The biggest risk-factor categories, by number of companies disclosing
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-10-09, from How to Read a 10-K Annual Report Filing.
| risk_category | company_count |
|---|---|
| financial_and_market | 804 |
| strategic_and_competitive | 796 |
| regulatory_and_compliance | 785 |
| external_and_systemic | 779 |
| operational_and_execution | 775 |
| technology_and_information | 731 |
| governance_and_stakeholder | 697 |
- Rows × columns
- 7 × 2
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
risk_category |
text | 7 distinct values | |
company_count |
number | 697 to 804 | count |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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SELECT
primary_category AS risk_category,
uniqExact(ticker) AS company_count
FROM global_markets.stocks_risk_factors
WHERE filing_date >= '2024-01-01'
AND ticker != ''
AND primary_category != ''
GROUP BY risk_category
ORDER BY company_count DESC
LIMIT 10
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