Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - D
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.
Dividends Per Share - Interim – Special
Stock Data; Annual Item; Field 05114
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE (INTERIM) – SPECIAL represents unusual and infrequent distributions to
shareholders that were declared during a specific fiscal interim time period.
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.
Dividends Per Share - Last 12 Months
Stock Data, Current Item; Field 05145
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - LAST 12 MONTHS represents the sum of the interim dividends per share,
including extras, declared by the company in the last twelve months. If interim data is not available it is
the most recent dividends per share reported by the company in the last two years.
For companies with more than one type of common/ordinary share, dividends per share is shown for the
share type identified in field 06005 - Type of Share.
This item is also available at the security level and is shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies.
Dividends Per Share - Last 12 Months - Mult Share 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Stock Data, Current Items; Fields 20025, 20125, 20225, 20325, 20425, 20525, 20625, respectively
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - LAST 12 MONTHS - MULT SHARE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 represents the sum of
the interim dividends per share, including extras, declared by the company for each type of
common/ordinary share in the last twelve months. If interim data is not available it is the most recent
dividends per share reported by the company in the last two years.
This item is shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies.
Dividends Per Share - Mult Share 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Stock Data, Annual Items; Fields 20044, 20144, 20244, 20344, 20444, 20544, 20644, respectively
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - MULT SHARE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 represents the total dividends per share
declared for each type of common/ordinary share during the calendar year for U.S. corporations and
fiscal year for non-U.S. corporations. It includes extra dividends declared during the year.
These items are shown per 1,000 shares for Brazilian companies.
Data for these fields are generally not available prior to 1987.
Refer to the definition of DIVIDENDS PER SHARE for more details and applicable footnotes.
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