How to find and read SEC filings on Vantafin

Q: How far back do SEC filings go?

Vantafin indexes SEC filings back to 1994, so you can review a company's full public filing history.

Q: Can I be notified when a company files with the SEC?

Yes. Create a filing alert for a ticker or a whole watchlist. See Create price and news alerts.

Q: Can AI Chat read a filing for me?

Yes. Attach an SEC filing as a source in AI Chat and ask for a summary, the key risks, or specific figures.

Q: What is the difference between categorized and chronological view?

Categorized groups filings by type so you can jump straight to the latest 10-K or 10-Q. Chronological shows a single time-ordered list of everything filed recently.

Q: Which sections of a 10-K should I read first?

Focus on Item 1 (Business), Item 1A (Risk Factors), and Item 7 (MD&A), then confirm the numbers on the Financials tab.

The SEC Filings tab lets you browse every filing a company has submitted to the SEC since 1994 - 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements, and more - and open any one to read it. You reach it from a company profile at /app/{TICKER}/sec-filings, for example /app/AAPL/sec-filings. This guide covers the common filing types and how to find what you need.

Common filing types

Filing	What it is	When to read it
10-K	Annual report	Full-year results, risk factors, strategy
10-Q	Quarterly report	Quarterly results between annual reports
8-K	Current report	Material events (M&A, executive changes)
DEF 14A	Proxy statement	Executive pay, governance, board
Form 4	Insider trade	Buying/selling by insiders

Browsing filings

The tab offers two views:

Categorized - filings grouped by type so you can jump straight to, say, the latest 10-K.
Chronological - a single time-ordered list, useful for seeing everything that happened recently.

Open a filing to read it inside Vantafin at /app/{TICKER}/sec-filings/{filingId}.

How to read a 10-K efficiently

A 10-K is long. Focus your reading:

Item 1 - Business for what the company actually does.
Item 1A - Risk Factors for the risks management discloses.
Item 7 - MD&A (Management's Discussion and Analysis) for the narrative behind the numbers.
Financial statements to confirm the trends you saw on the Financials tab.

Short on time? Ask AI Chat to summarize a filing: attach the SEC filing as a source and ask for the key risks or a plain-English summary of the MD&A. See Attach sources and data.

Example: finding the latest quarterly results

Open the company profile, e.g. /app/NVDA.
Go to SEC Filings.
In categorized view, open the most recent 10-Q.
Compare the reported numbers to the prior quarter on the Financials tab.

Get new filings automatically

Instead of checking manually, set a filing alert so Vantafin notifies you whenever a company (or an entire watchlist) files with the SEC. See Create price and news alerts. Developers can also subscribe to a filings WebSocket stream.

Next steps

Frequently asked questions

How far back do SEC filings go?

Can I be notified when a company files with the SEC?

Can AI Chat read a filing for me?

What is the difference between categorized and chronological view?

Which sections of a 10-K should I read first?

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Common filing types

Filing	What it is	When to read it
10-K	Annual report	Full-year results, risk factors, strategy
10-Q	Quarterly report	Quarterly results between annual reports
8-K	Current report	Material events (M&A, executive changes)
DEF 14A	Proxy statement	Executive pay, governance, board
Form 4	Insider trade	Buying/selling by insiders

How to read a 10-K efficiently

A 10-K is long. Focus your reading:

Item 1 - Business for what the company actually does.

Item 1A - Risk Factors for the risks management discloses.

Item 7 - MD&A (Management's Discussion and Analysis) for the narrative behind the numbers.

Financial statements to confirm the trends you saw on the Financials tab.

Short on time? Ask AI Chat to summarize a filing: attach the SEC filing as a source and ask for the key risks or a plain-English summary of the MD&A. See Attach sources and data.