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How to Read a 10-K Annual Report Filing
Which 10-K sections get captured, and how long they runranking · 2026-10-09 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. The biggest risk-factor categories, by number of companies disclosingranking · 2026-10-09 · 7×2Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. The 10-K family on EDGAR: annual filings, amendments and late noticesranking · 2026-10-09 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. When annual filings land: 10-K filings by calendar month, three yearsseries · 2026-10-09 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, roughly flat. One company's 10-K text, fiscal year by fiscal year (AAPL)ranking · 2026-10-09 · 3×3Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first.
Which 10-K sections get captured, and how long they run

Which 10-K sections get captured, and how long they run

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Which 10-K sections get captured, and how long they run — 3 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
sectionfiling_countcompany_countavg_thousand_characters
business4970162546.5
risk_factors4957162169.9
mda19419455.1
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SELECT
    section                                  AS section,
    uniqExact(cik, period_end)               AS filing_count,
    uniqExact(cik)                           AS company_count,
    round(avg(length(text)) / 1000.0, 1)     AS avg_thousand_characters
FROM global_markets.stocks_10k_sections
WHERE period_end >= '2020-01-01'
  AND section != ''
  AND length(text) > 0
GROUP BY section
ORDER BY filing_count DESC
LIMIT 12
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