🔍 SEC EDGAR API Master: Download 10-K Filings & Company Financial Data

🚀 The Ultimate SEC EDGAR API Toolkit for Financial Data Extraction

Welcome to the most comprehensive Python toolkit for downloading SEC EDGAR 10-K filings and extracting company financial data directly from the SEC EDGAR database. This repository provides everything you need to access SEC filings, parse 10-K documents, and analyze public company financial data with ease.

📈 Why This SEC EDGAR Toolkit Matters

In today's data-driven financial landscape, accessing SEC filings and analyzing 10-K documents is crucial for:

• Investment research and financial analysis
• Quantitative trading strategies
• Risk management and compliance monitoring
• Academic research in finance and economics
• AI-powered financial analysis (like the insights shared in our blog post: The Rise of AI Copilots in Finance—OpenAI Leads the Way)

✨ Key Features: Your Complete SEC EDGAR Solution

📋 Multiple Methods for Every Use Case

• Method 1: Professional-grade SEC API integration using sec-api.io
• Method 2: Simplified SEC EDGAR downloading with sec-edgar-downloader
• Method 3: Direct SEC EDGAR API access (no API key required)
• Method 4: Advanced company facts extraction from SEC filings

🔧 What You Can Do With This SEC EDGAR Toolkit

• Download 10-K filings for any public company
• Extract financial metrics from SEC filings
• Batch download multiple companies' SEC filings
• Access historical 10-K documents for trend analysis
• Parse structured financial data from company facts API
• Automate SEC data collection for your research pipeline

🚦 Quick Start: Download SEC Filings in 5 Minutes

Prerequisites & Installation

# Clone the SEC EDGAR API repository
git clone git@github.com:psachdev/sec_data_downloader.git
cd sec_data_downloader

# Install required packages
pip install sec-api sec-edgar-downloader requests beautifulsoup4 pandas

Basic Usage: Download 10-K Filings

from sec_edgar_downloader import Downloader

# Initialize the SEC EDGAR downloader
dl = Downloader("Your Company", "your-email@example.com")

# Download Apple's latest 5 10-K filings
dl.get("10-K", "AAPL", amount=5)

# Download multiple companies' SEC filings
companies = ["AAPL", "MSFT", "GOOGL", "AMZN", "TSLA"]
for ticker in companies:
    dl.get("10-K", ticker, amount=3)

📊 Advanced Features: Beyond Basic SEC Downloads

1. Company Facts API Integration

Extract structured financial data directly from the SEC EDGAR database:

# Get comprehensive company facts including revenue, assets, liabilities
company_data = get_company_facts("AAPL")
# Returns detailed financial metrics from 10-K filings

2. Batch Processing Multiple Companies

# Download SEC filings for 50+ companies simultaneously
results = download_multiple_companies(
    ["AAPL", "MSFT", "GOOGL", "AMZN", "TSLA", "NVDA", "JPM", "V", "JNJ"],
    filings_per_company=10,
    download_filings=True,
    download_facts=True
)

3. Custom Date Range Filtering

# Download SEC filings from specific periods
dl.get("10-K", "AAPL", before_date="2023-12-31", after_date="2020-01-01")
# Perfect for historical analysis and trend identification

🎯 Real-World Applications

Investment Research

Use this SEC EDGAR toolkit to conduct deep financial analysis like our AI-driven examination of Apple stock: Was Apple Stock a Smart Buy in Late 2023? AI Analysis Reveals. The analysis reveals how SEC filing data combined with AI financial analysis can uncover investment opportunities.

Quantitative Analysis

# Example: Calculate financial ratios from SEC data
def analyze_financial_ratios(ticker):
    filings = get_10k_filings(ticker, 5)
    facts = get_company_facts(ticker)
    
    # Calculate key metrics from SEC filings
    revenue_growth = calculate_growth(facts, 'Revenues')
    profit_margins = calculate_margins(facts, 'NetIncomeLoss')
    return_metrics = {
        'revenue_growth': revenue_growth,
        'profit_margins': profit_margins
    }

Risk Management & Compliance

Monitor SEC filing compliance, track financial reporting changes, and identify regulatory risks through automated SEC data collection.

🔗 Integration with AI Financial Analysis

This SEC EDGAR API toolkit pairs perfectly with AI-powered financial analysis tools. As discussed in our blog post about The Rise of AI Copilots in Finance, combining SEC filing data with AI analysis creates powerful insights for:

• Real-time investment suggestions based on SEC filings
• Automated risk assessment from 10-K disclosures
• Predictive analytics using historical SEC data
• Sentiment analysis of management discussions in 10-K filings

🛠️ Installation & Setup Details

# Core packages for SEC EDGAR access
pip install sec-api
pip install sec-edgar-downloader
pip install requests
pip install beautifulsoup4
pip install pandas

Configuration

# Set your SEC API key (optional but recommended for heavy use)
SEC_API_KEY = "your_sec_api_key_here"

# Configure user agent (REQUIRED for SEC compliance)
USER_AGENT = "Your Name/Company your-email@example.com"

📚 Learning Resources & Further Reading

• SEC EDGAR API Documentation
• sec-api.io Official Docs
• sec-edgar-downloader Documentation

⚖️ Legal & Compliance

SEC Data Usage Policy

This toolkit complies with SEC EDGAR access guidelines:

• Respects rate limits (10 requests per second)
• Includes proper User-Agent headers
• Uses data for legitimate research purposes
• Doesn't overwhelm SEC servers

Data Licensing

• SEC filings: Public domain (no copyright)
• Code: MIT License
• Derivative analyses: Your ownership

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