Compustat has upgraded to XpressFeed (2008). For details of the mapping between old data variables and the new XpressFeed data variables, try:
Company variable translation (excel file) from
Home - COMPUSTAT - Manuals and Overviews - North America - Variable Translations [direct link WRDS Compustat manuals and overviews, requires WRDS access]
Example changes:
- CNUM,CIC now combined into CUSIP
- CONAME now CONM
- DNUM now SIC
- SMBL now TIC
