Learn to read a 10-K with the source open.
Open real filings, ask what a passage means in plain words, and see the statements the way each company filed them.
What it reads
SEC filings · Earnings releases · Research papers · CRS reports · Clinical trials
How students use it
Read a filing with help
Open a 10-K at the passage and ask the Associate what it means; each answer cites the page it read.
Search · Associate
Statements as filed
Switch between Latest and As first reported to see how a company restated its numbers, with the filing behind each value.
Financials
Compare companies for a case
Put several companies in a Grid, ask each the same questions, and export the table to Excel.
Grid
Papers and reports in the same search
Working papers, Congressional Research Service reports and clinical trials sit beside the filings, dated and linked to the companies they name.
Search
Questions to start with
- “What is deferred revenue in Microsoft’s 10-K, and where is it on the balance sheet?” The Associate, with citations
- “How did last year’s revenue change between the first report and the latest one?” Financials, As first reported
- “Compare gross margin at Walmart, Target and Costco for the last fiscal year.” A Grid, exported to Excel
Good to know
Who can use it?
Adults with their own account, as the Terms set out.
Can a whole course share one account?
No. Each person signs up with their own account.
Does it have market prices for event studies?
No. It holds what companies filed and agencies published, without prices or returns.
Explore dibsresearch
- Investors
- Financial advisors
- Equity research
- Journalists
- Legal & compliance
- Policy & public affairs
- The product
- The Associate
Open your first filing.
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