Template:Infobox company/doc

This template is used to create an infobox in an article about a company.

Usage
To use this template in an article, copy the template below, then paste the template into an article.

All parameters are optional – those you do not populate with data will not show up in the infobox when the article is saved.

If you copy-paste the code below, you must remove the HTML comments (between ) if you populate data in parameters below that show comment marks in order for the data to appear in the published article.

Parameters
An asterisk (*) after a parameter name denotes that it is used only for a defunct company.

With the exception of the  and   parameters, which only apply to certain types of companies, do not erase parameters for which you do not have data or which may not apply at the time you create the infobox, unless they can never logically be applicable (e.g. the   paramter, which is used only for non-U.S.-based companies).

Use the combination of both  and   parameter to list the company's headquarters location. The old  parameter is deprecated.

Do not use or  to put parenthetical in a small font; doing so presents an accessibility problem for many readers with imperfect vision.

Note that the examples below are presented in wikicode and do not necessarily reflect actual statistics.

Examples: Caterpillar Inc., General Electric Company, Microsoft Corporation If the company is based in a non-English speaking country and the company has a non-English name that differs from its English name, list the name of the company in English, a line break and then the name of the company in the company's native language. Example: For companies that use both a wordmark and a logo, upload a file that shows the two in combination if the combined form serves as the company's primary identity mark. For a wordmark example, see Microsoft; for a logo example, see Apple Inc.; for a combined logo and wordmark example see Altria. Upload a wordmark/logo graphic using the organization logo upload form. Do not upload via any other means, especially to Commons, or it will simply be deleted, per WP:COPYRIGHT. Examples:, or  Example: A list of available stock ticker symbol templates is available at Category:Ticker symbol templates. This parameter is used for publishing and media companies only. If this parameter is filled, use instead, unless the company is notable for more than publishing. If the article subject is not a publishing or media company, delete this parameter from the article. Example: Example, for Caterpillar Inc.: Example (as used in NeXT): If a company is broken into parts and sold to several different entities, there may be several successors listed. List the successors alphabetically. Use  or  to format the entries. Example: Example: If the founding location is the same as the  or   parameter, omit the founding location here, unless the company was founded in this location, moved its headquarters elsewhere, then returned it to the founding city. Example: Examples:  or  Examples: Acquired, Bankrupted, Dissolved, Merged If the cause of the company's dissolution is unclear, do not populate this field, per WP:No original research. Examples:, or Do not provide a more specific address, except in the rare case that the location (e.g. the corporate campus) is independently notable (has or is not likely to have its own article on Wikipedia). Example:. Example: Examples:,  ,  , or. Do not wikilink if it would be redundant with the linking in a previous parameter, such as  or. Generally list prominent, current executives within the company holding key positions such as chairman, chief executive officer, president, VP of design, etc., but do not list roles below chief officer level if they are not notable (do not have and are not likely to have articles on Wikipedia). Do include top executives even not individually notable, but do not wikilink them. Do not redundantly wikilink founders. Use popular names rather than formal names (match the name used in a Wikipedia article title if an article exists). For existing companies, it may be appropriate to list, at the end, past executives who played an especially prominent role in the company's history (do not italicize or otherwise emphasize). For defunct companies, list the most prominent former executives. Example: Example: Examples:, or  Example: Example: Example: Example: This entry is used for financial services companies only. If the article subject is not a financial services company, delete this parameter from the article. Example: Example: Example: Example: Example, in the case of Solar Turbines Incorporated: Example, for Caterpillar Inc.):
 * name: The full legal name of the company, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof. The full legal name may be different from the common name of the company used for the article title.
 * logo: The company's current, primary wordmark and/or logo. Use the logo of the legal entity that is the subject of the article. (That logo may be different from the logo of the parent company or any subsidiary companies.)
 * caption: Descriptive information for the logo, if necessary (rarely; most often used for "Logo since YYYY ." when a logo has changed).
 * type: Type of company, wikilinked. (Use the  parameter to list ownership percentages for private companies and joint ventures, if applicable.)
 * traded_as: The exchanges and stock ticker symbol(s) of publicly traded companies, using stock ticker templates. Information about the company's status as a component of a major index can also be added. Use  or  to format the entries.
 * genre: Genre of published works, wikilinked.
 * predecessor: The legal name(s) of the predecessor(s) of the company. Use the full legal name of the company. Wikilink it if notable and if it would not be a circular link. If the infobox company exists as the result of the merger of two or more legal entities, list the predecessors alphabetically. Use  or  to format the entries.
 * successor*: The legal name of the successor(s) of the company. Usually the successor is the company that acquired this company, or two or more companies into which this one split.
 * foundation: Location and date of the company's founding (establishment). Use for the date. Location may be in the format of , or simply   if a subnational unit is not conventionally given. Use its most-recognizable name in English and wikilink it. Individually link the city, state/province, and country. , per WP:Manual of Style (icons); it places an unnecessary emphasis on nationality and can be misleading.
 * founder: Entrepreneur(s) who founded the company. List the founders alphabetically by surname. Use to format the entries. Wikilink the names of founders who are notable as defined by Wikipedia.
 * defunct*: Date (at least year, more specific if known) that the company became defunct (legally dissolved). Use for the date.
 * fate*: The reason a company became defunct. Provide a reference citation if possible.
 * location_city: Current city, or city and state/province, of the company's headquarters. Use the location's most-recognizable name in English and wikilink each component of it, if not already linked in the  parameter. May be in the format of , or simply   if a subnational unit is not conventionally given.  If this parameter is used, also populate location_country but do not use the deprecated location parameter.
 * location_country: Current country of the company's headquarters. Do not wikilink if, as usual, it is the same country as given in the  parameter., per WP:Manual of Style (icons). If this parameter is used, also populate location_city but do not use the deprecated location parameter. Use its most-recognizable name in English and wikilink it.
 * location: Deprecated. Current complete location of the company's headquarters. If this deprecated parameter has been used, replace it with location_city and location_country.
 * locations: Number of locations the company has physical properties, expressed as a number, followed by the property type, then the applicable year in parentheses.
 * area_served: Geographic area(s) the company does business in. Use the largest geographic area(s) that apply. If, for example, a company does business in every province in Canada, list Canada, do not list each province.
 * key_people: Up to four key individuals closely associated with the company. Use  or  to format the entries. List them in order of organizational role importance. Give job title(s) in parentheses (round brackets); these job titles are capitalized per WP:Manual of Style (capital letters) because they follow the name. Founders may be added again here, under their job title role.
 * industry: Primary industry and/or business market(s) the company operates in. If the company offers goods and/or services in more than one industry, use  or  to format the entries, and list either alphabetically, or in order of how important each sector is to the company, if this is clear from material already sourced and the importances are markedly different.
 * products: A representative selection of the company's best known current or former specific products or product types. Use  or  to format the entries. As with industry, these can be alphabetical or in order of importance to the company.
 * services: A representative selection of the company's best known current or former services offered. Use  or  to format the entries; as with industry, these can be alphabetical or in order of importance to the company.
 * revenue: Total net revenue recognized by the company in its most recent fiscal year, with the applicable year in parentheses. Wikilink the currency unit.
 * operating_income: Total earnings before interest and taxes recognized by the company in its most recent fiscal year, with the applicable year in parentheses.
 * net_income: Net income or profit realized by the company in its most recent fiscal year, with the applicable year in parentheses.
 * aum: The company's total assets under management (AUM), with the applicable year in parenthesis.
 * assets: Total assets controlled by the company.
 * owner: Use this parameter to list ownership percentages for private companies owned by a few key individuals or to list ownership percentages for joint ventures, if applicable. When listing a company as an owner, use the full legal name of the entity that holds the ownership stake in the article's subject company. Use  or  to format the entries.
 * num_employees: Total number of people employed by the company, with the applicable year in parentheses.
 * parent: The full legal name of the holding company or parent company if the article's subject company is a division or subsidiary of larger such entity.
 * divisions: This parameter records the primary functional business divisions of a company. These divisions are internal, and not legally incorporated subsidiaries. Use  or  to format the entries. Divisions are usually given in alphabetical order, but where there are quite a few of them, it may be more useful to arrange them by functional area (manufacturing, repair, training), geography (North America, Asia–Pacific, Europe) or customer segment (retail, wholesale).  If there is a separate list article of the company's subsidiaries, e.g. List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft, link to that list here, rather than attempting to summarize it.
 * subsid: Primary legally incorporated subsidiaries owned by the company. List the full legal name of each subsidiary, and link to it if notable (has or is likely to have its own article on Wikipedia, not just a circular link back to the main company article). For publicly traded companies, a list of subsidiaries is disclosed in the company's annual report. Use  or  to format the entries.


 * homepage: Top level URL of the company's website, using the URL template. Do not include the leading, or
 * footnotes: Use to list references used to validate the data in the infobox and to note information about the terms, names and figures used in the infobox.
 * intl: Enter  in the data area to change some labels from U.S. terminology to international terminology. Remove this parameter otherwise (no will not work as expected, and many editors who do not read this template's documentation will incorrectly add   because they think it means "company has an international presence").

Instructions for the financial results parameters
Six parameter (, ,  ,  ,   and  ) are used to record a company's financial information.

Wikilink the first occurrence of the currency unit. This is usually in the revenue parameter.

Each parameter entry should include three elements: an indicator icon comparing current result to the result of the immediately preceding period, the result expressed in the currency reported by the company and the financial year the result represents, in parentheses.


 * Example:

Indicator icons
You may include an indicator icon to indicate the change compared to the previous fiscal year; to avoid confusion, place the indicator before the number. Please note that this is intended to depict the direction of change compared to the previous year, not the actual numerical change in value. If no citable information is available for previous fiscal year data, do not use an icon.


 * increase, steady, or  decrease


 * Example:

Consistent notation
There are different ways to record financial results that are in the millions or billions of dollars. Pick one and use it consistently in all parameters. If using billions, always wikilink the first occurrence as, since "billion" has more than one meaning. Use  to prevent wrapping between elements of the nubmers, per WP:Manual of Style (dates and numbers).

Do not express results as a decimal such as. Instead choose a notation that will allow you to express all results for the period in whole numbers.

In this example use  or   and apply your choice to all the financial results consistently.


 * Examples:

Exact dollars
 * revenue         =  US$42,588,363,000 (2010)
 * operating_income = US$3,963,082,345 (2010)
 * net_income      =  US$2,700,376,442 (2010)
 * assets          =  US$64,020,364,188 (2010)
 * equity          =  US$10,863,945,862 (2010)

Rounded billions
 * revenue         =  US$42.588 billion (2010)
 * operating_income = US$3.963&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * net_income      =  US$2.700&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * assets          =  US$64.020&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * equity          =  US$10.864&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)

Rounded millions
 * revenue         =  US$42,588&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * operating_income = US$3,963&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * net_income      =  US$2,700&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * assets          =  US$64,020&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * equity          =  US$10,864&amp;nbsp;million (2010)

Do not use an inconsistent mix of the three styles depicted in the examples above. Below is an example of undesirable, inconsistent notation.
 * revenue         =  US$42,588&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * operating_income = US$.963&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * net_income      =  US$2,700,376,442 (2010)
 * assets          =  US$64,020&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * equity          =  US$10,864,445,862&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)

Examples




Resources

 * Company and financial info:
 * Datamonitor—Provides free company profiles including descriptions, headquarter address, website address, employees, revenue and other financial data, industry categorization, and more. Additional data is available from purchasable company profiles.
 * Yahoo! Finance—Provides revenue [Revenue (ttm)], operating_income [Operating Cash Flow (ttm)] and net_income [Net Income Avl to Common (ttm)] data, plus various other information. Enter the ticker symbol or find company name, then click on the "Key Statistics" link in the left column. Yahoo! also operates websites in many locations worldwide, links to which are located at the bottom of the web page.
 * Hoover's—Provides revenue and net_income data. Also provides num_employees figures.
 * Many companies also provide annual financial reports as downloadable PDF files in the "investor relations" section of their website. Financial figures are typically found in the last half of an annual report.

A list of available stock ticker symbol templates is available at Category:Ticker symbol templates.
 * Stock info:

Stock ticker symbols for publicly traded companies can be looked-up on the website of the exchange on which the companies stock is traded.

In the United States:
 * NASDAQ Stock Market stock ticker template:
 * NYSE Euronext stock ticker template: or

In Germany:
 * Börse Frankfurt stock ticker templates:

In Japan:
 * Tokyo Stock Exchange stock ticker templates: or

In the United Kingdom:
 * LSE stock ticker template:

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