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I have eSignal as a data feed . Is the fundamental data available from eSignal? Do I need to upgrade my service or subscribe to a different service for fundamentals?
   

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Most of the fundamental items in the column list are specific to Dial/Data and require a Dial/Data account for downloading. Users of the myTrack version of IRT implicitly have access to these fundamental items as well. A few of the fundamental items are transmitted directly. eSignal transmits Dividend, x-Dividend Date, Dividend Yield, PE Ratio, Shares Outstanding, Dividend Interval, 52 Week High and Low., EPS Growth Rate.

Below is some additional information regarding Dial/Data's fundamental data:

Dial/Data: Downloading Fundamental Data
Investor/RT supports downloading of comprehensive fundamental data for stocks from Dial/Data. Seventy (70) data columns are available for downloading and display in Investor/RT quote pages. A complete list of available fundamental data can be viewed by opening a quote page and clicking on the "Add Column" button on the quote page toolbar.

To download fundamental data, the first step is to define a special format that contains the fundamental data items you wish to download. Up to 30 fundamental data items may be included in the format. The format name must be "Fundamentals Format". The next step is to open the Download window by clicking the Download icon on the main toolbar. Choose "Fundamental Data" as the download type and choose the quote page on the left that contains the symbols for which you want fundamental data (e.g. ".Stocks"). Do not request fundamental data for instruments of other types. Press Connect and the fundamental data items will be downloaded. Then open a quote page and place the quote page in "Fundamentals Format" format to view the downloaded data.

Any of the 70 fundamental data items can be used to sort a quote page. This is accomplished by clicking on any fundamental column title while holding down a modifier key on the keyboard. On the Macintosh, hold down the option key to sort the quote page in ascending order and the shift key to sort in descending order. Windows/95 users hold down the control key or the shift key.

All 70 of the fundamental data items are scan elements in the Investor/RT scan definition language. This means that Investor/RT is capable of selecting and displaying lists of stocks which satisfy any user-specified fundamental and technical criteria.

Here is the list of available fundamental items.

  • Beta BetaDown
  • Beta Up Book Val/Shr
  • Current Ratio EPS %Chng Yr ago
  • EPS %Chng YTD Free Cash Flow/shr
  • EPS Growth % EPS Growth #yrs
  • Net Income Growth % Net Income Growth #yrs
  • %Held by Institutions Net Profit Margin
  • EPS excl extraord Quick Ratio
  • Return on Equity Revenue/shr
  • Total Debt/Assets Annual Dividend Rate
  • Unused Data Item Last Split Factor
  • Asset Turnover Total Debt-Equity
  • Interest Coverage Inventory Turnover
  • Receivable Turnover Return on Assets
  • Payout Ratio Revenue/employee
  • Tang Book Val/shr Cash/shr
  • Debt Service to EPS Gross Margin
  • Return on Sales Cap Spending /shr
  • Revenue %chng Return on Investmt
  • EPS %chng Shrs Outstanding
  • Inst Ownership Float
  • EPS Growth Rate 3 yr Book Val Growth Rate 5 yrs
  • Cap Spend Gro Rate 5 yrs Cash Flow Gro Rate 5 yrs
  • Div Growth Rate 5 yrs EPS Growth Rate 5 yrs
  • Net Profit Mar Gro Rate 5 yrs Gross Mar Gro Rate 5 yrs
  • Revenue Gro Rate 5 yrs Net Income Gro Rate 5 yrs
  • Histor Rel PE Ratio Div yield avg 60 mos
  • Short Int % of float Short Int % of outstanding
  • Short Int Avg Daily Vol Short Int 1 mo % chng
  • %Held by Insiders Price to Cash Flow
  • P/E Ratio Price to Sales
  • Yield Price to Tangible Book Val
  • Cash to price Price to cap spending
  • Market Cap EPS Estimate cur FY
  • EPS Estimate next FY %EPS growth cur FY
  • %EPS growth nxt FY