Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - C
This item is presented in U.S. dollars (converted at the company's fiscal year twelve month average exchange
rate). It is only available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE or NASDAQ and is generally not available prior to
1994.
Cash Flow Per Share
Stock Data, Annual Item; Field 05501
All Industries:
CASH FLOW PER SHARE represents the cash earnings per share of the company. The numerator used
for this calculation is Funds from Operations (Field 04201).
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years and is shown per 1,000 shares
for Brazilian companies.
Cash Flow Per Share – Fiscal
Stock Data, Annual Item; Field 05502
All Industries:
CASH FLOW PER SHARE – FISCAL represents the cash earnings per share of the company at the end
of the fiscal period. The numerator used in this calculation is Funds from Operations (Field 04201).
This item is populated for the quarterly, semi-annual, trimester, quarterly cumulative and trimester cumulative
time series (for 1998 and subsequent years) and annual time series based on the availability of underlying data.
It is shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies.
Cash Flow Per Share - Current
Stock Data, Current Item; Field 05510
All Industries:
CASH FLOW PER SHARE - CURRENT represents the current cash earnings per share of the company.
When interim earnings are available beyond the latest fiscal year Cash Flow Per Share-Current is
estimated.
This item is also available at the security level and is shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies.
Cash Flow/Sales (%)
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08311
All Industries:
Funds from Operations / Net Sales or Revenues * 100
Cash Flow/Sales (%) - 5 Yr Avg
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08315
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Cash Flow/Sales
Change In Inventory
Supplementary (Expense) Data, Annual Item; Field 18196
All Industries:
CHANGE IN INVENTORY represents the changes between the beginning and ending inventories that is
charged to the cost of goods sold account.
Data for this field is generally not available prior to 1992
It includes but is not restricted to:
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