The data is submitted by banks that are members of Robert Morris Associates and covers over 350 different industries. This publication includes an extensive bibliography of other sources of financial data. The bibliography can be used to obtain additional data on industries covered in Annual Statement Studies or on industries not covered. Annual Statement Studies groups the data by industry using the SIC code. There are also 16 ratios presented for the median, upper quartile, and lower quartile.
Current data is sorted by assets and sales for all industries except the contracting industry.
This is particularly useful, as the financial statements of small firms are often quite different from that of larger firms. The presentation includes net sales and total assets in dollars by industry. This is useful for comparing an individual firm to the industry in terms of sales and assets. In addition, the individual firm can be compared to the industry sorted by assets or sales. America's Corporate Families is published by Dun's Marketing Services.