Guide · The ontology
Reported value
A reported value is one number a company stated in its results, such as quarterly revenue or diluted earnings per share, tied to the metric it measures, the period it covers and whether it is GAAP or adjusted. It is the most common fact in the graph.
What one holds
| Part | Example |
|---|---|
| Metric | Revenue, from the ontology's list of metric concepts |
| Period | The company's fiscal second quarter of 2026 |
| Value and unit | 4,210,000,000 USD. Values are stored in units, never in thousands or millions |
| Basis | GAAP, or non-GAAP (adjusted) |
| Change | The percentage change against an earlier period, when the release states one |
| Detail | A segment or geography, when the number is for part of the business |
Every reported value links to the passage it was read from.
Fiscal periods
A period belongs to one company, because fiscal years do not line up: one company's second quarter can be another's third. Each period records its end date and the SEC's calendar frame, such as CY2026Q2, so periods of different companies can be compared.
GAAP and adjusted
Releases often give two versions of a figure: one under US GAAP and an adjusted one that leaves out items the company considers unusual. Both are recorded, each marked with its basis, so they are never mixed up.
How far to trust it
The lab scores extracted GAAP figures against the XBRL data each company files with the SEC, and an extracted number that does not appear in its passage is sent back to be corrected. A value can still be wrong. The passage is there so you can check it.