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Help: why the fundamental data dost no match the morning star data?

I tried to use the fundamental functions and verify the data. Here is my code:

def initialize(context):  
    """  
    Called once at the start of the algorithm.  
    """  
    pass


def before_trading_start(context, data):  
    """  
    Called every day before market open.  
    """  
    sector_code = fundamentals.asset_classification.morningstar_sector_code  
    fundamental_df = get_fundamentals(  
        query(  
            sector_code,  
            fundamentals.valuation.market_cap,  
            fundamentals.valuation.enterprise_value,  
            fundamentals.cash_flow_statement.capital_expenditure,  
            fundamentals.operation_ratios.roic,  
            fundamentals.income_statement.ebit,  
            fundamentals.income_statement.ebitda,  
            fundamentals.balance_sheet.total_assets,  
        )  
        .filter(fundamentals.valuation.market_cap > 5e10)  
        .order_by(fundamentals.valuation.market_cap.desc())  
        .limit(2)  
    )  
    print fundamental_df  

The simulation log shows that the EBITDA and total assets for AAPL are 1.34e+10 and 3.05e+11 respectively for all the days in September 2016.
However, the data on morningstar website are different. EBITDA is 7.3333e+10 and total assets are 3.21686e+11.

Did I miss anything here?

Thanks.

2 responses

Hi Leo,

The EBITDA field on Quantopian is a quarterly value, while the one on Morningstar's site is annual.

You can see the values in the notebook I shared. The total assets match up a little later, while the annual EBITDA is a sum of the 4 quarterly values.

Does this help?

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Jamie, thanks for your explanation. It makes sense now.