. The powerful WRDS web-based query tool provides flexible delivery options, access to analytical tools and leading data manipulation functionality, with linking capabilities for advanced research across S&P Global datasets. With this vendor partnership, access S&P Global Market Intelligence company data, ratings, ESG, textual data and more through an easy-to-use interface that has become the standard in data management for our research-centric user base.

Input
Xpressfeed
Output
.txt, .csv, Excel, HTML, SAS, STATA, dBase or SPSS
Installation Requirements
Web-based platform solution. Dataset access licensed by S&P Global Market Intelligence and platform implementation contracted by WRDS.

Use Cases

Access world-renowned S&P Global datasets through a web-based platform with flexible data delivery. Leverage historical querying for raw data downloads and batch data extraction. Export deep data in the programming language of your choice for advanced data mining. Link identifiers across S&P Global products for powerful historical research that provides 360 degree company views across financials, ESG and alternative data. 

Benefits

Gain access to the following data packages available via the WRDS platform:
  • Compustat
  • Trucost Environmental
  • Trucost Climate Analytics
  • ESG Scores
  • S&P Capital IQ: Transactions
  • S&P Capital IQ: Professionals
  • S&P Capital IQ: Capital Structure
  • S&P Capital IQ: Key Developments
  • S&P Global Ratings
  • S&P Global Transcripts
  • SNL Financial Institutions

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