Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Cash Dividends % Cash Flow
Leverage Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08906
All Industries:
Cash Dividends Paid / Funds from Operations * 100
Cash Dividends % Cash Flow - 5 Yr Avg
Leverage Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08910
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last five years Cash Dividends % Cash Flow
Cash Earnings Return On Equity
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Profitability Ratio, Annual/Interim Item; Field 08381
Annual Time Series:
All Industries:
Funds from Operations /Average of Last Year's and Current Year’s Common Equity * 100
Insurance Companies:
If Common Equity is not available, Policyholders Equity is substituted
Exceptions:
Finland (95 and prior years) and Norway (93 and prior years):
All Industries:
Funds from Operations /Average of Last Year’s and Current Year’s (Common Equity + Non-
Equity Reserves) * 100
Sweden (88 and prior years):
All Industries:
Funds from Operations / Average of Last Year’s and Current Year’s (Common Equity + Non-
Equity Reserves * .5) * 100
Sweden (89):
All Industries:
Funds from Operations / (Average of Last Year’s and Current Year’s Common Equity + Average
of (Last Year’s Non Equity Reserve *.5 and Current Year’s Non-Equity Reserves * .7)) * 100
Sweden (90-92):
All Industries:
Funds from Operations / Average of Last Year’s and Current Year’s (Common Equity + Non-
Equity Reserves * .7) * 100
Sweden (93):
All Industries:
Funds from Operations / Average of Last Year’s and Current Year’s Common Equity + Average
of (Last Year’s Non-Equity Reserves * .7 and Current Year’s Non Equity Reserve) * 100
Sweden (94 and subsequent years):
All Industries:
Funds from Operations / Average of Last Year's and Current Year’s Common Equity * 100
Interim Time Series:
All Industries:
Funds from Operations / Average of Last Year's and Current Year’s Common Equity * 100
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