Diff-ing 10-Ks versus 10-K/As (or any other docs for that matter)

[west]

So I was digging into why this one company I'm researching (looks like it's going to be a dud) had filed 10-K/As for the last couple of years.  I found a really sweet way to see the difference between the beginning doc:

 

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946454/000143774913002596/ballantyne_10k-123112.htm

 

And the ending doc:

 

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946454/000104746912008454/a2210776z10-ka.htm

 

By using W3C's tool here:

 

http://services.w3.org/htmldiff

 

Example:

 

http://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2FArchives%2Fedgar%2Fdata%2F946454%2F000104746912002480%2Fa2207794z10-k.htm&doc2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov%2FArchives%2Fedgar%2Fdata%2F946454%2F000104746912008454%2Fa2210776z10-ka.htm

 

Enjoy!

[valuecfa]

Bookmarked - Thanks!

[JBird]

Thanks very much for sharing

[Phaceliacapital]

Thanks,

 

I always do this using Word, you just copy the two files you want to compare into two word files and use the compare function. So should you ever want to do this when not connected to the internet, you can do it this way.