Private Company Glossary

Private Company Data Definitions

The Private Company Database contains "standardized" financial, entity, general and contact information for more than a million private companies. It covers at least three years of annual financial data.

Note that the data items covered in this document is restricted to those fields in the Private Company Catalog in the Company Screener. There are certain fields available in the Private Company Overview, but absent in the Company Screener, such as Company Website, Brands, Products, Officers & Directors, VEIC Codes, etc. which are outside the scope of this document.

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AccountsPayable

Accounts Payable {pc.AccountsPayable}

Accounts Payable {tf.AccountsPayable}

Represents balances owed to suppliers for materials and merchandise acquired on an open account.

AccountsPayableToSales

Accounts Payable to Sales {pc.AccountsPayableToSales}

Accounts Payable % Sales {tf.AccountsPayablePctSales}

Accounts Payable to Sales = (Accounts Payable / Net Sales) * 100

Note: If at least one of the values involved in the calculation of the ratio is an estimated number, then the ratio will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”

AddressCity

City {pc.AddressCity}

City {tf.AddressCity}

Represents the city location of the corporate offices of a company.

AddressCountry

Country {pc.AddressCountry}

Country {tf.AddressCountry}

Represents the country/nation location of the corporate offices of a company.

AddressStreet

Address Street {pc.AddressStreet}

Street Address {tf.AddressStreet}

Represents the street location of the corporate offices of a company.

AddressZIPPostalCode

ZIP or Postal Code {pc.AddressZIPPostalCode}

ZIP or Postal Code {tf.AddressZIPPostalCode}

Represents the zip code of the location of the corporate offices of a company.

AssetsToSales

Assets to Sales {pc.AssetsToSales}

N/A

Assets to Sales = (Total Assets (including Intangibles) / Net Sales) * 100

Note: If at least one of the values involved in the calculation of the ratio is an estimated number, then the ratio will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”.

AssetTurnover

Asset Turnover {pc.AssetTurnover}

N/A

Asset Turnover = (Net Sales / Total Assets (including Intangibles)) * 100

Note: If at least one of the values involved in the calculation of the ratio is an estimated number, then the ratio will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”.

Auditor

Auditor {pc.Auditor}

Auditor {tf.Auditor}

Auditor of the company.

BusinessDescriptionExtended

Business Description {pc.BusinessDescriptionExtended}

Business Description Extended {tf.BusinessDescriptionExtended}

Detailed description of a company's operations. It may include any or all of the following items:

A general comment concerning the company's type of business

(1) The size of the company, if relevant

(2) Number of offices, stores, restaurants, etc.

(3) For a multi-bank holding company, the banks held

(4) For a manufacturer, products and brands

(5) For a retailer, store names

(6) Sales breakdown, if available

CapitalPerEmployee

Capital per Employee {pc.CapitalPerEmployee}

N/A

This shows the value of the assets employed per employee.

CashAndLiquidAssets

Cash and Liquid Assets {pc.CashAndLiquidAssets}

Cash & Short Term Investments {tf.CashAndSTInvestments}

Cash and short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so close to their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in interest rates.

CollectionPeriodRatio

Collection Period Ratio {pc.CollectionPeriodRatio}

Accounts Receivables Days {tf.AccountsReceivableDays}

Collection Period Ratio = (Accounts Receivable / Net Sales) * 365 Days -or-

(Trade Debtors / Turnover) * 365

Note: If at least one of the values involved in the calculation of the ratio is an estimated number, then the ratio will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”.

CompanyStatus

Company Status {pc.CompanyStatus}

Company Status {tf.CompanyStatus}

Provides specific information regarding the inactive status for a company, i.e., if it is privately held, bought out, acquired, merged, etc. For an active company, this field will not be populated.

CountryCode

Country of Domicile or Incorporation {pc.CountryCode}

Incorporation Code-Foreign (Country Incorporation Code) {tf.countrycode}

The three-character ISO code specifying the country the company is incorporated or domiciled in.

CSICCode

Sinotrust CSIC Code {pc.CSICCode}

N/A

Chinese Standard Industry Classification (CSIC) system customized by Sinotrust, a third-party vendor of private company data. CSIC code is available only for Chinese private companies. While the standard CSIC scheme is four-tiered, the Sinotrust CSIC scheme is a three tiered industry classification system with 1175 industries in the taxonomy.

CurrentLiabilitiesToInventory

Current Liabilities to Inventory {pc.CurrentLiabilitiesToInventory}

N/A

Current Liabilities to Inventory = (Total Current Liabilities / (Stock and Work In Progress)) * 100

CurrentLiabilitiesToNetWorth

Current Liabilities to Net Worth {pc.CurrentLiabilitiesToNetWorth}

N/A

Current Liabilities to Net Worth = (Total Current Liabilities / Tangible Net Worth) * 100

CurrentPeriodAnnual

Current Period For Annual Data {pc.CurrentPeriodAnnual}

Current Period For Annual Data {tf.CurrentPeriodAnnual}

Represents the most recent annual period of the most recent annual data recorded for an entity.

CurrentRatio

Current Ratio {pc.CurrentRatio}

Current Ratio {tf.CurrentRatio}

Current Ratio = Total Current Assets / Total Current Liabilities

DCN

Disclosure ID {pc.DCN}

Disclosure Company Number {tf.DCN}

Unique 10-digit number assigned by Disclosure Inc. to each company that files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Usually, the Company Number consists of one alphabet followed by nine digits. The alphabetic character is the same as the first letter of the company’s name. If the company’s name begins with the article “A” or “THE”, the article is ignored when assigning the Company Number. If the company’s name begins with a number, the first character is numeric (e.g., 20th Century Industries is assigned 2034650000).

Employees

Employees {pc.Employees}

Employees {tf.Employees}

The total number of employees in the business. This can be an actual or estimated figure. If the value is estimated, then the field will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”.

EntityKey

Unique Key Identifying The Entity {pc.EntityKey}

Unique Key Identifying The Entity {tf.EntityKey}

The permanent ID Number (Perm ID) assigned to an entity by Thomson Reuters.

EntityName

Name of Entity {pc.EntityName}

Name of Entity {tf.EntityName}

The legal or registered name of a company.

FaxNumber

Fax Number {pc.FaxNumber}

Fax Number {tf.FaxNumber}

The contact fax number of the company.

FiscalYearEndDate

Date of Fiscal Year End {pc.FiscalYearEndDate}

Date of Fiscal Year End {tf.FiscalYearEndDate}

Date of Fiscal Year End in MM/DD/YYYY format.

FixedAssetsToNetWorth

Fixed Assets to Net Worth {pc.FixedAssetsToNetWorth}

N/A

Fixed Assets to Net Worth = (Non-Current Assets -or- Total Fixed Assets) / Tangible Net Worth *100

Note: As the Net Worth figure is tangible, if the Tangible Fixed Asset figure is quoted in the accounts, this is used to calculate the Fixed Assets to Net Worth ratio.

FYREndMonthCurr

End month of fiscal year Current {pc.FYREndMonthCurr}

End month of fiscal year Current {tf.FYREndMonthCurr}

Provides the most recent fiscal year end represented as the month in which the fiscal year end occurs. Represented numerically, i.e., 1 = January, 2 = February and so on.

FYRTransitionMonth

Fiscal Year Transition Month {pc.FYRTransitionMonth}

Fiscal Year Transition Month {tf.FYRTransitionMonth}

The month in which the Fiscal Year breakpoint is determined - e.g. a FYR Transition Month of 6 would mean that all entities that file before the 6th month would have fiscal year ends in the previous year, whereas all entities that file their financials after the 5th month would fall into the current fiscal year.

GaleID

Accession Number {pc.GaleID}

Gale ID {tf.GaleID}

Unique identifier for an entity provided by Gale, a third-party vendor of private company content.

GemOrgID

Gem Original ID {pc.GemOrgID}

N/A

Unique identifier assigned to an entity by GEM (a Thomson Reuters entity master database)

GenerateID

Generate ID {pc.GenerateID}

N/A

Unique identifier for an entity provided by Generate, a third-party vendor of private company content.

GrossIncome

Gross Income {pc.GrossIncome}

Gross Income {tf.GrossIncome}

The difference between Sales or Revenues and the Cost of Goods Sold.

IBESTicker

Company IBES Ticker {pc.IBESTicker}

I/B/E/S Ticker {tf.IBESTicker}

Represents the symbol used by I/B/E/S to identify companies for which they track earnings estimates.

IncomeBefExtraItemsAndPfdDiv

Profit After Tax (before Extraordinary Items) {pc.IncomeBefExtraItemsAndPfdDiv}

Income Before Extraordinary Items And Preferred Dividends

{tf.IncomeBefExtraItemsAndPfdDiv}

Income after all operating and non-operating income and expense, taxation, minority interest and exceptional items.

IncomeBefIncomeTaxes

Pretax Income {pc.IncomeBefIncomeTaxes}

Pretax Income {tf.IncomeBefIncomeTaxes}

Income after all operating and non-operating income and expense, and before taxation, minority interest, exceptional and extraordinary items.

InventoryTurnover

Inventory Turnover {pc.InventoryTurnover}

N/A

Inventory Turnover = Net Sales / (Stock + Work in Progress)

Note: If at least one of the values involved in the calculation of the ratio is an estimated number, then the ratio will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”.

LongTermLiabilities

Long Term Liabilities {pc.LongTermLiabilities}

N/A

The amount of the obligations of the company due after one year.

NetIncome

Net Income {pc.NetIncome}

Net Income Available To Common {tf.NetIncome}

Income after all operating and non-operating income and expense, taxation, minority interest, exceptional and extraordinary items.

NetworthToTotalAssets

Networth to Total Assets {pc.NetworthToTotalAssets}

Common Equity % Total Assets {tf.CommonEquityPctTotalAssets}

Networth to Total Assets = (Net Worth / Total Assets) * 100 -or- (Total Shareholders Equity / Total Assets) * 100

PEBackedStatus

PEBackedStatus {pc.PEBackedStatus}

N/A

Indicates a company’s private equity/venture backed status. A private company can be classified under one of the four possible states/options within the PE Backed Status item.

Currently PE/VC Backed (Status Code: C): Indicates that the company is currently on the portfolio of a private equity or venture firm.

Formerly PE/VC Backed (Status Code: F): Indicates that the company used to be on the portfolio of a private equity or venture firm, but is no longer PE/VC Backed.

Current Portfolio Status Unknown –or- Unknown Portfolio Status (Status Code: U): Indicates that the company was on the portfolio of a private equity or venture firm at an earlier point in time, but as to whether the company is still on the portfolio of a PE or VC firm is unknown.

Never PE/VC Backed (Status Code: N): Indicates that the company was never on the portfolio of a private equity or venture firm, i.e., the company has never been PE or VC backed.

PhoneNumber

Phone Number {pc.PhoneNumber}

Phone Number {tf.PhoneNumber}

The contact telephone number of the company.

PretaxProfitMargin

Pretax Profit Margin {pc.PretaxProfitMargin}

Pretax Margin {tf.PretaxMargin}

Pretax Profit Margin = (Profit before Tax / Net Sales or Revenue) * 100

PrimaryNAICSCode

Primary NAICS Code {pc.PrimaryNAICSCode}

Primary NAICS Code {tf.PrimaryNAICSCode}

The NAICS Code of an entity’s primary business as determined by sales breakdown. If a sales breakdown is not available the NAICS Code is assigned according to best judgment. The version followed is NAICS 1997.

NAICS is a hierarchical structure and can consist of up to six digits / levels. The first two digits of the structure designate the NAICS sectors that represent general categories of economic activity. The third digit designates the sub-sector, the fourth digit designates the industry group, the fifth digit designates the NAICS industry, and the sixth digit designates the national industry.

PrimarySICCode

Primary SIC Code {pc.PrimarySICCode}

Primary Standard Industry Code {tf.PrimarySICCode}

The SIC Code of an entity’s primary business as determined by Sales breakdown. If a sales breakdown is not available the SIC Code is assigned according to best judgment. The version followed is SIC 1987.

Note: If the SIC Code for a company is derived based upon a mapping table (specifically CSIC to SIC mapping) without manual intervention & review, then the value will be displayed in italics and will have the footnote “derived”. Applicable only to Chinese companies.

PrivateIndicator

Private Entity Indicator {pc.PrivateIndicator}

Private Entity Indicator {tf.PrivateIndicator}

Indicates whether a company is private or public.

ProfitPerEmp

Profit Per Employee {pc.ProfitPerEmp}

N/A

Profit per Employee = Gross Profit / Employees –or- Profit before Tax / Employees –or- Net Profit / Employees

Note: If at least one of the values involved in the calculation of the ratio is an estimated number, then the ratio will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”.

QuickRatio

Quick Ratio {pc.QuickRatio}

Quick Ratio {tf.QuickRatio}

Quick Ratio = (Cash + Trade Debtors) / Total Current Liabilities

Region

Region {pc.Region}

Region {tf.Region}

Represents the region of the world that the company is domiciled in. Choices are Americas, Asia Pacific, Emerging Market, Europe and Africa, Non US and North America.

RegionCode

Region Code {pc.RegionCode}

Region Code {tf.RegionCode}

Represents the code for the region of the world that the company is domiciled in. AM = Americas, AP = Asia Pacific, EM = Emerging Market, EA = Europe and Africa, NU = Non US, NM = North America.

ReturnOnAssets

Return on Assets {pc.ReturnOnAssets}

N/A

Return on Assets = (Profit before Tax / Total Assets) * 100 -or- (Profit after Tax / Total Assets) * 100 -or- (Net Profit / Total Assets) * 100

ReturnOnCapital

Return on Capital {pc.ReturnOnCapital}

Return On Invested Capital {tf.ReturnOnInvestedCapital}

Return on Capital = (Profit before tax / Capital Employed) * 100

Note: Capital Employed = Total Assets (including Intangibles) less Current Liabilities

ReturnOnEquity

Return on Equity {pc.ReturnOnEquity}

Return on Equity {tf.ReturnOnEquity}

Return on Equity = (Net Income / Net Worth) * 100 -or- (Net Income / Shareholders Equity) * 100 –or- (Profit before Tax / Tangible Net Worth) * 100 -or- (Profit before Tax / Total Shareholders Equity) * 100

Note: Net Worth = Shareholders' Equity less Intangible Assets

ReturnOnSales

Return on Sales {pc.ReturnOnSales}

N/A

Return on Sales = (Net Income / Net Sales) * 100

Note: where Profit before Tax is reported in place of Net Income then ratio uses Pretax Income.

Note: If at least one of the values involved in the calculation of the ratio is an estimated number, then the ratio will be displayed in italics and have the footnote “estimated”.