What data is available in Compustat?

Contains Standard & Poor’s Compustat (United States), Global Vantage (international), Research Insight, and Bank Fundamentals databases, providing access to price data for publicly traded companies, market information on important banks in the United States, and a wide range of technical data.

What is the CRSP Compustat merged database?

The CRSP/Compustat Merged Database is a CRSP product that contains Compustat data items. The database is structured so that Compustat items can be accessed using CRSP’s PERMNO/PERMCO identifiers and Compustat’s GVKEY identifiers.

What is Compustat Snapshot?

Compustat Snapshot: a backtest database containing non-North american fundamental financial data. Compustat snapshot includes originally. reported data, restated data and multi-restated data with history back to 1987 for annual data and 1996 for interim data.

How do I access Compustat database?

Follow these steps:

  1. Go to WRDS.
  2. Select “account request”
  3. Select “request a user account”
  4. Select the appropriate “account type”
  5. Fill out and submit the form.
  6. You will receive an email after your request is approved with login instructions.

What is Compustat global database?

Compustat is a database of financial, statistical and market information on active and inactive global companies throughout the world. The service began in 1962.

What is Worldscope database?

Worldscope offers fundamental data on the world’s leading public and private companies, including annual and interim/quarterly data, detailed historical financial statement content, per share data, calculated ratios, pricing and textual information.

What is Gvkey?

The Global Company Key or GVKEY is a unique six-digit number key assigned to each company (issue, currency, index) in the Capital IQ Compustat database. It is a company (issue, currency, index) identifier similar to a TICKER symbol. It represents the primary key for a company that is an index constituent.

How can I download CRSP data?

Download Stock Data in CRSP

  1. Use the CRSP (in WRDS) link on the library’s website. (See WRDS Access help.)
  2. Under Subscriptions, select CRSP.
  3. Under Quarterly Update, select Stock/Security Files > Monthly Stock File (or Daily Stock File).
  4. Fill out the Web Query Form (see detailed instructions).
  5. Press Submit Query.

What is Compustat Capital IQ?

Transitioning From Research Insight To Capital IQ Compustat is a comprehensive database of financial, statistical, and market information on North American companies that has long been the industry standard for transfer pricing comparables data.

How do I access worldscope?

To access it click on Datastream and enter the Datastream password to access the database, then click on the Datastream icon on the Desktop. Since we only have a single-user licence, it is vital that you disconnect in the correct way as soon as you have finished your research.

WHAT IS Thomson Reuters Datastream?

THOMSON REUTERS. DATASTREAM ECONOMICS. Thomson Reuters Datastream Economics integrates in-depth economic coverage, consistent data history and critical timeliness on one platform with unparalleled financial market data.

What is Permno and Permco?

PERMCO and PERMNO are unique permanent identification numbers assigned by CRSP to all companies listed in CRSP dataset. PERMCO is a unique company level identifier that remains unchanged throughout the whole term of company’s existence even if the company changed name/s.

What kind of data does Compustat have on companies?

Compustat (Capital IQ) is a collection of databases with company data. ExecuComp contains data on salaries and compensation of executives.The database starts in 1992 and covers only listed companies from the index S&P 1500. It provides financial and market data on more than 80 countries.

What is a defined structure for Compustat data?

A defined structure for Compustat data is used to store all available Compustat and CRSP Link data for a GVKEY. Each structure is broken down into items. All structures are built from three basic data categories: headers, event data arrays, and time series.

How are data items defined in CRSP and Compustat?

Data definitions include data items provided by Compustat as well as structures and supplementary data items provided by CRSP. All data items include a mnemonic and field name. With the exception of roughly a dozen data items, the mnemonics of Compustat data items used in the CCM database match the name provided by Compustat.

What are the characters in the Compustat database?

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