Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Dividend Payout (% Earnings) – Total Dollar - 5 Yr Avg
Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - D
Leverage Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08260
All Industries:
Sum of Common Dividends (Cash) for the last 5 years / (Sum of Net Income before Preferred Dividends -
Preferred Dividend Requirement for the last five years) * 100
Footnotes:
T. Dividends in excess of earnings
Dividend Payout Per Share (%)
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09504
All Industries:
Dividends Per Share / Earnings Per Share * 100
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years.
Dividend Payout Per Share (%) - Current
Stock Performance Ratio, Current Item; Field 09502
All Industries:
Dividends Per Share-Last 12 months / Earnings Per Share-Last 12 months * 100
This item is also available at the security level.
Dividend Payout Per Share (%) - 5 Yr Avg
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09521
All Industries:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Dividends Per Share / Arithmetic average of the last five years
of Earnings Per Share
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years.
Dividend Report Frequency
Stock Data, Annual Item; Field 05100
All Industries:
DIVIDEND REPORT FREQUENCY represents how often interim dividends are reported by the company
during its fiscal year. This field contains the following codes, each representing a different reporting
frequency:
Code Reporting Frequency
0 Irregular
1 Quarterly
2 Semi-Annual
4 Annual
Note: If there is no data in this field, a quarterly reporting frequency can be assumed.
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years.
Dividend Yield - Avg High-Low
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09406
All Industries:
Dividends Per Share / (Market Price-High + Market Price-Low / 2) * 100
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