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SEC Filing API vs Company Facts

A comparison page for builders choosing between filing-change monitoring, company lookup, and fact/XBRL-style company data.

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GET /v1/sec/watchlist/changes?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&since=2026-07-01

{
  "data": [
    {
      "changeType": "material_event",
      "observedAt": "2026-07-02T17:23:22+00:00",
      "filing": {
        "ticker": "MSFT",
        "form": "8-K",
        "eventType": "current_report",
        "filedAt": "2026-07-02"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "count": 1 }
}

Use SEC Event Intelligence When

The buyer workflow needs a stable API response for polling, filtering, and downstream automation.

Detecting when a company files an 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K, Form 4, or other filing.
Monitoring a ticker watchlist for new public filing events.
Resolving company identifiers before calling filing-feed endpoints.

Use The Alternative When

A simpler public source, raw document workflow, or human-readable alert fits the job better.

Querying standardized financial statement facts and XBRL-derived metrics.
Building accounting or fundamental-data models from reported facts.
Historical analytics where filing-event timing is less important.

Decision rule. Use company facts for standardized reported values. Use SEC Event Intelligence when the workflow starts with new filings, watchlists, and event-style monitoring.