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Any company in the United States that is publicly traded and is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has a legal obligation, to report every quarter, a certain set of financial disclosures in a very prescriptive structure. This is often called the 10K if it's in an annual report, and in a quarterly report, it's referred to as the 10Q. These are basically just the reporting the numbers the government requires to the company's shareholders.

This document is a great resource to learn how a company is performing, what's going on in the business, and see its key metrics and measures.

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