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This glossary covers the new firmographic and financial data points for publicly traded companies that have been added to BCIQ as of May 2024. The addition of these new data properties improves the robustness of BCIQ Finance Landscape Reports and BCIQ Company Profiles.

5 Day Moving Avg.: Closing price for this stock, summed for the previous 5 days, and then divided by 5.

1 Wk % Change in Price: The stock’s last close price, as compared with its close price one week ago. Expressed as a %.

10 Day Moving Avg.: The stock’s closing price for the last 10 days (sum), divided by 10.

50 Day Moving Avg.: The stock’s closing price (summed) for the last 50 days, divided by 50.

10 Wk Moving Avg.: The stock’s closing price for the last 10 weeks (summed), divided by the number of trading days in that 10-week period.

4 Wk Avg. of Daily % Change in Price: The average daily price change (as a %) over the last 4 weeks. This value is calculated as follows: avg(abs((closing price-opening price)/opening price)) where abs() is the absolute value and avg() is the average.

4 Wk Avg. of Daily % Change in Volume: The average daily volume change (as %) over the last 4 weeks. This value is calculated as follows: avg(abs((volume- AverageDailyVolumeLast4weeks)/AverageDailyVolumeLast4weeks)), where abs() is the absolute value and avg() is the average.

3 Month Avg of Daily Volume: Total volume for the last 3 months, divided by the number of trading days in the last 3 months.

Date of 52 Week High: The date when the stock’s 52-Week High was observed.

Date of 52 Week Low: The date when the stock’s 52-Week Low was observed.

PE Ratio: Stock’s Price, divided by its earnings per share (EPS) for the defined period. The Stock’s Price is its most recent close price within the period defined. For Exchange Traded Funds (ETF): Returns the PE as a weighted average for all the stocks in the fund. Aggregate prices are scaled by the sum of individual earnings, including negative earnings. For Closed-End Fund (CEF): Returns the market capitalization weighted average price/earnings ratio for the securities in the fund's portfolio.

PE Ratio | 5 Year Low: For each of the past 5 fiscal years, we calculate: The Lowest observed stock Price (intra-day trading) in that calendar year, divided by the EPS for the same fiscal year. This produces 5 independent PE Ratios. The lowest ratio for the period is returned as the “PE Ratio 5-year low.”

PE Ratio | 5 Year High: For each of the past 5 fiscal years, we calculate the following ratio: The highest price a stock had (intra-day trading) for that calendar year / that fiscal year's EPS. 5-Year High P/E is the highest of those 5 ratios.

Book Value: The same as shareholder's equity. Calculated by (Total Assets - Total Liabilities). This is the total book value, as derived from the latest balance sheet.

Price-to-Sales Ratio: The valuation ratio between a company's stock prices and its revenues. This value is calculated by dividing the company's market capitalization by the company's total sales over a designated period (trailing 12 months is used here).

Price-to-Cash Flow Ratio: The ratio between the value of a stock's price relative to its operating cash flow per share. This value is calculated according to date parameters set and is based on local currency.

Total Debt: All interest bearing and capitalized lease obligations. Represents the sum of long and short-term debt.

Float | Current: The portion of a company’s outstanding shares that are actively traded on the stock market. This does not include closely held or restricted shares of company stock.

Float as a % of Outstanding Shares: Float divided by Latest shares outstanding, expressed as a percentage.

Market Capitalization | Fully Diluted: Result of multiplying the outstanding fully-diluted shares by the last closing share price. Please note that the fully-diluted shares outstanding includes all dilutive potentials reported by the company as adjustments on its weighted average shares. Fully-diluted shares outstanding is available on a quarterly basis.

Net Change in Cash Position: Represents the change in cash and short-term investments from one year to the next. This item is available only when the Statement of Changes in Financial Position is based on cash and short-term investments.

Investment Purchases: Represents the investments bought during the accounting period of the company.

Net Purchase or Sale of Investments: Returns purchase or Sale of investments for the period and date(s) requested. The net value is displayed. And values are reported in local currency by default.

Enterprise Value: Enterprise Value for the period and date(s) requested. Local currency is used by default. For Exchange Traded Funds (ETF): This value represents an ETF's AUM, the market value of total assets that a fund manages on behalf of investors.

Industry Sector: The Industry Sector is defined by FactSet, using their sector classification scheme.

Country: The Country where the corporate offices of a company are located.

City: The City where the corporate offices of a company are located.

SIC Code: Company Primary SIC Code.

CEO: Current CEO of the company.

Number of Employees: Represents the number of both full- and part-time employees of the company.

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