Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Minority Interest – GAAP
Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - M
Supplementary (Liability) Data, Annual Item; Field 06780
All Industries:
MINORITY INTEREST – GAAP represents the minority interest of a non-U.S. company adjusted to
conform to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. See definition for MINORITY INTEREST
(BALANCE SHEET) for additional information.
This item is presented in U.S. dollars (converted at the company's fiscal year end exchange rate). It is only
available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE or NASDAQ and is generally not available prior to 1994.
Minority Interest % Total Capital
Leverage Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08211
All Industries:
Minority Interest / Total Capital * 100
Minority Interest % Total Capital - 5 Yr Avg
Leverage Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08215
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Minority Interest % Total Capital.
Monetary Correction
Supplementary (Income) Data, Annual Item; Field 01265
All Industries:
MONETARY CORRECTION represents the year-to-year difference of the effect on shareholders' capital
investment and fixed assets resulting from currency revaluations to counter effects of a hyperinflationary
economy.
Month Of Fiscal Year End
Descriptive Data, Current Item; Field 05352
All Industries:
MONTH OF FISCAL YEAR END represents the month that the company closes its books at the end of its
financial year.
Mortgage Backed Securities
Asset Data, Annual Item; Field 02262
Banks:
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES represent an investment grade security backed by a pool of
mortgage or trust deeds. These securities are secured by conventional mortgages and are guaranteed as
to interest and principal.
Data for this field is generally not available prior to 1991.
It includes but is not restricted to:
Securities of the Federal National Mortgage Associations (Fannie Mae)
Collateralized mortgaged obligations such as those issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (Freddie Mac)
Real estate mortgage conduits such as those issued by the Government National Mortgage
Association (Ginnie Mae)
U.S. agency mortgage backed securities
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