# Factor

Access a comprehensive collection of quantitative factor data for US stocks, suitable for financial analysis and modeling.

## Example code

```python
from finter.data import ContentFactory

cf = ContentFactory("us_stock", 20200101, 20200201)
df = cf.get_df("ebitda_at")
```

## Item List

### Growth - Percentage

• at\_gr1 : Asset Growth 1yr

• sale\_gr1 : Sales Growth 1yr

• ca\_gr1 : Current Asset Growth 1yr

• nca\_gr1 : Non-Current Asset Growth 1yr

• lt\_gr1 : Total Liabilities Growth 1yr

• cl\_gr1 : Current Liabilities Growth 1yr

• ncl\_gr1 : Non-Current Liabilities Growth 1yr

• be\_gr1 : Book Equity Growth 1yr

• pstk\_gr1 : Preferred Stock Growth 1yr

• debt\_gr1 : Total Debt Growth 1yr

• cogs\_gr1 : Cost of Goods Sold Growth 1yr

• sga\_gr1 : Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses Growth 1yr

• opex\_gr1 : Operating Expenses Growth 1yr

• at\_gr3 : Asset Growth 3yr

• sale\_gr3 : Sales Growth 3yr

• ca\_gr3 : Current Asset Growth 3yr

• nca\_gr3 : Non-Current Asset Growth 3yr

• lt\_gr3 : Total Liabilities Growth 3yr

• cl\_gr3 : Current Liabilities Growth 3yr

• ncl\_gr3 : Non-Current Liabilities Growth 3yr

• be\_gr3 : Book Equity Growth 3yr

• pstk\_gr3 : Preferred Stock Growth 3yr

• debt\_gr3 : Total Debt Growth 3yr

• cogs\_gr3 : Cost of Goods Sold Growth 3yr

• sga\_gr3 : Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses Growth 3yr

• opex\_gr3 : Operating Expenses Growth 3yr

### Growth - Changed Scaled by Total Assets

• gp\_gr1a : Gross Profit Change 1yr (Scaled by Total Assets)

• ocf\_gr1a : Operating Cash Flow Change 1yr (Scaled by Total Assets)

• cash\_gr1a : Cash and Short-Term Investments Change 1yr (Scaled by Total Assets)

• inv\_gr1a : Inventory Change 1yr (Scaled by Total Assets)

• rec\_gr1a : Receivables Change 1yr (Scaled by Total Assets)

• ppeg\_gr1a : Property, Plant, and Equipment Gross Change 1yr

• intan\_gr1a : Intangible Assets Change 1yr

• debtst\_gr1a : Short-Term Debt Change 1yr

• ap\_gr1a : Accounts Payable Change 1yr

• txp\_gr1a : Income Tax Payable Change 1yr

• debtlt\_gr1a : Long-Term Debt Change 1yr

• txditc\_gr1a : Deferred Taxes and Investment Credit Change 1yr

• coa\_gr1a : Current Operating Assets Change 1yr

• col\_gr1a : Current Operating Liabilities Change 1yr

• cowc\_gr1a : Current Operating Working Capital Change 1yr

• ncoa\_gr1a : Non-Current Operating Assets Change 1yr

• ncol\_gr1a : Non-Current Operating Liabilities Change 1yr

• nncoa\_gr1a : Net Non-Current Operating Assets Change 1yr

• oa\_gr1a : Operating Assets Change 1yr

• ol\_gr1a : Operating Liabilities Change 1yr

• noa\_gr1a : Net Operating Assets Change 1yr

• fna\_gr1a : Financial Assets Change 1yr

• fnl\_gr1a : Financial Liabilities Change 1yr

• nfna\_gr1a : Net Financial Assets Change 1yr

• ebitda\_gr1a : Operating Profit before Depreciation Change 1yr

• ebit\_gr1a : Operating Profit after Depreciation Change 1yr

• ope\_gr1a : Operating Earnings to Equity Change 1yr

• ni\_gr1a : Net Income Change 1yr

• dp\_gr1a : Depreciation and Amortization Change 1yr

• nwc\_gr1a : Net Working Capital Change 1yr

• nix\_gr1a : Net Income Including Extraordinary Items Change 1yr

• tax\_gr1a : Effective Tax Rate Change 1yr

• div\_gr1a : Dividend Payout Ratio Change 1yr

• gp\_gr3a : Gross Profit Change 3yr

• ocf\_gr3a : Operating Cash Flow Change 3yr

• cash\_gr3a : Cash and Short-Term Investments Change 3yr

• inv\_gr3a : Inventory Change 3yr

• rec\_gr3a : Receivables Change 3yr

• ppeg\_gr3a : Property, Plant, and Equipment Gross Change 3yr

• lti\_gr3a : Investment and Advances Change 3yr

• intan\_gr3a : Intangible Assets Change 3yr

• debst\_gr3a : Short-Term Debt Change 3yr

• ap\_gr3a : Accounts Payable Change 3yr

• txp\_gr3a : Income Tax Payable Change 3yr

• debtlt\_gr3a : Long-Term Debt Change 3yr

• txditc\_gr3a : Deferred Taxes and Investment Credit Change 3yr

• coa\_gr3a : Current Operating Assets Change 3yr

• col\_gr3a : Current Operating Liabilities Change 3yr

• cowc\_gr3a : Current Operating Working Capital Change 3yr

• ncoa\_gr3a : Non-Current Operating Assets Change 3yr

• nncoa\_gr3a : Net Non-Current Operating Assets Change 3yr

• oa\_gr3a : Operating Assets Change 3yr

• ol\_gr3a : Operating Liabilities Change 3yr

• noa\_gr3a : Net Operating Assets Change 3yr

• fna\_gr3a : Financial Assets Change 3yr

• fnl\_gr3a : Financial Liabilities Change 3yr

• nfna\_gr3a : Net Financial Assets Change 3yr

• ebitda\_gr3a : Operating Profit before Depreciation Change 3yr

• ebit\_gr3a : Operating Profit after Depreciation Change 3yr

• ope\_gr3a : Operating Earnings to Equity Change 3yr

• ni\_gr3a : Net Income Change 3yr

• dp\_gr3a : Depreciation and Amortization Change 3yr

• nwc\_gr3a : Net Working Capital Change 3yr

• inv\_gr3a : Inventory Change 3yr

• ncol\_gr3a : Non-Current Operating Liabilities Change 3yr

• nix\_gr3a : Net Income Including Extraordinary Items Change 3yr

• tax\_gr3a : Effective Tax Rate Change 3yr

• div\_gr3a : Dividend Payout Ratio Change 3yr

### Investment

• rd\_at : R\&D scaled by Assets

### Non-Recurring Items

• spi\_at : Special Items scaled by Assets

• xido\_at : Extraordinary Items and Discontinued Operations scaled by Assets

• nri\_at : Non-Recurring Items scaled by Assets

### Profit Margins

• gp\_sale : Gross Profit Margin

• ebitda\_sale : Operating Profit Margin before Depreciation

• ebit\_sale : Operating Profit Margin after Depreciation

• pi\_sale : Pretax Profit Margin

• nix\_sale : Net Profit Margin

• ocf\_sale : Operating Cash Flow Margin

### Return on Assets

• gp\_at : Gross Profit scaled by Assets

• ebitda\_at : Operating Profit before Depreciation scaled by Assets

• ebit\_at : Operating Profit after Depreciation scaled by Assets

• fi\_at : Firm Income scaled by Assets

• cop\_at : Cash Based Operating Profitability scaled by Assets

### Return on Book Equity

• ope\_be : Operating Profit to Equity scaled by BE

• ni\_be : Net Income scaled by BE

• nix\_be : Net Income Including Extraordinary Items scaled by BE

• ocf\_be : Operating Cash Flow scaled by BE

### Return on Invested Capital

• gp\_bev : Gross Profit scaled by BEV

• ebitda\_bev : Operating Profit before Depreciation scaled by BEV

• ebit\_bev : Operating Profit after Depreciation scaled by BEV

• fi\_bev : Firm Income scaled by BEV

• cop\_bev : Cash Based Operating Profitability scaled by BEV

### Return on Physical Capital

• gp\_ppen : Gross Profit scaled by PPEN

• ebitda\_ppen : Operating Profit before Depreciation scaled by PPEN

### Equity Payout

• div\_at : Total Dividends scaled by Assets

### Accurals

• oaccruals\_at : Operating Accruals

• oaccruals\_ni : Percent Operating Accruals

• taccruals\_at : Total Accruals

• taccruals\_ni : Percent Total Accruals

• noa\_at : Net Operating Asset to Total Assets

### Capitalization/Leverage Ratios

• be\_bev : Common Equity scaled by BEV

• debt\_bev : Total Debt scaled by BEV

• cash\_bev : Cash and Short-Term Investments scaled by BEV

• pstk\_bev : Preferred Stock scaled by BEV

• debtlt\_bev : Long-Term Debt scaled by BEV

• debtst\_bev : Short-Term Debt scaled by BEV

### Capitalization/Leverage Ratios (Columns gvkeyiid)

• debt\_mev : Total Debt scaled by MEV

• pstk\_mev : Preferred Stock scaled by MEV

• debtlt\_mev : Long-Term Debt scaled by MEV

• debtst\_mev : Short-Term Debt scaled by MEV

### Financial Soundness Ratios

• int\_debt : Interest scaled by Total Debt

• int\_debtlt : Interest scaled by Long-Term Debt

• ebitda\_debt : Operating Profit before Depreciation scaled by Total Debt

• profit\_cl : Profit before D\&A scaled by Current Liabilities

• ocf\_cl : Operating Cash Flow scaled by Current Liabilities

• ocf\_debt : Operating Cash Flow scaled by Total Debt

• cash\_lt : Cash Balance scaled by Total Liabilities

• inv\_act : Inventory scaled by Current Assets

• rec\_act : Receivables scaled by Current Assets

• debtst\_debt : Short-Term Debt scaled by Total Debt

• cl\_lt : Current Liabilities scaled by Total Liabilities

• debtlt\_debt : Long-Term Debt scaled by Total Debt

• opex\_at : Operating Leverage

• lt\_ppen : Total Liabilities scaled by Total Tangible Assets

• debtlt\_be : Long-Term Debt to Book Equity

• nwc\_at : Working Capital scaled by Assets

### Solvency Ratios

• debt\_at : Debt-to-Assets

• ebit\_int : Interest Coverage Ratio

### Liquidity Ratios

• inv\_days : Days Inventory Outstanding

• rec\_days : Days Sales Outstanding

• ap\_days : Days Accounts Payable Outstanding

• cash\_conversion : Cash Conversion Cycle

• cash\_cl : Cash Ratio

• caliq\_cl : Quick Ratio

• ca\_cl : Current Ratio

### Activity/Efficiency Ratios

• inv\_turnover : Inventory Turnover

• at\_turnover : Asset Turnover

• rec\_turnover : Receivables Turnover

• ap\_turnover : Account Payables Turnover

### Miscellaneous

• sale\_bev : Sales scaled by BEV

• rd\_sale : R\&D scaled by Sales

• sale\_be : Sales scaled by Total Stockholders’ Equity

• div\_ni : Dividend Payout Ratio

• sale\_nwc : Sales scaled by Working Capital

• tax\_pi : Effective Tax Rate

### Balance Sheet Fundamental to Market Equity (Columns gvkeyiid)

• be\_me : Book Equity scaled by Market Equity

• at\_me : Total Assets scaled by Market Equity

• cash\_me : Cash and Short-Term Investments scaled by Market Equity

### Income Fundamentals to Market Equity (Columns gvkeyiid)

• gp\_me : Gross Profit scaled by ME

• ebitda\_me : Operating Profit before Depreciation scaled by ME

• ebit\_me : Operating Profit after Depreciation scaled by ME

• ope\_me : Operating Earnings to Equity scaled by ME

• ni\_me : Net Income scaled by ME

• sale\_me : Sales scaled by ME

• ocf\_me : Operating Cash Flow scaled by ME

• nix\_me : Net Income Including Extraordinary Items scaled by ME

• cop\_me : Cash Based Operating Profitability scaled by ME

• rd\_me : R\&D scaled by ME

### Balance Sheet Fundamentals to Market Enterprise Value (Columns gvkeyiid)

• be\_mev : Book Equity scaled by MEV

• at\_mev : Total Assets scaled by MEV

• cash\_mev : Cash and Short-Term Investments scaled by MEV

• bev\_mev : Book Enterprise Value scaled by MEV

• ppen\_mev : Property, Plant, and Equipment Net scaled by MEV

### Equity Payout/Issuance to Market Equity (Columns gvkeyiid)

• div\_me : Total Dividends scaled by ME

### Income Fundamentals to Market Enterprise Value (Columns gvkeyiid)

• gp\_mev : Gross Profit scaled by MEV

• ebitda\_mev : Operating Profit before Depreciation scaled by MEV

• ebit\_mev : Operating Profit after Depreciation scaled by MEV

• sale\_mev : Sales scaled by MEV

• ocf\_mev : Operating Cash Flow scaled by MEV

• cop\_mev : Cash Based Operating Profitability scaled by MEV

### New Variables not in HXZ

• niq\_saleq\_std : Net Income to Sales Quarterly Volatility

• ni\_at : Net Income scaled by Assets

• ocf\_at : Operating Cash Flow scaled by Assets

• ocf\_at\_chg1 : Operating Cash Flow to Assets 1 yr Change

• roeq\_be\_std : Quarterly ROE Volatility

• roe\_be\_std : ROE Volatility

• gpoa\_ch5 : Gross Product to Assets 5 yr Change

• roe\_ch5 : ROE 5 yr Change

• roa\_ch5 : ROA 5 yr Change

• cfoa\_ch5 : Operating Cash Flow to Assets 5 yr Change

• gmar\_ch5 : Gross Product to Sales 5 yr Change

### New Variables from HXZ

• cash\_at : Cash and Short Term Investments scaled by Assets

• ni\_inc8q : Number of Consecutive Earnings Increases

• ppeinv\_gr1a : Change in Property, Plant and Equipment Less Inventories scaled by lagged Assets

• lnoa\_gr1a : Change in Long-Term NOA scaled by average Assets

• sti\_gr1a : Change in Short-Term Investments scaled by Assets

• niq\_be : Quarterly Income scaled by BE

• niq\_be\_chg1 : Change in Quarterly Income scaled by BE

• niq\_at : Quarterly Income scaled by AT

• niq\_at\_chg1 : Change in Quarterly Income scaled by AT

• saleq\_gr1 : Quarterly Sales Growth

• rd5\_at : R\&D Capital-to-Assets

• dsale\_dinv : Change Sales minus Change Inventory

• dsale\_drec : Change Sales minus Change Receivables

• dgp\_dsale : Change Gross Profit minus Change Sales

• dsale\_dsga : Change Sales minus Change SG\&A

• saleq\_su : Earnings Surprise

• niq\_su : Revenue Surprise

• inv\_gr1 : Inventory Change 1 yr

• be\_gr1a : Book Equity Change 1 yr scaled by Assets

• op\_at : Ball Operating Profit to Assets

• pi\_nix : Earnings before Tax and Extraordinary Items to Net Income Including Extraordinary Items

• op\_atl1 : Ball Operating Profit scaled by lagged Assets

• ope\_bel1 : Operating Profit scaled by lagged Book Equity

• gp\_atl1 : Gross Profit scaled by lagged Assets

• cop\_atl1 : Cash Based Operating Profitability scaled by lagged Assets

• at\_be : Book Leverage

• ocfq\_saleq\_std : Operating Cash Flow to Sales Quarterly Volatility

• aliq\_at : Liquidity scaled by lagged Assets

• tangibility : Tangibility

• o\_score : Ohlson O-Score

• earnings\_variability : Earnings Variability

• ni\_ar1 : 1 yr lagged Net Income to Assets

• ni\_ivol : Net Income Idiosyncratic Volatility

### New Variables from HXZ (Columns gvkeyiid)

• debt\_me : Total Debt scaled by ME

• netdebt\_me : Net Debt scaled by ME

• aliq\_mat : Liquidity scaled by lagged Market Assets

• eq\_dur : Equity Duration

• z\_score : Altman Z-Score

• kz\_index : Kaplan-Zingales Index

## Reference and Formula

[Jensen, Theis Ingerslev, Bryan Kelly, and Lasse Heje Pedersen. "Is there a replication crisis in finance?." *The Journal of Finance* 78.5 (2023): 2465-2518.](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jofi.13249)

[Jensen, Theis Ingerslev, Bryan Kelly, and Lasse Heje Pedersen. "Global Factor Data Documentation." (2021).](https://jkpfactors.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Documentation.pdf)

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Note

* The paper calculate factor using annual data, but Finterlabs provides factors calculated using quarterly data. Therefore, we do not provide factors for items that do not have quarterly data available.
* For factors calculated using *me\_company(such as \_me, \_mev and etc.)*, their column is provided as *gvkeyiid*.
* In the paper, *me\_company* was used on a monthly basis, but we provide factors calculated using daily *me\_company*.
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