The term "tearsheet" refers to the time when brokers would tear individual pages out of the S&P summary book and send them to current or potential clients. Now, with this information available online, such basic company profile information could be considered a tearsheet.

You can find this type of company information using these databases:

NetAdvantage (Standard and Poor's).

• In the top bar, search by company name or ticker.
• Once you've found your company of interest, click on Tearsheet in the left-hand menu.