compheader
Variable Name Description
weburl Website Address
stko Stock Ownership Code
state State/Province
spcseccd S&P Economic Sector Code - Reference
spcindcd S&P Industry Sector Code - Reference
sic SIC Code
priusa Primary Issue Tag - USA
prirow Primary Issue Tag - Rest of World
prican Primary Issue Tag - Canada
phone Phone Number
naics North American Industry Classification Code
loc ISO Country Code / Headquarters
ipodate Company Initial Public Offering Date
incorp State/Province of Incorporation Code
idbflag International/Domestic/Both Indicator
gvkey Standard and Poor\'\'s Identifier
gsubind GICS Sub-industries
gsector GICS Sectors
gind GICS Industries
ggroup GICS Groups
fyrc Fiscal Year End
fic ISO Country Code of Incorporation
fax Fax Number
ein Employer Identification Number
dlrsn Research Company Reason for Deletion
dldte Research Company Deletion Date
county County Code
costat  Postal Code
conml Company Legal Name
conm Company Name
city City
cik CIK Number
busdesc Business Description
addzip Postal Code
add4 Address Lines 4
add3 Address Lines 3
add2 Address Lines 2
add1 Address Lines 1
compmaster
Variable Name Description
begyr Annual date of earlist data (yyyy)
cbegdt First date of Compustat data
ccmid Permanent record identifier for Compustat company or index data, represents GVKEY for company, GVKEYX for index
ccmidtype Type of key for Compustat data. 1 = company data, 2 = index data
cenddt Last date of Compustat data
endyr Annual date of last data (yyyy)
qbegqtr Quarterly date of earlist data (q)
qbegyr Quarterly date of earlist data (yyyy)
qendqtr Quarterly date of last data (q)
qendyr Quarterly date of last data (yyyy)
comphistory
Variable Name Description
gvkey Standard and Poor\'\'s Identifier
hadd1 Historical Address Lines 1
hadd2 Historical Address Lines 2
hadd3 Historical Address Lines 3
hadd4 Historical Address Lines 4
haddzip Historical Postal Code
hbusdesc Historical Business Description
hchgdt Comphist description effective date
hchgenddt Comphist description last effective date
hcik Historical CIK Number
hcity Historical City
hconm Historical Company Name
hconml Historical Company Legal Name
hcostat Historical Postal Code
hcounty Historical County Code
hdldte Historical Research Company Deletion Date
hdlrsn Historical Research Company Reason for Deletion
hein Historical Employer Identification Number
hfax Historical Fax Number
hfic Historical ISO Country Code of Incorporation
hfyrc Historical Fiscal Year End
hggroup Historical GICS Groups
hgind Historical GICS Industries
hgsector Historical GICS Sectors
hgsubind Historical GICS Sub-industries
hidbflag Historical International/Domestic/Both Indicator
hincorp Historical State/Province of Incorporation Code
hipodate Historical Company Initial Public Offering Date
hloc Historical ISO Country Code / Headquarters
hnaics Historical North American Industry Classification Code
hphone Historical Phone Number
hprican Historical Primary Issue Tag - Canada
hprirow Historical Primary Issue Tag - Rest of World
hpriusa Historical Primary Issue Tag - USA
hsic Historical SIC Code
hspcindcd Historical S&P Industry Sector Code - Reference
hspcseccd Historical S&P Economic Sector Code - Reference
hstate Historical State/Province
hstko Historical Stock Ownership Code
hweburl Historical Website Address
cst_history
Variable Name Description
ccndx CST History Current Canadian Index Code
chgdt CST History Effective Date
chgenddt CST History Last Effective Date
cic CST History Issuer Number
cnum CST History CUSIP Issuer Code
coname CST History Company Name
country CST History County Identification Code
cpaper CST History Current S and P Commercial Paper Rating
cpspin CST History Primary S and P Index Marker
csspii CST History Subset S and P Index Marker
csspin CST History Secondary S and P Index Marker
dnum CST History Industry Code
dup CST History Duplicate File Code
ein CST History Employer Identification Number
file  CST History File Identification Code
finc CST History Foreign Incorporation Code
fundf1 CST History Fundamental File Identification Code 1
fundf2 CST History Fundamental File Identification Code 2
fundf3 CST History Fundamental File Identification Code 3
gics CST History Global Industry Classification Standard Code
gvkey Gvkey
iname CST History Industry Name
incorp CST History Incorporation ISO Country Code
ipodt CST History IPO Date
naics CST History North American Industry Classification
sdbt CST History Current S and P Senior Debt Rating
sdbtim CST History Current S and P Senior Debt Rating - Footnote
smbl CST History Stock Ticker Symbol
state CST History State Identification Code
stinc CST History State Incorporation Code
stk CST History Stock Ownership Code
subdt CST History Current S and P Suboordinated Debt RAting
xrel CST History Industry Index Relative Code
zlist CST History Echange Listing + S and P Index Code
Sechead
Variable Name Description
dldtei Security Inactivation Date
dlrsni Security Inactivation Code
dsci Security Description
epf Earnings Participation Flag
exchg Stock Exchange
excntry Stock Exchange Country Code
gvkey Standard and Poor\'\'s Identifier
iid Issue ID
iid_seq_num IID Sequence Number
isin International Security Identification Number
sbegdt First Date of Compustat Data for issue
scusip CUSIP
sedol SEDOL
senddt Last Date of Compustat Data for issue
ssecstat Security Status Marker
tic Ticker/Trading Symbol
tpci  Issue Type
sechist
Variable Name Description
gvkey Standard and Poor\'\'s Identifier
hdldtei Historical Security Inactivation Date
hdlrsni Historical Security Inactivation Code
hdsci Historical Security Description
hepf Historical Earnings Participation Flag
hexchg Historical Stock Exchange
hexcntry Historical Stock Exchange Country Code
hiid Historical Issue ID
hiid_seq_num Historical IID Sequence Number
hisin Historical International Security Identification Number
hschgdt Historical Security Change Date
hschgenddt Historical Security Change End Date
hscusip Historical CUSIP
hsedol Historical SEDOL
hssecstat Historical Security Status Marker
htic Historical Ticker/Trading Symbol
htpci Historical Issue Type
iid Issue ID