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Line items and definitions

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Values are in units of the reporting currency (USD for all companies today), not thousands or millions. Per-share values are decimals. Ratios are fractions: 0.18 is 18%.

Item Unit Definition Origin
revenue currency Revenue SEC filings
net_income currency Net income attributable to common shareholders SEC filings
eps_basic currency per share Basic earnings per share SEC filings
dividends_per_share currency per share Dividends declared per share SEC filings
free_cash_flow currency Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure Calculated by us
shares_basic shares Weighted average basic shares outstanding SEC filings
shares_diluted shares Weighted average diluted shares outstanding SEC filings
total_debt currency Long-term debt including current maturities, plus short-term borrowings SEC filings
cash_and_equivalents currency Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments SEC filings
roic fraction After-tax operating income divided by invested capital (debt plus equity minus cash) Calculated by us
debt_to_fcf years total_debt divided by free_cash_flow; left out when free cash flow is not positive Calculated by us

Where the numbers come from

Reported items are read from the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings (XBRL data published by the SEC). Companies tag the same thing in different ways, so we map several tags to each item and use the one the company reports. Share counts are adjusted for stock splits. Calculated items are derived from the reported ones.

Companies that do not report under US GAAP (many foreign filers) are not covered yet.

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eps_diluted, operating_cash_flow and capital_expenditure are planned. Asking for them returns invalid_parameter today.