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Company Filings and Annual Reports
Business filings are forms required by to be filed with securities' regulatory agencies for publicly traded companies. They describe the financial status of the company and changes in its administration, organization, and operations. They will contain information on, but not limited, to finances, market segmentation, subsidiaries, strategies and performance. You can generally find annual reports on a company's website in the investor relations section.
SEDAR+ is a tool used in Canada, while EDGAR is a tool used by the US.
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EDGAR This link opens in a new windowEDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free. Here you'll find links to a complete list of filings available through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database. -
SEDAR+ This link opens in a new windowSEDAR+ is the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval, the electronic filing system for the disclosure documents of public companies and investment funds across Canada.
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Mergent Historical Annual Reports This link opens in a new windowAdding to a collection of more than 300,000 global reports covering international and domestic companies for the last 20 years, Mergent Archives will deliver an additional 150,000 to 200,000 documents spanning nearly a century. It includes a simple, on-line screening tool allowing researchers to search across reports by company name, year, city and state, and document type.It also offers fully searchable text in every document. The database is continuously updated.
