Covering 98% of the world's market capitalization with data on 89,000 global securities, Compustat has the scope and reputation financial professionals demand. Key restated and unrestated data, unrivaled historical information and presentations, easy-to-use delivery options, and a knowledgeable and responsive support staff have earned Compustat a level of respect and confidence unsurpassed in the financial industry.
Compustat Xpressfeed Data Coverage
Deep company history and a broad range of value-added data items have made Compustat Xpressfeed stand out among competitors. Increasing globalization in the financial marketplace has led Compustat to make a significant effort to expand its international data. The data covers over 98% of the world's total market cap and our widely-used database provides timely, comparable, objective company-level information on more than 58,000 companies — including active and inactive fundamental data for over 31,000 non-U.S. and non-Canadian companies.
Compustat Analysts' Notes and Transparency
Compustat increased data transparency by providing an as reported breakout of Compustat's standardized and adjusted items. You can easily tie values back to financial statements in a structured format that shows all components that were included in the adjustment to an item. In addition, Compustat's data analysts monitor SEC changes and breaking news and evaluate footnotes for developments that might have an impact on the reported numbers. All of this valuable information is subsequently reported within analyst notes.
Intraday Delivery
Compustat is dedicated to providing timely access to accurate financial intelligence. Compustat Xpressfeed delivers comprehensive global fundamental and market data in transaction files three times per day to your systems. These item-level transaction files capture the current data for Asian, European and North American markets. Xpressfeed's file technology enables quicker data updates because only new or updated information is included in the files — letting you process the data faster with less internal resources, so your financial models can reflect the most current investment climate.
SFAS 157 & 159 Fair Value Measurements
The new SFAS 157 & 159 data will enable analysts to assess the relative reliability of fair value measurements over time for an entity, as well as relative to peer institutions. Compustat has added 10 new supplemental balance sheet data items and one new supplemental income statement item. This is the first database in the marketplace to include this data.
The Xpressfeed Loader
The Xpressfeed Loader allows easy setup of the Compustat Xpressfeed database into a relational database. It can save months of development time because it can be set up quickly. The Loader works with most commonly used environments and databases, and can be further customized at your request. Automated updates keep your financial data up to data with the most current information.
The Xpressfeed Loader Library
The Xpressfeed Loader Library consists of database stored procedures, functions and views that facilitate the retrieval and use of Xpressfeed data after it has been loaded by the Loader. The Xpressfeed Library is available for both MS-SQL and Oracle.
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