Analyst Reports for Sale

Want access to Wall Street research reports without changing brokerage firms? You can get them, but you’ll have to pay.

Here are two companies that sell reports from a wide range of research houses on a delayed basis. Both cater primarily to business customers but also sell to individual investors:

* Investext Group tracks research on 450 companies. Reports are released an average of nine days after their original publication dates. The cost is about $10 a page, but reports older than two months or that contain text without accompanying charts and graphs are closer to $7.50. There’s a one-time membership fee of $100.

Investext can be reached at (800) 662-7878 or at https://www.investext.com

* Multex Systems makes available reports on more than 200 companies, on average 15 days after their original release dates. Prices range from $10 to $150 depending on the length of the reports, but most are between $25 and $50. There’s no sign-up fee.

The service’s phone number is (888) 268-5839 and its Web site is at https://www.multex.com