10-K Filings Guide: Introduction
Staff
February 12, 2014
If you use just one document when writing about a public company, use the 10-K – the annual report that publicly traded companies file with
If you use just one document when writing about a public company, use the 10-K – the annual report that publicly traded companies file with
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Find what’s missing In general, 10-K filings are much more consistent across companies and even industries than the more free-form 10-Q. There can be some
Tips and Tricks One big use for the 10-K is context: If you want to put a number in context, you can compare it to
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Quite a few experts and organizations have written up quick (and not so quick) guides to using a 10-K. Each has slightly different emphasis —
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