edgartools — SEC EDGAR Data

Python library for accessing all SEC filings since 1994 with structured data extraction.

Authentication (Required)

The SEC requires identification for API access. Always set identity before any operations:

from edgar import set_identity set_identity("Your Name your.email@example.com")

Set via environment variable to avoid hardcoding: EDGAR_IDENTITY="Your Name your@email.com" .

Installation

uv pip install edgartools

For AI/MCP features:

uv pip install "edgartools[ai]"

Core Workflow

Find a Company

from edgar import Company, find

company = Company("AAPL") # by ticker company = Company(320193) # by CIK (fastest) results = find("Apple") # by name search

Get Filings

Company filings

filings = company.get_filings(form="10-K") filing = filings.latest()

Global search across all filings

from edgar import get_filings filings = get_filings(2024, 1, form="10-K")

By accession number

from edgar import get_by_accession_number filing = get_by_accession_number("0000320193-23-000106")

Extract Structured Data

Form-specific object (most common approach)

tenk = filing.obj() # Returns TenK, EightK, Form4, ThirteenF, etc.

Financial statements (10-K/10-Q)

financials = company.get_financials() # annual financials = company.get_quarterly_financials() # quarterly income = financials.income_statement() balance = financials.balance_sheet() cashflow = financials.cashflow_statement()

XBRL data

xbrl = filing.xbrl() income = xbrl.statements.income_statement()

Access Filing Content

text = filing.text() # plain text html = filing.html() # HTML md = filing.markdown() # markdown (good for LLM processing) filing.open() # open in browser

Key Company Properties

company.name # "Apple Inc." company.cik # 320193 company.ticker # "AAPL" company.industry # "ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS" company.sic # "3571" company.shares_outstanding # 15115785000.0 company.public_float # 2899948348000.0 company.fiscal_year_end # "0930" company.exchange # "Nasdaq"

Form → Object Mapping

Form Object Key Properties

10-K TenK financials , income_statement , balance_sheet

10-Q TenQ financials , income_statement , balance_sheet

8-K EightK items , press_releases

Form 4 Form4 reporting_owner , transactions

13F-HR ThirteenF infotable , total_value

DEF 14A ProxyStatement executive_compensation , proposals

SC 13D/G Schedule13 total_shares , items

Form D FormD offering , recipients

Important: filing.financials does NOT exist. Use filing.obj().financials .

Common Pitfalls

• filing.financials → AttributeError; use filing.obj().financials

• get_filings() has no limit param; use .head(n) or .latest(n)

• Prefer amendments=False for multi-period analysis (amended filings may be incomplete)

• Always check for None before accessing optional data

Reference Files

Load these when you need detailed information:

• companies.md — Finding companies, screening, batch lookups, Company API

• filings.md — Working with filings, attachments, exhibits, Filings collection API

• financial-data.md — Financial statements, convenience methods, DataFrame export, multi-period analysis

• xbrl.md — XBRL parsing, fact querying, multi-period stitching, standardization

• data-objects.md — All supported form types and their structured objects

• entity-facts.md — EntityFacts API, FactQuery, FinancialStatement, FinancialFact

• ai-integration.md — MCP server setup, Skills installation, .docs and .to_context() properties

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