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OT but: If this wave of (interesting to HN) IPO filings continue, someone ought to create something to make these documents a bit more readable. Some snazzy CS
by filleokus 6y ago
OT but: If this wave of (interesting to HN) IPO filings continue, someone ought to create something to make these documents a bit more readable.
Some snazzy CSS selectors + js magic + pdf.js something something perhaps? Because SEC doesn't provide nice PDF's, right? I haven't found anything at least.
- awad 6y agoI've never seen one, and at this point have gotten so used to finding what I want that it has never occurred to me, but this seems like a nice little bookmarklet idea.
- scott31 6y agoTbh entire S-1 file should be a json document with some defined schema (or XML if you are into retro computing)
- nv-vn 6y agoI know for earnings reports the SEC uploads XBRL documents to EDGAR. Weird that they don't do the same for S-1s.
- filleokus 6y agoApparently that's voluntary for IPO S-1s [0]: > Financial statements in XBRL also are required as exhibits to Securities Act registration statements that contain financial statements, such as Form S-1 (except registration statements filed in connection with an initial public offering). And by the looks of the search result pages for Apple [1] and Palantir [2], it looks like they haven't filed it that way (the "Interactive Data" label is missing): [0]: https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2018/33-10514.pdf https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2018/33-10514.pdf [1]: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000320193&owner=exclude&count=40&hidefilings=0 https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&C... [2]: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001321655&owner=exclude&count=40&hidefilings=0 https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&C...