February 21, 20190Comments

Stock Option Liabilities Add Risk in Today’s Filing Season Find

From yesterday's research, our analysts parsed 79 10-K filings and collected 8,328 data points. In total, they made 1,691 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $909 billion.

by Sam McBride

March 14, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Tuesday, March 14

From yesterday’s research, analysts parsed 94 10-K filings and collected 11,843 data points. In total, they made 1,961 forensic accounting adjustments with a dollar value of $79 billion. Analyst Cody Fincher found an unusual item yesterday in Acacia Research Corporation’s (ACTG) 10-K.

by Sam McBride

March 9, 20170Comments

Filing Season Finds: Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX)

Analyst Cody Fincher made a total of 44 adjustments to Valeant’s financial statements with a total value of $50 billion. Here are our four largest takeaways from Valeant’s 10-K.

by Sam McBride

August 13, 20130Comments

Outstanding Employee Stock Options – Valuation Adjustment

Without careful footnotes research, investors would never know the amount of employee stock options that decrease the amount of future cash flow available to shareholders by diluting the value of existing shares.

by David Trainer, Founder & CEO