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CRSP/Compustat Merged Database

The CRSP/Compustat Merged Database does the heavy lifting for you and saves you time by linking CRSP’s stock and corporate action data with Compustat’s Xpressfeed fundamental data within a single database.

  • Superior level of accuracy over other linking methods​
  • CRSPLink® maps complex relationships over time between CRSP and Compustat identifiers​
  • Available to subscribers of both the CRSP US Stock Database and S&P Global’s Full North American Compustat data package​

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Additional Info: 

User Guide

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User Guide for SAS, ASCII & R

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CLZ – CRSPLink Only

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Data Access Tools

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Release Notes

Key Features

The database provides the historical matching of CRSP market and corporate action data with Compustat fundamental data.

  • CRSP data contains security-level historical descriptive information and market data on more than 32,000 securities for both inactive and active companies from the NYSE, NYSE American, NASDAQ, and NYSE Arca exchanges.
  • Compustat data contains thousands of annual and quarterly income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, pension, supplemental, and descriptive data items for active and inactive companies.
  • Reference data items include economic indicators and daily and monthly exchange rate history.

Documents & Resources

CRSP/Compustat Merged Database Guide

User guide for a database which historically matches CRSP Stock data with Compustat fundamental data. The guide covers select data items, CRSP links and database functions

CRSP/Compustat Merged Database Guide

User guide for CRSP/Compustat Merged Database flat files showing the different file details and types, available in SAS, ASCII & R files formats

CRSP/Compustat Merged Database Guide

User guide for CRSP/Compustat Merged Database Link-Only flat files that shows the different file details and types, available in SAS, ASCII & R file formats

Data Access Tools

Discover supported platforms for accessing CRSP data, including our Windows interface, flat file formats, command line tools and programming libraries, and several third-party partnerships

Release Notes

Monthly, quarterly & annual release notes

CRSP databases are characterized by their comprehensive corporate action information and highly accurate total return calculations.

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