Hi I want my table header to look like this:
so with the table count centered on top and a header followed by a description.
My current output looks like this:
Please note that arabic number counting for tables is absolutely fine. Also the displayed bold header should be different from the one showing up in the list of tables, since it is too long.
My code currently looks as follows:
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{booktabs,rotating,dcolumn,caption}
\usepackage[margin=2cm,left=3.5cm,top=2.5cm,includefoot]{geometry}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\begin{document}
\begin {table} [p]
\begin{threeparttable}
\begin{center}
\caption[Sample Characteristics]{\\
\textbf{Descriptive Statistics for Sample Firms targeted by Hedge Funds and Comparison to Market Indices Members}\\
This table reports descriptive statistics of sample firms targeted by hedge funds and the respective averages for US equity indices. Reported are the average values with the respective median in braces. The average for the target sample is computed as the simple average of all available data for sample members as of their respective threshold dates. The average for indices is calculated as the simple average of all index member's average as of the beginning of 2006 and all index member's average as of the end of Q3/2014.}
\label{tab: samplecharacteristics}
\end{center}
\begin{tabular}{lrrrr}
\toprule
Average & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Target} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{S\&P 500} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Dow Jones} & CRSP US \\
(Median) & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Sample} & & Industrial & Total Market \\
\midrule
\textbf{Size} \\
Market Cap. (in \$ mio.) & 2,264 & 30,844 & 140,556 & 5,803 \\
& (662) & (14,289) & (121,225) & (736) \\
Total Assets (in \$1000) & 2,882 & 50,719 & 201,591 & 9,421 \\
& (878) & (12,523) & (82,123) & (886) \\
Price/Book Ratio & 3.8 & 4.6 & 4.0 & 5.6 \\
& (2.2) & (3.1) & (3.6) & (2.2) \\
\textbf{Profitability} \\
Earnings per Share (in \$) & -1.22 & 10.45 & 2.09 & -157.46 \\
& (0.14) & (1.25) & (1.77) & (0.49) \\
P/E Ratio & 42.5 & 26.0 & 17.0 & 48.1 \\
& (19.6) & (19.3) & (17.4) & (19.6) \\
ROE & 4.3\% & 22.6\% & 23.3\% & 3.1\% \\
& (7.2\%) & (16.1\%) & (21.0\%) & (9.9\%) \\
ROA & -0.7\% & 7.5\% & 8.7\% & -58.3\% \\
& (3.2\%) & (6.6\%) & (8.2\%) & (3.0\%) \\
Dividend Yield & 17.8\% & 1.8\% & 2.3\% & 1.4\% \\
& (1.8\%) & (1.4\%) & (2.3\%) & (0.1\%) \\
\textbf{Debt Capacity} \\
Total Debt to Assets & 24.0\% & 24.4\% & 23.2\% & 52.8\% \\
& (18.2\%) & (22.5\%) & (20.6\%) & (16.2\%) \\
Leverage & 3.3 & 4.6 & 4.1 & 4.9 \\
& (2.1) & (2.5) & (2.5) & (2.2) \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
\end{document}
Thanks!