Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

EBIT/Total Interest Expense Ratio
Leverage Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08291
All Industries:
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes / Interest Expense
Data for this field is only available for 1989 and subsequent years.
EBITDA
See EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAXES & DEPRECIATION (EBITDA)
Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash
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Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - E
Cash Flow Data, Annual Item; Field 04840
All Industries:
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH represents the effect of translating from one currency to
another on the cash flow of the company.
Data for this field is generally not available prior to 1989.
Efficiency Of Earning Assets
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 15611
Banks, Other Financial Companies:
(Interest Income-Total + Trading Account Income + Foreign Exchange Income + Investment Income +
Gain/Loss on Sale of Securities-Pre-tax)/ Average of Last Year’s and Current Year’s (Investments-Total +
Loans-Net) * 100
This calculation uses restated data for last years values where available
Efficiency Of Earning Assets - 5 Yr Avg
Profitability Ratio, Annual Item; Field 15614
Banks, Other Financial Companies:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Efficiency of Earning Assets
Employees
Descriptive Data, Annual Item; Field 07011
All Industries:
EMPLOYEES represent the number of both full and part time employees of the company.
It excludes:
Seasonal employees
Emergency employees
Footnotes:
A. Worldwide
B. Domestic companies
C. Parent company
D. Average employees
G. As of March of the following year
H. Company leases the employees
J. Includes full time equivalent for part time employees
K. Decrease due to redundancies/layoffs
L. As of June the following year
O. Includes employees of associated companies
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