Q. Listings of companies that have liquidated?

Liquidation occurs when a company cannot pay its bills and sells assets to attempt to pay back creditors. 

• Compustat, which is available through WRDS, lists S&P Quality Ranking (Mnemonic - SPCSRM) as 99 for liquidations.
• CRSP, which is available through WRDS has a delisting code of 400-499 for liquidations.
  • Note: the company would have to be delisted to be included.
• SDC's Mergers and Acquisitions Database which is available in Firestone (A Floor) has a liquidation flag.
  • To be included the liquidated company has to be acquired. 
• Refinitiv Workspace
  • Click on deals.
  • Click on Advanced Search.
  • Click on All Mergers and Acquisitions.
  • Click on Continue.
  • Click on Find Search item.
  • Under search criteria, type in Liquidation.
  • Click on Liquidation Flag.
  • Click on Select Search Item.
  • Click on Select All Liquidations.
  • Apply to search.
  • Click on Execute Search.