Description Summary Original earnings forecast calculated by QUICK Point 1. Comprehensive: Five fiscal year forecast (FY1 - FY5) for all listed companies in Japan 2. Quickness: Promptly after the announcement of earnings results and revisions 3. Objectivity (elimination of arbitrariness): Calculated automatically and regularly by a predetermined process Data Items (Example) ･Sales ･Operating income ･DPS (dividend per share) Data Collection & Process Method Based on company forecasts, QUICK calculates this forecast by considering macro indicators, exchange rates, and the QUICK consensus, etc.

Description QUICK FactSet Workstation is designed by integrating Japanese market data by the Nikkei Group into FactSet Workstation. This content Includes real-time news and financial data from Nikkei and unique data sets from FactSet. A wide range of applications enables more efficient workflow for professionals. Brand URL https://www.factset.com/

Description Summary Qr1 is the top share information terminal for financial advisors in Japan. The “Qr1 Access Ranking” data shows what stocks (all listed) are getting attention from investors every 30 minutes and daily. Key Features 1. Check the market trend directly where market interest is going 2. Qr1 is the top share information terminal for financial advisors in Japan 3. Provide the ranking data every 30 minutes and daily Data Items (Example) ･ Rank ･ Stock code ･ Access ratio Data Collection & Process Method QUICK collects usage logs from Qr1 and calculates access ranking of individual stocks without individual information. Case Study Investment Strategies Using Access Ranking Data

Description QUICK Consensus has the widest coverage in Japanese equities including mid and small stocks in Japan since 2005. We calculate consensus on daily basis by averaging brokers’ estimates such as sales, net income, EPS, DPS, ROE, EBITDA etc. We offer point in time consensus data. Case Study Based on the Revision Index (RI) calculated from the QUICK consensus, we devised an investment strategy to determine when to buy stocks by RI calculated at the end of each month by industry. When we backtested using the RI, the performance of drugstores was the highest among the industries we evaluated. For details: Efficient Investment Strategies Using QUICK Consensus

Description The Results Forecast Comment summarizes the result forecasts, commentaries, and other materials disclosed by the companies, and uses the following two comments. (1) Automatically-generated comments: Comments that are automatically generated by using language analysis technology to read the materials disclosed on TDnet (timely disclosure information service) of the Tokyo Stock Exchange; and (2) Excerpted comments on company plans: Excerpted comments on company plans from the Main Points Report and the IPO Follow-up Report (*1) published by the QUICK Corporate Valuation Research Center. *1. A report summarizing the materials/commentaries by the companies and factual reporting from a neutral perspective.

Summary Delivers stock ratings (e.g., Buy / Sell / Neutral) and target prices from a broad range of brokers and research institutes. Key Features ・Specialization in Japanese-listed companies ・Wide coverage of brokers and research institutes ・Timely updates following broker announcements Data Items (Partial List) ・Ticker ・Update time and date ・Brokers' name ・Analyst rating (current / previous) ・Target price (current / previous) *Please note that the data format differs between sample data (production data) and historical data, as historical data had been accumulated before production data was released.

Description Summary All Japanese corporate action data Point 1. Automatic analysis of the disclosures posted on TDnet and EDINET 2. Immediate deliver in text format 3. Cover all corporate actions in Japan Data Items (Example) ･ Earnings forecast revision ･ Stock split Data Collection & Process Method QUICK analyzes PDF and XBRL files posted on "TDnet", the Tokyo Stock Exchange's service providing timely disclosure releases and "EDINET", the Financial Services Agency's electronic disclosure system for disclosure materials and convert into a text format. Case Study Focusing on dividend revision news from Company Disclosure Bulletin, we modeled the probability of a stock price increase toward the last cum-rights date, and assigned a “high impact” label to the news stories with a high probability of such an increase. The results show that desirable performance can be expected when investments are made based on the labeling results. For details: Evaluate Investment Performance with Dividend Revision News

This survey is one of Japan's largest market sentiment surveys which focus on market forecast, market influencing factors and investment stance of market participants such as traders, analysts and institutional investors in equity, fixed income and forex market. Anonymous individual forms of survey responses are used for university research.

Description Summary Access ranking for all listed stocks in Japanese market every 30 minutes Point 1. Check the market trend directly where market interest is going 2. Qr1 is the top share information terminal for financial advisors in Japan 3. Provide the ranking data daily and 30-min basis Data Items (Example) ･ Rank ･ Stock code ･ Access ratio Data Collection & Process Method QUICK collects usage logs from Qr1 and calculate access ranking of individual stocks with eliminating individual information. Case Study Investment Strategies Using Access Ranking Data

Description QUICK Consensus has the widest coverage in Japanese equities including mid and small stocks in Japan since 2005. We calculate consensus on daily basis by averaging brokers’ estimates such as sales, net income, EPS, DPS, ROE, EBITDA etc. We offer point in time consensus data.

Description Summary Various corporate performance data in addition to monthly sales Point 1. Reveal company business performance, without waiting for quarterly results 2. Different perspective from income statement 3. Cover 25 industries Data Items (Example) ･Net sales ･Same-store sales ･Number of stores ･Number of subscribers etc. Data Collection & Process Method QUICK collects these data from companies' IR websites, standardizes into a text format.

Description This service is mainly Japanese market-related news provided by Nikkei QUICK News, Inc. (NQN) that is one of the most trusted news sources for market professionals in Japan. Market outlook and schedules are provided before the Tokyo market opening. While the market is in session, news on indices, stocks for selective buying, and other topics are provided in timely manner. Around 12:00 JST, a summary of the morning session and an explanation of what to look out for in the afternoon session are offered. After 15:00 JST, the day's market is reviewed and commentary for deliberating the following day's strategies is delivered. Case Study Based on the assumption that stock prices fluctuate in response to NQN news, we constructed an investment method to follow the stock price trend before and after news had been released, and we evaluated investment performance. The top 10 stocks with the highest number of news releases outperformed the TOPIX return of -5.26% for the one-month investment period ending in December 2022. For details: Trend-following Strategy Using NQN News