For retail investors in Singapore, making informed investment decisions requires access to reliable, timely, and structured financial data. SGX StockFacts, a free online platform provided by Singapore Exchange (SGX), offers exactly that. Launched in 2015 and continuously updated, StockFacts aggregates financial statements, corporate announcements, dividend history, shareholder information, and peer comparisons for all companies listed on SGX Mainboard and Catalist. This article provides a practical, step-by-step guide to using SGX StockFacts for company research, covering key features, data interpretation, and how to cross-reference information with other sources.
Whether you are a new investor checking a company's earnings trend or an experienced analyst comparing valuation multiples across sectors, StockFacts centralises data that would otherwise require navigating multiple websites. By the end of this article, you will be able to locate a company's page, extract financial metrics, understand corporate action timelines, and use the data to support your own research process. For a broader overview of investor relations resources, see our complete guide to investor relations and company disclosure for retail investors in Singapore.
What Is SGX StockFacts and Why Use It?
SGX StockFacts is a web-based research tool accessible at stockfacts.sgx.com. It covers all SGX-listed securities, including equities, real estate investment trusts (REITs), business trusts, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The platform is free to use and does not require registration. Data is sourced from company filings, SGX announcements, and third-party providers such as Bloomberg and FactSet. Key features include:
- Company profile, business description, industry classification, listing date, and market capitalisation.
- Financial statements, balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement for up to five years, with quarterly and annual views.
- Key ratios, price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-book (P/B), dividend yield, return on equity (ROE), and others.
- Corporate actions, dividends, rights issues, share buybacks, and bonus issues with key dates.
- Shareholding information, top 20 shareholders, substantial shareholders, and institutional ownership.
- Peer comparison, compare a company's financial metrics against up to five selected peers.
- Price and volume data, historical prices, moving averages, and volume trends.
Using StockFacts saves time because it eliminates the need to manually compile data from annual reports or multiple data vendors. However, it is important to note that StockFacts displays data as filed by companies; it does not provide analyst recommendations or forward-looking estimates. For context on how to interpret the numbers, refer to our articles on reading a balance sheet, understanding income statements, and cash flow statements explained.