Hi, I've done some testing/debugging in this area to try and better understand the meanings. Here's some of what I've learned. There's probably more that can be done (and please share back if you find out more), but this should help somewhat..:
Shares - reported in THOUSANDS SharesFloat - reported in MILLIONS SharesOut - reported in MILLIONS Sales - reported in MILLIONS TTMSales - reported per share (I believe) Notes/Tips: * QP data originates from Reuters. I verified this with Gary (founder/owner of QP). * I always notice that Shares and SharesFloat are usually the same, not sure what the diff is? * Some extra data are arrays as you have found out. Unfortunately, QP (perhaps because Reuters itself has this limitation) does not provide more than 20 quarters I believe (i.e., 5 years) of historical fundamental data for these array based data points. I've requested QP to consider having full fundamental data going forward so that this data is not lost. The more user's clamor for it, the more likely that vendor will react :-) * To verify my findings, I cross-referenced my data outputs against Yahoo Finance and Reuters fundamentals stats. I usually test against 2 different symbols (one that yields annual dividends and one that does not -- e.g., NFI and EBAY). Note, you need to register (its free) for Reuter's detailed pages: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=NFI http://www.investor.reuters.com/CompanyOverview.aspx?ticker=NFI&target=/stocks/quickinfo/companyprofile/overview * When verifying, I've noticed the web pages above take awhile to get latest data and this may be the reason for some of the discrepancy you may notice against latest QP data.. Regards, JD --- In [email protected], "fatboycato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a few questions about the fundamental data coming out of QP3 > that I hoped someone here could answer: > > I'm pretty sure that sales and sharesfloat are reported in millions > (e.g. "1.2" means 1,200,000), and sharesshort are reported in > thousands (e.g. "1,200" means 1,200,000), but I don't know about > some of the others. > > 1) TTMSales? I can't think of any way to make this a real number. > 2) TTMEPS? It looks like it could just be normal, but I'd like to > make sure. > 3) Earnings growth numbers (Y1, Y5, and projections)? One would > expect percentage (e.g. "12" = 12%), is this the case? > > One final question: Since "EPS" is an array, does that mean I can > get historical EPS by using Ref(GetExtraData("EPS"),-#)? If so, I've > tried that and it didn't seem to work. Is there another way to do it? > > I'm trying to set up some sort of CANSLIM type of exploration. So, > if anyone has any ideas on that, I would really appreciate the help. > > Thank you. > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com For other support material please check also: http://www.amibroker.com/support.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
