Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Return On Earning Assets - 5 Yr Avg
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 15570
Banks:
Arithmetic average of the last five years Return on Earning Assets
Return On Equity – GAAP
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08295
All Industries:
Net Income-GAAP / Last Year's Common Equity-GAAP * 100
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This item is only available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE or NASDAQ and is generally not available prior
to 1995.
Return On Equity – GAAP – 3 Yr Avg
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08297
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last three years Return on Equity GAAP
This item is only available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE or NASDAQ and is generally not available prior
to 1997.
Return On Equity – GAAP – 5yr Avg
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08299
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last five years Return on Equity GAAP
This item is only available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE or NASDAQ and will not be available until 1999.
Return On Equity - Per Share
Profitability Ratio, Annual/Interim Item; Field 08371
All Industries:
Annual Time Series:
Earnings Per Share / Average of Last Year's and Current Year’s Book Value Per Share * 100
Interim Time Series:
Trailing 12 Months Earnings Per Share / Average of Last Year's and Current Year’s Book Value Per
Share * 100
This calculation uses restated data for last years values where available.
Return On Equity Per Share - Fiscal
Profitability Ratio, Annual item; Field 08302
All industries:
(Current Year’s EPS fiscal / Average of Last Year’s and Current Year’s Book Value Per Share Fiscal) *
100
The calculation is based on Worldscope field 05491 Book Value Per Share-Fiscal and field 05202
Earnings Per Share-Fiscal. It uses restated data for last years values where available.
This item is also available at the security level and is only available in the annual original time series).
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