Financial data for Indian companies
For those wondering if there is an Indian counterpart to the SEC's EDGAR ; yes, there is. As of 27th December 2007, SEBI has decided to mandate filing through the new CFDS portal put in place jointly by BSE and NSE. Over time, other modes of sending public information to stock exchanges for compliance with clauses of Equity Listing Agreement will be dispensed with, including filing through EDIFAR . But financial data of more than 5 years is rare even on these official portals. Corporate websites with the most comprehensive historical earnings and dividend data were: Tata Steel [60 years of financial data] Tata Power Larsen & Toubro J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd Of other companies analyzed, the following have also provided useful data: BONGAIREFN HDFCBANK COSMOFILMS HINDALCO RUCHISOYA NMDC TATAMOTORS BHUSANSTL HDFC GAIL SESAGOA RELIANCE GRASIM ONGC BHEL Note that the presence of data in itself is not an indication to the quality of the stock. The quality of a stock...