Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

This item is only available for ADRs.
ADR/U.S. Foreign Filer Non-U.S. Company Identifier
Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - A
Descriptive Data, Current Item; Field 06115
All Industries:
ADR NON-U.S. COMPANY IDENTIFIER represents the Worldscope Identifier of the underlying company
that is represented by the ADR.
ADR/U.S. Foreign Filer Non-U.S. Security Identifier
Descriptive Data, Current Item; Field 06116
All Industries:
ADR NON-U.S. SECURITY IDENTIFIER represents the Worldscope Identifier of the underlying security
that is represented by the ADR.
After Tax Other Income/Expense
Income Data, Annual Item; Field 01504
All Industries:
AFTER TAX OTHER INCOME/EXPENSE represents miscellaneous items reported net of tax which are
included in the company's net income.
Data for this field is generally not available prior to 1989.
It includes but is not restricted to:
Tax benefit for common stock ESOP dividends.
It excludes:
Tax benefit for preferred stock ESOP dividends
Footnotes:
A. No standard text
B. Includes ESOP common stock tax benefit
C. Includes amortization of consolidation adjustments
Alpha
Stock Market Performance Ratio, Current Item; Field 09803
All Industries:
A measure of the amount of return produced by a stock's inherent factors rather than market sensitivity
factors. This coefficient is based on between 23 and 35 consecutive month end percent changes of the
company and a local market index.
This item is also available at the security level.
The following indices are used in the calculation of alpha:
Country Stock Index
Argentina MERVAL
Australia All Ordinaries
Austria Credit Aktien
Belgium BEL 20 Index
Brazil Bovespa
Canada TSE300
Chile IGPA General
Colombia IBB Index
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