Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Accumulated Depreciation % Gross Fixed Assets
Asset Utilization Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08426
All Industries:
Accumulated Depreciation / Property, Plant & Equipment-Gross * 100
Accumulated Depreciation % Gross Fixed Assets - 5 Yr Avg
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Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - A
Asset Utilization Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08430
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Accumulated Depreciation % Gross Fixed Assets
Acid-Test Ratio
See QUICK RATIO
Acronym
Descriptive Data, Current Item; Field 06014
All Industries:
ACRONYM represents an abbreviated version of a company's registered name often formed by using the
first letter of the words in the name. It could also be a commonly used name for a company.
Actual Loan Losses
Supplementary (Asset) Data, Annual Item; Field 01273
Banks:
ACTUAL LOAN LOSSES represent the amount of loans that the bank decides are uncollectable and
writes off in a given year.
Footnotes:
A. Net of recoveries
B. Taken from parent company
Actual Loan Losses % Reserve For Loan Losses
Other Ratio, Annual Item; Field 15085
Banks:
Net Loan Losses / Reserve for Loan Losses * 100
Actual Loan Losses % Reserve For Loan Losses - 5 Yr Avg
Other Ratio, Annual Item; Field 15088
Banks:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Actual Loan Losses % Reserve for Loan Losses
Actual Recoveries
Supplementary (Asset) Data, Annual Item; Field 01274
Banks:
ACTUAL RECOVERIES represent the amount of the loans previously charged off by the bank that were
repaid within a given year.
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