PacificData

Analytical solutions on Japanese equities

Data Coverage

Coverage

PacificBase Dynamics provides over 2,200 data items for currently traded and de-listed Japanese companies, including REITs and IPOs making it the most extensive database available in the market.

The information is based on financial reports filings (yukashoken hokokusho) submitted to the Financial Services Agency, earnings announcements (kessan tanshin), and all registration documents issued by companies disclosed at the exchanges.

Where available, both parent and consolidated data are supplied on an annual, semi-annual, and quarterly basis as far back as 1984.

Content Coverage History Sources
All Listed companies (Annual Data) Parent & Consolidated From 1984 Yukashoken Hokokusho and Kessan Tanshin
All Listed Companies (Semi-Annual Data) Parent & Consolidated From 1988 Kessan Tanshin
All Listed Companies (Quarterly Data) Parent & Consolidated From 1998 where reported. Available "as reported" and in 3-month data series Kessan Tanshin
Newly Listed Companies IPOs Parent & Consolidated Up to 5 years prior to listing date Registration Statement and Prospectus
Fundamental Data Annual Data Semi-Annual/Quarterly Data
Parent Consolidated Parent Consolidated
Balance Sheet ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Income Statement ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Cash Flow Statement* ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Appropriation of Retained Earnings
Changes in Net Assets		 ✓ ✓
Business Segment Data** ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Geographic Segment Data** ✓ ✓
Cost of Goods Manufactured ✓
Accounting Standards ✓ ✓
Supplementary Statements ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ratios*** ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

* Consolidated as reported from 2000 (all firms) and as calculated through 1999 (non-financial firms). Parent data is included if consolidated is not disclosed. ** Segment data series from 1992. Segment data where reported, otherwise Sales Breakdown data. *** Calculated Ratios: Consolidated: Based on CFA program and financial sector specialists. Parent: Based on Bank of Japan definitions.

Market Data Coverage
Prices (open, high, low, close), Trading Volume, Dividends, Total Investment Returns Latest Daily (end of latest trading day); Daily (last 260 trading days); and Monthly (since 1984, where applicable)
Issued Shares Latest Daily (end of latest trading day); Daily (last 260 trading days); and Monthly (since 1984, where applicable)
Exchange (Stock Exchange Code with Highest Traded Volume for Given Company) Latest Daily (end of latest trading day); Daily (last 260 trading days); and Monthly (since 1984, where applicable)
Adjustment Factor and Type Monthly and cumulative
Forecasts Coverage History
Data Series within Fundamentals Parent & Consolidated Initial and latest revisions for annual and interim forecasts (Since 1996)
Integrated, Stand-Alone Data Series Parent & Consolidated Initial and all revisions for annual and interim forecasts (Since 2008)
General Company Information Coverage
Company Demographics Most recent

Quality Assurance

To ensure the highest levels of accuracy of our content, we have developed proprietary, automated, and scalable information acquisition and processing systems as well as proprietary, stringent, and highly automated quality control processes.

The integrity of our data series is maintained by our expert quality assurance teams who are well versed in Japanese and international accounting and financial disclosure practices. The teams carefully monitor individual data items as they pass through a suite of rigorous and automated proprietary testing systems to verify inventory, completeness, statement balancing, continuity and, quality.

As part of our dedication to our clients, we ensure the highest levels of integrity by continually reviewing and improving our proprietary quality control processes.

 

New Data Entered Quality Control
(Company Level)		 Quality Control
(Database Level)
  • 200-300 reports processed per day during the kessan tanshin peak period
  • 100-150 reports processed per day during the yukashoken hokokusho peak period
  • Over 30,000 reports processed annually
  • 100-200 IPOs processed annually
  • "On the spot" checking
  • Statement logic checks
  • Unit and permissible range checks
  • Historical continuity
  • Omission scans
  • 400-500 checks per report
  • Global QC check on daily processed information
  • Repeat company level QC
  • Inventory verification
  • PD code assignment check
  • Database consistency
  • Duplicate account entry check
  • Data synchronization

Back-End Data

Company information is obtained directly from detailed annual, semi-annual, and quarterly financial reports (yukashoken hokokusho) and year-end, semi-annual, and quarterly corporate earnings releases (kessan tanshin). To ensure the highest levels of accuracy of our content, we have developed proprietary, automated, and scalable information acquisition and processing systems as well as proprietary, stringent, and highly automated quality control processes.

  • Comprehensive and Enhanced Content

    PacificBase Dynamics brings you a vast range of Japanese information with over 2,200 data items on each of the 5,500+ currently traded and de-listed Japanese companies, as well as REITs and IPOs. Our coverage includes all available annual, semi-annual, and quarterly results on both parent and consolidated basis, along with detailed market data series.

    Data series for periods where fiscal-year-end changes took place are also included as well as overlapping data series for periods where a major change has taken place in the accounting principles used to prepare financial reports (e.g., when a company changes from J-GAAP into IFRS, both sets of disclosed fundamentals are included for all relevant periods).

    PacificBase Dynamics also provides an integrated, stand-alone Management Guidance data series, which include initial and all revised forecasts on performance and dividend-related information.

  • Full Market Coverage

    PacificBase Dynamics includes all Japanese companies legally incorporated in Japan and listed in all Japanese exchanges, including foreign companies, listed in a Japanese exchange, that disclose their financials using Japanese accounting and in Japanese Yen.

  • Unadjusted and 3-Month Quarterly Adjusted

    Information is gathered directly from quarterly, semi-annual, and annual earnings releases and detailed financial reports as disclosed by companies to ensure a complete and accurate coverage.

    The “as-reported” collected data series are presented in two separate, complementary databases. The first database is in a disaggregated and unadjusted format, allowing the user to decide how information should be manipulated and utilized. The second database is aggregated by PacificData on a 3-month quarterly-adjusted format, ready to be used “as is” and has been developed to greatly simplify the design and development of analytical models and derivative products by avoiding lengthy and cumbersome data manipulation.

  • Accurate and Timely

    To maintain accuracy and integrity, information is acquired automatically from multiple primary sources and is subjected to a rigorous and proprietary data processing and quality assurance testing system to ensure that numbers balance and to guarantee that the data series can be trusted.

    We pride ourselves on being one of the fastest providers in the industry. In order to provide the latest available information to our customers as quickly and efficiently as possible, our databases are updated daily, and accounting disclosure changes are closely monitored and incorporated into PacificBase Dynamics on a regular basis.