Research Guides: Entrepreneurship: Public Company Financials

Public Company Financials

Public company's disclose (some, not all!) financial information in SEC filings and annual reports.
SEC Filings are the more detailed, legal documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Annual Reports are the glossy, magazine-like documents intended for shareholders.

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Company intelligence database, including granular financial and capital structure information on companies worldwide. Company profiles contain data and graphs for historic stock prices, searchable SEC filings, mergers and acquisitions activities, and venture capital/private equity data. Also features biographic and professional connection information for business leaders.

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Profiles on over 100,000 publicly traded companies. Profiles include financial data going back several years, available in both quarterly and annual increments, and SEC filings.

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Public company financials and SEC documents, going back 15 years. Income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements can be downloaded directly into MS Excel.

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Not for profit site built with open access tools that indexes and visualizes data from all SEC EDGAR filings. Tools include matching CIK to Ticker symbol, word frequencies in filings, influences between company owners, financials, US states of incorporation and operations, etc.
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Search EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) by company name, ticker symbol, or CIK to find company SEC filings. Also offers full-text searching of filings from 2000 to present.

Helpful SEC Filings

Public companies in the U.S. disclose (some, not all!) information about their finances and operations in the form of SEC filings.

The 10-K/Q have the most detail about a company's finances; you won't find a more specific breakdown elsewhere.

10-K: The annual report submitted to the SEC for a U.S. publicly traded company. Here's how you read it.
10-Q: The quarterly report submitted to the SEC for a U.S. publicly traded company.
20-F: The equivalent of a 10-K for a foreign company trading on a US exchange.
8-K: A form submitted when a materially important event happens at a company, so shareholders know about it.
DEF 14A: The proxy statement, i.e., an annual definitive form submitted to shareholders before a meeting, with information about executives, board members, and issues on which shareholders can vote.

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