Research Guides: Business: Finance & Investment: Annual Reports/SEC Documents

Annual Reports/SEC Documents

Both annual shareholder reports, 10K's and other SEC filings for the current and for prior years are available via the databases below. In addition, annual shareholder reports for the current year can usually be found on a company's web site. Current SEC financial disclosure filings, such as the annual 10K report, may also be available on the company web site.

EDGAR
From the SEC official web site, contains a full collection of all SEC filings from 1995 forward.
Historical Annual Reports, 10K's and Proxy Statements
An historical collection of these documents is available on microfiche in the Library Storage. Annual reports begin in 1966, 10K's in 1974 and proxies in 1978. This microfiche collection ends in 1997.
Mergent Horizon
Focused on companies, their products, and the interrelationships between their customers, suppliers and partners. Includes full selection of SEC filings dating from 1998 forward.

Morningstar Investment Research Center
Has annual shareholder reports and SEC 10K and 10Q reports from 2000 forward.
Limited to 7 simultaneous users.

SEC - The Financial Statement and Notes Data Sets
The Financial Statement and Notes Data Sets provide the text and detailed numeric information from all financial statements and their notes. This data is extracted from exhibits to corporate financial reports filed with the Commission using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
SEC - The Financial Statement Data Sets
The Financial Statement Data Sets provide numeric information from the face financials of all financial statements. This data is extracted from exhibits to corporate financial reports filed with the Commission using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
SEC Info
Securities Information from the US SEC EDGAR database for sophisticated business professionals.

Commonly Used SEC Filings

DEF 14A Proxy Statement (Board of Directors appointments, changes, etc)

10-K Annual Report to the SEC (Required)

10-KA Amended Annual Report

10-Q Quarterly Report

8-K Report on changes that could affect the financial health of the company

6-K Non-US companies listed on a US stock exchanges, similar to 8-K

20-F Non-US company annual report to SEC

13-D Insider shares traded by board

13-FE Institutional Holders' trades

14-D1 Tender offer or Acquisition of another company

14-D9 Response to tender offer

S-1 New Issue Filing, aka Prospectus for an IPO (Initial Public Offering)

SB Small Business IPO