Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - N
BT. Based on monetary adjusted statements
C. Includes deferred profit on installment sales
D. Includes inter-company sales (Non-U.S. companies only)
F. Combined interim reports for the periods
G. Limited income statement given
H. Includes services, but no sales are disclosed
I. Value-added, excise, windfall profit or sales tax has been subtracted along with an undeterminable
amount of other taxes which could not be separated
J. Includes only main component
K. Acq'd
L. No standard text
M. Includes equity in pre-tax income which cannot be separated.
N. No standard text
P. Not balancing with components of income due to lack of disclosure of each operating item.
Q. Revenue attributable to the banking business is not disclosed
R. Net of interest expenses
S. Net of operating expenses
SP. Preliminary – as reported by the company
T. Net of expenses
U. No standard text
V. No standard text
W. Includes other income
Y. Net of expenses and tax
Z. Holding company
Net Sales Or Revenues (U.S.$)
Supplementary Data, Annual Item; Field 07240
All Industries:
NET SALES OR REVENUES (U.S.$) represents the net sales or revenues of the company converted to
U.S. dollars using the fiscal year end exchange rate. See the definition for NET SALES OR REVENUES
for information regarding the net sales or revenues used in this calculation
Net Sales / Working Capital
Asset Utilization Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08141
All Industries:
Net Sales or Revenues / (Current Assets-Total - Current Liabilities-Total)
Net Sales / Working Capital - 5 Yr Avg
Asset Utilization Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08145
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Net Sales or Revenues / Working Capital
Net Sales Growth (Period Vs. Year Ago)
Growth Rate, Historic Item, Interim Time Series; Field 08698
All Industries:
(Net Sales or Revenue / Last Year’s Net Sales or Revenues for the same period –1) * 100
This item is populated for the quarterly, semi-annual, trimester, quarterly cumulative and trimester cumulative
time series based on the availability of underlying data. It is not available prior to 1999.
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