The Use of EDGAR Filings by Investors

Tim Loughran and Bill McDonald

Journal of Behavioral Finance, 2017, vol. 18, issue 2, 231-248

Abstract: Using data from the Security and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (EDGAR) server log, the authors examine the consumption of financial information in filings from 2003 to 2012. The EDGAR filings represent a first-source database for investors doing fundamental research on stock valuations. The magnitude of daily EDGAR requests for 10-Ks is surprisingly low and shows only a small difference between firms with and without publicly traded equity. The average publicly traded firm has their annual report requested only 28.4 total times by investors immediately after the 10-K filing. The lack of annual report requests suggests that investors generally are not doing fundamental research on stocks.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/15427560.2017.1308945

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