Estimates

This item reflects the excess of sale proceeds over the net book value (purchase price less accumulated depreciation) of a fixed asset. The disposal of assets not only includes the sale, but also exchange or abandonment.

This is the percentage change in the company's stock price over the last twenty six weeks.

This is the percentage change in the company's stock price over the last four weeks.

The 5 Day Price Percent Change is the percentage change in the company's stock price over the last 5 tradable (business) days. If the issue did not trade at the beginning of this period, then the latest price prior to 5 days ago will be used.

This growth rate is the compound annual growth rate of Sales Per Share over the last 5 years.

This growth rate is the compound annual growth rate of Earnings Per Share Excluding Extraordinary Items and Discontinued Operations over the last 5 years.

This growth rate is the compound annual growth rate of cash dividends per common share of stock over the last 5 years.

The Five Year Revenue Growth Rate is the annual compounded growth rate of Revenues over the last 5 years.

The highest intraday price during the preceding 52 weeks.

The highest intraday price during the preceding 52 weeks.

This is the date of the highest end-of-day price during the preceding 52 weeks.

The lowest intraday price during the preceding 52 weeks.

The lowest intraday price during the preceding 52 weeks.

This is the date of the lowest end-of-day price in the preceding 52 weeks.

This is the percentage change in the company's stock price over the last fifty two weeks.

Acceptances Outstanding represents contingent liabilities that result from transactions mediated by a bank on behalf of customers. The mediating bank may earn fees on mediation or marginal gains/losses on such transactions.

Accounting Change represents three types of accounting changes:
A change from one generally accepted accounting principle to another generally accepted principle
A change that occurs as the result of new information or as additional information is acquired
A change from reporting as one type of entity to another type of entity.

Accounting Change is applicable only if Net Income/Starting Line is income after accumulated gains/losses from changes in accounting principles. Because the purpose of the operating section of the cash flow is to provide cash representation of a company’s operating activities, any gain/loss from accounting change included in net income computation needs to be reversed.

Accounts Payable represents balances owed to suppliers for materials and merchandise acquired on an open account.

Accounts Payable represents changes in accounts payable during the period. An increase in accounts payable has a positive impact on cash flow from operating activities, and vice versa.

Accounts Receivables represents changes in accounts receivable during the period. An increase in accounts receivable has a negative impact on cash flow from operating activities, and vice versa.

Accounts Receivable – Trade, Gross represents receivables from sales of trading assets (such as inventories) or from services provided. Trade accounts receivable are restricted to “current” assets, where “current” is defined as one year or one operating cycle of the company, whichever is longer. This information is classified as Accounts Receivable – Trade, Gross only when it is presented as such on the company’s balancesheet or in its notes.

Accounts Receivable – Trade, Net represents claims held against customers for goods sold or services rendered as part of normal business operations.

Accrued Expenses represents operational expenses accrued, but not yet paid. As current liabilities, such expenses are expected to be paid within one year or one operating cycle, whichever is longer.

Accrued Expenses represents changes in accrued expenses during the period. An increase in accrued expenses has a positive impact on cash flow from operating activities, and vice versa. When not delineated separately, Accrued Expenses is classified as Accounts Payable/Accrued.

Accrued Investment Income represents investment income accrued, but not yet received. Investment income in insurance companies is an integral part of operating revenue.

Cumulative net pension cost accrued in excess of the employer’s contributions for plans based in the company’s home country.

Cumulative net pension cost accrued in excess of the employer’s contributions for plans based in countries other than the company’s home country.

Cumulative net pension cost accrued in excess of the employer’s contributions for Post-Retirement plans.

Accumulated Depletion represents the accumulated value of erosion of land over its useful life. Accumulated Depletion has been used historically, but is being discontinued.

Accumulated Depreciation, Total represents an aggregate of accumulated depreciation to each of the fixed assets, if any, included in the following items:
Buildings – Gross
Land/Improvements – Gross
Machinery/Equipment – Gross
Construction in Progress – Gross
Leases – Gross
Natural Resources – Gross
Other Property/Plant/Equipment – Gross.

Accumulated Goodwill Amortization represents accumulated amortization of goodwill acquired through mergers according to the Purchase Method. Due to the nature of Accumulated Goodwill Amortization as a contra account to assets, it is always a negative figure. Upon the institution of SFAS 142 (which took effect in January 2002), goodwill ceased to be amortized, and may only be written off if it is impaired.

Accumulated Goodwill Amortization represents accumulated amortization of goodwill acquired through mergers according to the Purchase Method. Unlike Accumulated Goodwill Amortization which generally appears as a negative value on the balance sheet, Accumulated Goodwill Amortization will generally be a positive value (exception being negative goodwill amortization which will be reflected as a negative value).

Accumulated Intangible Amortization represents accumulated amortization against intangible fixed assets. Intangible fixed assets acquired are expensed over the useful life of each asset, and amortization of each intangible asset is included in Accumulated Intangible Amortization.

Accumulated Intangible Amortization represents accumulated amortization against intangible fixed assets. Intangible fixed assets are expensed over the useful life of each asset, and amortization of each intangible is included in Accumulated Intangible Amortization. Accumulated Intangible Amortization will be reflected as a positive value.

Present value of all plan obligations (both vested and non-vested) as of measurement date. Unlike the Projected Benefit Obligation, the ABO makes no assumptions about future compensation levels of plan participants.

Present value of all plan obligations (both vested and non-vested) as of measurement date. Unlike the Projected Benefit Obligation, the ABO makes no assumptions about future compensation levels of plan participants.

Present value of all plan obligations (both vested and non-vested) as of measurement date. Unlike the Projected Benefit Obligation, the ABO makes no assumptions about future compensation levels of plan participants.

Acquisition of Business represents cash outflow for acquiring new businesses.

Actuarial Gains and Losses – Domestic represents the change in the value of either the projected benefit obligation or the plan assets resulting from experience different from that assumed or from a change in an actuarial assumption.

Actuarial Gains and Losses – Foreign represents the change in the value of either the projected benefit obligation or the plan assets resulting from experience different from that assumed or from a change in an actuarial assumption.

Actuarial Gains and Losses - Post-Retirement represents the change in the value of either the projected benefit obligation or the plan assets resulting from experience different from that assumed or from a change in an actuarial assumption.

Additional Paid-In Capital represents capital contributed by shareholders in excess of par value of common stock in return for shares issued to them.

Adjusted FFO (AFFO) represents Funds from Operations (FFO) adjusted for unusual and/or extraordinary items. Funds from Operations (FFO) is used by real estate and other investment trusts to define the cash flow from trust operations.

Adjusted FFO per Share (Basic) represents Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO) divided by the basic weighted average shares for the period. AFFO represents Funds from Operations (FFO) adjusted for unusual and/or extraordinary items.

Adjusted FFO per Share (Diluted) represents Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO) divided by the diluted weighted average shares for the period. AFFO represents Funds from Operations (FFO) adjusted for unusual and/or extraordinary items.

Advertising Expense represents the cost of advertising media and promotional expenses. Advertising Expense may include outsourced advertising expenses for marketing.

Advertising Expense - Supplemental represents the cost of advertising, media and promotional expenses. It may include outsourced advertising expenses for marketing.

Aggressive Growth investors employ an extreme version of the growth style. This can be seen by their propensity to hold the stocks of companies that are growing their revenue and EPS extremely quickly, are in an early stage of their life cycle, or have minimal or no current earnings.

Aircraft Stage, Average Length (Kilometers) captures the average distance flown per flight of an airline in kilometers.

Aircraft Utilization (Hours per Day), Total represents the Company level Aircraft Utilization as reported by the company. It shows the average number of block hours operated per day per aircraft for the total fleet of aircraft.

Airlines represents the airlines industry for Balance Sheet Operating Metrics information collected by Reuters. The Airlines Industry consists of companies engaged in the operation of airline transportation primarily for consumer and business passengers.

The Airlines Industry consists of companies engaged in the operation of airline transportation primarily for consumer and business passengers.

All Other Fees Paid to Auditor, Supplemental represents other professional fees paid to the Auditor by the company not classified as:
Audit Fees, Supplemental
Audit-Related Fees, Supplemental
Tax Fees, Supplemental.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction represents imputed investment income from equity funds that are employed for power plant construction for utility companies.

Paying off an interest bearing liability by gradual reduction through a series of installments comprising both principal and interest components, as opposed to paying it off by a simple lump-sum payment.

Amortization represents the sum of:
Amortization of Intangibles
Amortization of Acquisition Costs
Amortization of Deferred Policy Costs.

Amortization of Acquisition Costs represents the excess of purchase price over tangible and other intangible assets acquired less liabilities assumed arising from business acquisitions. Amortization of goodwill consists of the periodic reduction of the premium paid in the acquisition of an entity over the fair market value of its identifiable tangible and intangible assets.

Amortization of Acquisition Costs (also known as amortization of goodwill) represents the excess of purchase price over tangible and intangible assets acquired, less liabilities assumed arising from business acquisitions using the Purchase Method of accounting. Amortization of goodwill consists of the periodic reduction of the premium paid in the acquisition of an entity over the fair market value of its identifiable tangible and intangible assets.

Amortization of Acquisition Costs represents a non-cash expense, from the amortization of goodwill or business acquisition costs capitalized.

Amortization of Acquisition Costs, Supplemental represents systematic charges to expense over the useful lives of assets that lack physical existence and have a high degree of uncertainty concerning future benefits.

Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs represents amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs for an insurance company. Deferred policy acquisition costs represent commissions already paid for insurance policies acquired.

Amortization of Intangibles represents systematic charges to expenses over the useful lives of assets that lack physical existence.

Amortization of Intangibles represents a non-cash expense incurred due to the amortization of intangible fixed assets.

Amortization of Intangibles represents the accounting process of allocating the cost of assets that lack physical existence over those periods expected to benefit from the use of these assets. These assets usually have a high degree of uncertainty concerning future benefits.

Amortization of Intangibles, Supplemental represents systematic charges to expense over the useful lives of assets that lack physical existence and a high degree of uncertainty concerning future benefits.

Amortization of Policy Acquisition Costs represents policy acquisition costs that are capitalized and amortized over the contractual period of the underlying policy.

Individuals working for a research or brokerage firm. They make forecasts about companies' future earnings, revenues, growth rates, and stock price (price target). They also make recommendations regarding buying, selling, or holding a particular stock.

This is the date that the most recent Short Interest information reflects.

This is the quoted ask, or the lowest price an investor will accept to sell a stock. Practically speaking, this is the quoted offer at which an investor can buy shares of stock.

The allocation of plan asset presentation lists the ‘classes’ of underlying investments of plan assets, showing each investment type as a percentage of total plan assets. The sum of each plan (Domestic/Foreign/Post Retirement) should total 100% (rounding).
Asset Allocation [VASA] represents:
Equity % - Domestic
Equity % - Foreign
Equity % - Post-Retirement
Debt Securities % - Domestic
Debt Securities % - Foreign
Debt Securities % - Post-Retirement
Real Estate % - Domestic
Real Estate % - Foreign
Real Estate % - Post-Retirement
Private Investments % - Domestic
Private Investments % - Foreign
Private Investments % - Post-Retirement
Other Investments % - Domestic
Other Investments % - Foreign
Other Investments % - Post-Retirement.

This value is calculated as the Total Revenues for the most recent year divided by the Average Total Assets. The Average Total Assets is the average of the Total Assets at the beginning and end of the year.

This value is calculated as the Total Revenues for the most recent interim period divided by the Average Total Assets. The Average Total Assets are the average of the Total Assets for the beginning and ending of the interim period.

This value is calculated as the Total Revenues for the trailing twelve months divided by the Average Total Assets. The Average Total Assets is defined as the Total Assets for the 5 most recent quarters divided by 5.

Supplemental Item Assets under Management represents the market value of assets an investment company manages on behalf of investors. The Company includes in its assets under management, items such as:
Funds managed by foreign exchange overlay business
Short term investment funds managed as part of its securities lending business.

Assumptions represents the estimates of the occurrence of future events affecting pension costs, such as mortality, withdrawal, disablement andretirement, changes in compensation and national pension benefits, and discount rates to reflect the time value of money.

Audit-Related Fees, Supplemental comprise fees for services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements.

Audit Fees, Supplemental comprise of fees for professional services necessary to perform an audit or review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, including services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements (including services incurred with rendering an opinion under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) and review of quarterly financial statements.

Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) captures the total flight passenger capacity of an airline in kilometers. It is obtained by multiplying the total number of seats available for scheduled passengers and the total number of kilometers those seats were flown.

Average Daily Room Rate (ADR), Total represents the Company level average rental income per occupied room in a given time period, as reported by the company. It is obtained using the total room revenues divided by the total number of rooms sold.

Average Length of Stay (Days), Total represents the Company level average number of days an admitted patient stays in the facility, as reported by the company.

Average Number of Licensed Beds represents the average number of licensed beds owned by the hospital during the period. It is obtained by weighting the total number of licensed beds owned, by according to the periods owned.

Average Number of Operating Aircraft represents the average number of aircrafts used by an airline during a period of time. This is obtained using the number of aircraft in use, divided by a given period of time.

Average Passenger Fare, Total represents the Company level Average Passenger Fare as reported by the company. It shows the average one-way fare paid per flight segment by a revenue passenger.

Average Production Costs per Barrel, Total represents the Company level Average Cost incurred to produce a barrel of oil or gas, as reported by the company.

Average Rent per Square Meter represents the total average rent received from tenants, per square meter of property controlled by the Real Estate company.

Average Rental Expense per Square Meter captures the total average rental expense-per-square meter of retail space. It is obtained using the total rental expenses incurred for store operations, divided by the total area of retail space (in square meters) during the period.

Average Rental Expense per Store, Total represents the Company level Average Rental Expense incurred per store during the period, as reported by the company. It is obtained using the total rental expenses incurred for store operations, divided by the total number of stores during the period.

Average Revenue per Click, Total represents the Company level average revenue earned per click from each campaign, as reported by the company. This is a measurement of the average revenue earned each time a visitor clicks on an advertisement displayed in a website.

Average Revenue per Customer, Total represents the Company level revenue generated by a customer per month, as reported by the company. This item is commonly used by telephone carriers and other industries including consumer Internet services, to measure the rate of revenue generation.

Average Sales per Square Meter captures the total average sales-per-square meter of retail space. It is obtained using the total revenues earned from store sales, divided by the total area of retail space (in square meters) during the period.

Average Sales per Store, Total represents the Company level Average Sales per Store during the period, as reported by the company. It is obtained using the total revenues earned from store sales, divided by the total number of stores during the period.

Average Square Meters Leased represents the total average amount of space per property, in square meters, leased by the company during the period.

Average Store Size (Square Meters) represents the total average size of all the company’s stores at period end.

Average Value per Transaction, Total represents the Company level Average customer check or bill per transaction during the period, as reported by the company. It is obtained using the total revenues earned from customer checks, divided by the total number of transactions during the period. This is a measurement of the average revenue earned for every customer transaction.

Average Production per Mine (Metric Tons) captures the average production volume of a mineral per mine, in Metric Tons, of a mining company.

Bank Total Revenue represents the sum of:
Interest Income, Bank
Non-Interest Income, Bank.

Banking/ Brokerage represents the banking/ brokerage industry for Income Statement Operating Metrics information collected by Reuters. This includes all the operating indicators for the banking/brokerage industry, reported by the institution.

Basic EPS After Stock-Based Compensation Expense represents Net Income After Stock-Based Compensation Expense divided by Basic/Primary Weighted Average Shares.

Basic EPS Excluding Extraordinary Items represents Income Available to Common Excluding Extraordinary Items divided by Basic Weighted Average Shares.