Getting error when trying to access EPS information

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posted Nov 26, 2017

I am trying to get EPS information from the fundamentals and for some reason getting an error. I have other criteria extracting data successfully from the Fundamentals so not sure where I am getting the EPS wrong.

I am specifically trying to use basic_eps from https://www.quantopian.com/help/fundamentals#earnings-ratios

In my code (Notebook) this line is the one causing the problem:

basic_eps = Fundamentals.basic_eps.latest

This is the fragment of the error that contains the issue:

---> 12     basic_eps = Fundamentals.basic_eps.latest  
     13 

AttributeError: type object 'Fundamentals' has no attribute 'basic_eps'

Am I using the wrong attribute for EPS?

3 responses

Blue Seahawk

Nov 26, 2017

Verified that error and these also:
normalized_basic_eps
normalized_diluted_eps

Although some of these return values:

My       Pipe  
Score    Len     Fundamental  
2.8      82      diluted_eps_other_gains_losses_earnings_reports  
3.3      82      basic_eps_other_gains_losses_earnings_reports  
8.5      254     basic_eps_earnings_reports  
8.5      254     continuing_and_discontinued_basic_eps_earnings_reports  
8.5      254     continuing_and_discontinued_diluted_eps_earnings_reports  
8.5      254     diluted_eps_earnings_reports  
8.6      254     normalized_diluted_eps_earnings_reports  
8.6      254     normalized_basic_eps_earnings_reports  
8.6      254     tax_loss_carryforward_basic_eps_earnings_reports  
n/a        4     tax_loss_carryforward_diluted_eps_earnings_reports

Jamie McCorriston

Nov 29, 2017

Sorry for the confusion. It looks like there are indeed a few typos in the fundamentals reference page. Blue Seahawk listed the correct fields. @Joseph, you should be able to access basic eps numbers from Fundamentals.basic_eps_earnings_reports.latest. We'll have to fix the documentation.

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Blue Seahawk

Nov 29, 2017

Is Morningstar adding fundamentals over time?
If so, then if you're reading this at some point in the future, you can use this backtest to find new ones fairly easily.
The fundamentals reference page mentioned 600+ and then lists 900+. The backtest finds 1100+. It could be tedious to keep up with documenting descriptions of new fundamentals, a script using that code could automatically list any new in interim bare form on the page with the day they appeared. Anyway thanks.

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