SEC EDGAR Filing Extractor

Extract SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, DEF 14A, 13F, insider trades) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database. Search by company name, ticker symbol, or CIK number.

What does it do?

This actor searches the SEC EDGAR database and extracts structured filing data for any publicly traded U.S. company. It resolves ticker symbols to CIK numbers automatically, pulls filing metadata from the official SEC Submissions API, and optionally extracts the full text content of each filing.

No API keys needed. No authentication. Just enter a company name or ticker and get structured financial filing data in seconds.

What data does it extract?

Field	Description
companyName	Full legal company name (e.g., "Tesla, Inc.")
ticker	Stock ticker symbol (e.g., "TSLA")
cik	SEC Central Index Key
filingType	Filing form type (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc.)
filingDate	Date the filing was submitted
accessionNumber	Unique SEC filing identifier
filingUrl	Direct link to the filing document
indexUrl	Link to the filing index page
description	Filing description
stateOfIncorporation	Company's state of incorporation
sicDescription	Standard Industrial Classification
website	Company website URL
fullText	Full filing text content (optional)

Use cases

1. Financial Analysis — Pull annual (10-K) and quarterly (10-Q) reports to analyze revenue trends, risk factors, and management discussion
2. Investment Research — Track 8-K filings for material events: earnings surprises, executive changes, acquisitions
3. Insider Trading Monitoring — Extract Form 4 filings to track insider buying and selling patterns
4. Compliance & Due Diligence — Screen companies' SEC filings for risk assessment and regulatory compliance
5. Academic Research — Build datasets of corporate disclosures for financial research and NLP analysis
6. Competitive Intelligence — Monitor competitors' proxy statements (DEF 14A) for executive compensation and governance changes

How to use

1. Enter a company name (e.g., "Tesla") or ticker symbol (e.g., "AAPL")
2. Select the filing types you want (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Form 4, etc.)
3. Set date range and max results
4. Click Start — results appear in seconds

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
searchQuery	string	Yes	Company name, ticker, or keyword
filingTypes	array	No	Filing types: 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 4, DEF 14A, S-1, 13F-HR, SC 13D, or ALL
dateFrom	string	No	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD). Default: last 12 months
dateTo	string	No	End date (YYYY-MM-DD). Default: today
maxResults	integer	No	Maximum filings to extract (1-100). Default: 10
extractFullText	boolean	No	Extract full filing text content. Default: false

Input example

{
  "searchQuery": "Tesla",
  "filingTypes": ["10-K", "10-Q"],
  "maxResults": 5,
  "extractFullText": false
}

Output example

{
  "companyName": "Tesla, Inc.",
  "ticker": "TSLA",
  "cik": "1318605",
  "filingType": "10-K",
  "filingDate": "2026-01-29",
  "accessionNumber": "0001628280-26-003952",
  "filingUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026003952/tsla-20251231.htm",
  "indexUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000162828026003952/",
  "description": "Annual report",
  "stateOfIncorporation": "TX",
  "sicDescription": "Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies",
  "website": "https://www.tesla.com",
  "extractedAt": "2026-03-15T08:00:47.000Z"
}

Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event pricing:

Event	Price	Description
Actor start	$0.005	Per run initialization
Filing extracted	$0.004	Per filing result

Example: Extracting 10 Tesla 10-K filings = $0.005 + (10 × $0.004) = $0.045

That's 10 annual reports with full metadata for less than a nickel. Manual EDGAR searching would take 30+ minutes.

Supported filing types

Type	Description
10-K	Annual report — comprehensive financial overview
10-Q	Quarterly report — interim financial statements
8-K	Current report — material events (earnings, M&A, executive changes)
4	Insider trading — Form 4 ownership changes
DEF 14A	Proxy statement — executive compensation, governance
S-1	Registration statement — IPO filings
13F-HR	Institutional holdings — quarterly hedge fund positions
SC 13D	Beneficial ownership — activist investor stakes

FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key for SEC EDGAR? A: No. This actor uses SEC's public Submissions API. No API key or authentication required.

Q: How fast is it? A: Very fast. 5 Tesla 10-K filings extract in ~4 seconds. The SEC API is responsive and rate-limit friendly.

Q: Can I get the full text of filings? A: Yes — set extractFullText: true. This downloads and parses the HTML filing content (truncated to 50K characters per filing to manage memory).

Q: What companies are covered? A: All publicly traded U.S. companies, mutual funds, ETFs, and foreign companies filing with the SEC. Over 700,000 entities in the EDGAR database.

Q: How current is the data? A: Filings appear on EDGAR within minutes of submission. This actor queries the latest SEC data in real-time.

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