Some of the most important information to the investor can be found on EDGAR, a free web site run by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Every publicly traded company is required by law to file detailed financial statements to the SEC including annual financial statements (form 10-K), quarterly financial statements (form 10-Q), and other forms dealing with the inside transactions of a companys management.
All of these statements are freely available on EDGAR. A quick tutorial on using EDGAR is available on the home page. Ill go through a quick overview in finding the most recent annual report for Disney. From the EDGAR home page, click on the Search for Company Filings link. From this page you can see there is a lot of information available for company filers. One could go about several ways to find Disneys latest yearly financial statement; Im going to click on Companies & Other Filers. In this entry box we could search by Company name, CIK (ticker symbol), file number, state, or SIC (Standard Industrial Classification). As you can see, a lot of information is available here at the click of a button. You could find all the financial statements filed from...