Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Issue 6
Frequently Asked Questions
templates from page 154 . In February 2007, Worldscope contained 7,673 active and
1,837 inactive Limited Data Set companies across countries.
The current field 11519 Indicator-Limited Data Set Company identifies these
companies, which will have Limited Data updates going forward.
A small number of companies, which previously had main market listings and were
subsequently transferred to OTC market, may have prior year Full Updates. Annual
field 07033 Full/Limited Coverage Indicator will show, for each year, whether the
company has a Full or Limited update.
39. DOES WORLDSCOPE COVERAGE INCLUDE ADRs (AMERICAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS)?
Yes. ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ under both sponsored and
unsponsored programs are targeted under the coverage criteria. In addition,
companies participating in sponsored programs and trading OTC are also targeted.
See ADRs Template and ADR Frequently Asked Questions which follows the
Frequently Asked Questions section for further information.
40. IS PER SHARE DATA PRESENTED ON A FISCAL OR CALENDAR BASIS?
All per share data for non-U.S. domiciled companies and securities and ratios derived
from the per share data on the annual and interim time series is presented on a fiscal
basis.
All annual time series per share data for U.S. domiciled companies and securities and
ratios derived from the per share data is presented on a calendar basis, with the
exception of data fields that are specifically designated as fiscal. All US interim time
series data is provided on a fiscal basis. Further details related to fiscal years and per
share data can be found in the definitions section. U.S. companies/securities can be
identified by checking for 840 in field 06027 Nation Code.
All per share data and related ratios for ADR companies are presented on a fiscal
basis.
Within the Worldscope database, unless otherwise stated, the following data items
contained in the annual time series data are disclosed on a calendar year basis for
U.S. companies and on a fiscal year basis for non-U.S. companies:
All price and per share data (e.g.: market prices, market capitalization, earnings
per share, dividends per share, book value per share, etc.) listed under the
headings “Stock Data Annual Statistics” and “Stock Performance Annual
Statistics” in the templates section.
All interim data on the annual time series under the heading “Annual Series
Interim Data” in the templates section..
Calendar year end basis means that the data is calculated on a December yearend
basis whereas fiscal year end basis means that data is calculated on the
company’s fiscal period end date basis.
Taking the EPS data as an example:
A company has a fiscal period end date of 30-06-2001 and reports quarterly
information.
Calendar year end basis:
For the year 2001, EPS Q1 (05221) is at 31-03-2001; EPS Q2 (05222) is at 30-06-
2001; EPS Q3 (05223) is at 30-09-2001 and EPS Q4 (05224) is 31-12-2001. Annual
EPS (05201) is at 31-12-2001.
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