Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Price/Earnings Ratio - GAAP – 5 Yr Avg – Close
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09153
All Industries:
1/ (Earnings Per Share-GAAP–5 Yr Avg / Market Price–Year End-5 Yr Avg)
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Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - P
This item is only available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE, NASDAQ and is generally not available prior to
1996.
Price/Earnings Ratio – GAAP - 5 Yr Avg – High
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09151
All Industries:
1/ (Earnings Per Share-GAAP–5 Yr Avg / Market Price–Year End-5 Yr Avg High)
This item is only available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE, NASDAQ and will not be available until 1998.
Price/Earnings Ratio - GAAP – 5 Yr Avg – Low
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09152
All Industries:
1/ (Earnings Per Share-GAAP–5 Yr Avg / Market Price–Year End-5 Yr Avg Low)
This item is only available for ADRs trading on the NYSE, ASE, NASDAQ and will not be available until 1998.
Price/Earnings Ratio - High
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09100
All Industries:
Market Price-High / Earnings Per Share
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years.
Price/Earnings Ratio - Low
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09101
All Industries:
Market Price-Low / Earnings Per Share
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years.
Price/Earnings Ratio – 3 Yr Avg – Avg High-Low
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09133
All Industries:
1/ (Sum of the last 3 years Earnings Per Share / ((Sum of the last 3 years of Market Price–High + Sum of
the last 3 years of Market Price-Low) / 2)
This item is only available for ADRs and is generally not available prior to 1994.
Price/Earnings Ratio – 3 Yr Avg – Close
Stock Performance Ratio, Annual Item; Field 09132
All Industries:
1/ (Sum of the last 3 years of Earnings Per Share / Sum of the last 3 years of Market Price–Year End)
This item is only available for ADRs and is generally not available prior to 1994.
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