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EDGAR Online Releases I-Metrix™ 2.0
Leading Content and Applications Now Available in Microsoft Office 2007
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn. - February 28, 2007 - EDGAR® Online®, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDGR)today announced the release of I-Metrix version 2.0, an update to its award winning I-Metrix software solution. The release version is for Microsoft Office 2007 users. I-Metrix is the first platform in the world to combine an XBRL database containing financial information on more than 11,000 public companies with the full range of features available in Office 2007.
"EDGAR Online's goal is to deliver best-of-breed company and financial information to professional end users. The I-Metrix technology provides our users with the most efficient data and platform solution in the marketplace. This release brings the business intelligence capabilities of interactive data into the tools our customers use everyday," said Susan Strausberg, CEO and President of EDGAR Online, Inc.
"EDGAR Online's I-Metrix is the global web services engine for interactive, XBRL-enabled data," said Michael Ohata, Senior Director at Microsoft. "As one of our valued partners, EDGAR Online has empowered users of our Microsoft Office 2007 suite to import interactive, public company data for specialized analysis using the latest Microsoft tools and resources."
I-Metrix 2.0 increases the transparency and usability of critical public company information to deliver a cost-effective, analysis-ready application designed for the financial and corporate analyst. I-Metrix customers are now able to leverage expanded capabilities in both the browser-based component as well as the Microsoft Office 2007 Excel® add-in including:
- Powerful Screening Tools - Enables users to perform advanced filtering against EDGAR Online's XBRL database of over 7,000 elements to identify investment opportunities, trends and risks using custom or standard ratios, numbers and market data.
- Enhanced Wizards - Streamlines data selection and enable Microsoft Excel users to specify how the results should be formatted when returned.
- Robust, New Valuation Models - Enables comprehensive valuation analysis using industry standard methods including free cash flow and dividend discount. Instant access to all Excel templates/models facilitates immediate, in-depth analysis.
- Footnotes - Provides further insight into a company and its performance through selected XBRL-tagged footnotes and links to related notes. By tagging key footnotes in XBRL and relating them to a particular line item, I-Metrix gives users access to relevant information that is often buried in the text of SEC-filed documents.
About I-Metrix
EDGAR Online's I-Metrix service is a data and analytical suite of products for the corporate and financial communities delivering granular information and value-added tools that facilitate broad company and industry analysis. I-Metrix provides financial statement data and related footnotes in XBRL format along with earnings estimates, revisions and trends, analyst recommendations, sales estimates, expected dividends information, historical EPS perspective, and estimated long-term growth rates for a company, its industry and the S&P 500.
I-Metrix includes a proprietary add-in for Microsoft Excel that enables clients to view any XBRL document, access fundamental data directly from within spreadsheets and gives users access to key information extracted from public company filings through an innovative Web interface. For more information on I-Metrix, visit www.edgar-online.com/products/imetrix.aspx.
About EDGAR® Online®, Inc.
EDGAR Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR), www.edgar-online.com, is a leading provider of value-added business and financial information on global companies to financial, corporate and advisory professionals. The company makes its information and a variety of analysis tools available via online subscriptions and licensing agreements to a large user base.
"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. EDGAR Online, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Please refer to the documents filed by EDGAR Online, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with our ability to (i) increase revenues, (ii) obtain profitability, and (iii) obtain additional financing, changes in general economic and business conditions (including in the online business and financial information industry), actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, risks in connection with acquisitions, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services and changes in our business strategies.
EDGAR® is a federally registered trademark of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). EDGAR Online is not affiliated with or approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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