Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Trading Volume (Weekly Average $ Amount)
Marketability Data, Annual Item; Field 08010
All Industries:
Trading Volume ($ Amount) / 52
This data is only available for U.S. & Canadian Companies.
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years.
Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - T
Trailing Twelve Months Cash Flow Per Share
Stock Data, Annual Item; Field 18265
All Industries:
TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS CASH FLOW PER SHARE represents the sum of the interim cash flow
per share in the last twelve months.
This item is populated for the quarterly, semi-annual and trimester time series based on the availability of
underlying data. It is not available prior to 1998 and is shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies.
Trailing Twelve Months Dividends Per Share
Stock Data; Annual Item; Field 18266
All Industries:
TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS DIVIDENDS PER SHARE represents the regular dividends declared
during the last twelve months. It is based on the “gross” dividend of a security, before withholding tax is
deducted at a country’s basic rate, but excluding the special tax credit available in some countries. This
tax credit is due to the imputation system of corporate income tax under which shareholders are entitled
to credit a certain proportion of the corporate income tax on distributed profits against the income tax
imposed on the dividends received.
For companies with more than one type of common ordinary share, dividends per share are shown for the
share type identified in field 06005 Type of Share.
This item is populated for the quarterly, semi-annual and trimester time series. It is not available prior to 1998
and is shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies. It is also available at the security level for 1998 and
subsequent years.
Trailing Twelve Months Earnings Per Share
Stock Data, Annual Item; Field 18264
All Industries:
TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS EARNINGS PER SHARE represent the sum of the interim earnings per
share reported in the last twelve months.
This item is populated for the quarterly, semi-annual and trimester time series based on the availability of
underlying data. It is not available prior to 1998 and is shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies.
Trailing Twelve Months Gross Margin
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 18267
All Industries:
Trailing Twelve Months Gross Income / Trailing Twelve Months Net Sales/Revenue
This item is populated for the quarterly, semi-annual and trimester time series based on the availability of
underlying data. It is not available prior to 1998.
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