SEC 8-K Material Event Monitor - Real-Time Filing Alerts

Never miss a market-moving disclosure. Give a list of tickers (or SEC CIKs) and get each company's recent 8-K material events - M&A, executive changes, earnings, restatements, bankruptcy, delisting - automatically classified and scored by materiality (0-100). See them the same day, not days later.

An 8-K is filed within 4 business days of a material event. This Actor turns the raw item codes into plain-English categories and flags the high-impact ones.

Real example (from live SEC data): Tesla - recent 8-Ks classified: earnings (m60), executive change (m70), material agreement / deal (m70). High-impact events are flagged automatically.

What makes it different

Most SEC monitors dump raw filings. This one interprets them:

• Item-code classification - turns cryptic codes (1.01, 4.02, 5.02...) into readable categories.
• Materiality score (0-100) - bankruptcy/restatement/control-change rank highest; routine exhibits lowest.
• High-impact flagging - instantly see the events most likely to be market-moving.
• Multi-company watchlist - monitor a whole portfolio of tickers in one run.
• Verifiable - every event includes a direct url to the filing on SEC EDGAR.

Who it's for

• Traders & quants - real-time event monitoring (earnings, M&A, exec departures).
• Fintech & research apps - drop classified corporate events into your product.
• Risk / compliance / IR teams - track material disclosures across a watchlist.

Pairs naturally with our Insider Cluster Signal and Smart Money 13F actors for a full corporate-signal suite.

Input

Field	Type	Description
companies	array	Tickers (AAPL, TSLA...) or SEC CIKs.
recentLimit	integer	How many recent 8-Ks to classify per company.
minMateriality	integer	Only return events ≥ this score (e.g. 70 = high-impact only).

Output

One item per company: ticker, name, CIK, a high_materiality_count, and a list of events - each with date, plain-English headline, max_materiality, and the underlying item codes/categories.

How it works

Reads each company's filing history from the official SEC EDGAR submissions API (free, public, no key), which exposes 8-K item codes directly - so no fragile document scraping. Clean, stable, fast.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: per company analyzed. A 10-ticker watchlist = 10 charges. You pay only for what you scan.

FAQ

How fast after a filing? 8-Ks appear on EDGAR within minutes of submission; run on a schedule to catch them same-day. Where do I find a CIK? You don't need to - just use the ticker; the Actor resolves it automatically.

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Keywords: SEC 8-K, material events, filing alerts, M&A alerts, executive change, earnings, restatement, bankruptcy, EDGAR monitor, corporate events API, trading catalysts, real-time SEC filings.

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Note: Provided as data for research, screening and monitoring - not investment advice. Historical patterns do not guarantee future results.