CRSP Research Data Products are relied on by more than 600 subscribers, including major financial firms, government entities and leading research universities across 35 countries. CRSP data supports:
Academics whose research and publications must withstand rigorous analysis for accuracy
Quantitative analysts in the commercial market who perform backtesting and modeling calculations.
Regulators and policy makers, requiring complete data sets as the basis for financial and economic research.
PERMNO® is the proprietary reference key for all securities data maintained by CRSP. PERMNOs are permanent identifiers for all US-listed equities that are consistent through time over the life of each security, accounting for all types of corporate actions.