{"id":838,"date":"2019-04-09T11:03:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloud.benzinga.com\/?post_type=cloud_product&#038;p=838"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:42:13","slug":"corporate-guidance","status":"publish","type":"cloud_product","link":"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/apis\/cloud-product\/corporate-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who better to provide expectations of key performance indicators such as EPS and revenue than the company executives themselves? Company earnings guidance is a major factor that affects market sentiment and analyst ratings, and of course, the price of a company\u2019s securities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class='lead-form-mobile' style='display:none;'><img src='https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/apis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/logo-new.png'> <h3>Start Building Product<\/h3><div class=\"open-cf-bz mbt-btn\"><button>Get Started<\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<p>With a Corporate Guidance API, users can access detailed financial guidance, including earnings projections, revenue targets, and operating margin estimates, all updated in real-time. This allows investors and financial professionals to evaluate the performance of companies more accurately, adjust their investment strategies, and identify potential risks or opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you run a quantitative hedge fund or a retail brokerage, see every update in one place by integrating Benzinga&#8217;s Guidance Calendar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Data field descriptions<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ID<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique ID of the output<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">date<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Datestamp<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">time<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timestamp of the announcement HH:MM:SS format<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ticker<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ticker symbol<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exchange<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exchange the security is traded on<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">name<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company name of the security<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">period<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiscal period being reported (Full year or quarterly) <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">period_year<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiscal year being reported<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prelim<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preliminary Y\/N<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eps_guidance_est<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forecasted profit or loss for the upcoming quarter<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eps_guidance_max<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum actual figure for the future eps<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eps_guidance_min<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimum actual figure for the future eps<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eps_guidance_prior_max<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YoY maximum figure that was projected a year prior<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eps_guidance_prior_min<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YoY minimum figure that was projected a year prior<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revenue_guidance_est<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forecasted revenue range for the upcoming quarter<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revenue_guidance_max<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum actual figure for revenue guidance<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revenue_guidance_min<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimum actual figure for revenue guidance<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revenue_guidance_prior_max<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YoY maximum figure that was projected a year prior<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">revenue_guidance_prior_min<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YoY minimum figure that was projected a year prior<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">importance<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importance of the action (scale of 0-5) 0 = least important<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">updated<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last updated timestamp (UNIX)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Benzinga\u2019s data samples are intended to provide a data sample large enough for testing data quality and application for the financial markets. 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