

You can find both types of filings on the SEC's EDGAR database. Companies must also file an annual report of their earnings on a Form 10-K.

Publicly traded companies are required to report their earnings quarterly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on what's known as a Form 10-Q. Debt-to-Ebitda ratio: A company's total debt appear on its balance sheet and its Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) appears on a company's income statement if the ratio found by dividing debt by Ebitda is high that can be a sign of higher risk.Price-to-book (P/B) ratio where a company's stock price is divided by its book value, where book value equals the net value of all the company's assets the P/B ratio is used to compare a company with its competitors.Price-to-earnings-growth (PEG) ratio is the PE ratio divided by the future annualized earnings growth rate.Price-to-earnings (PE) ratio, which is a company's share price divided by its annual per-share earnings and is used to compare companies within the same sector.Fundamental analysis is typically used to assess long-term investments and it considers: Fundamental analysis seeks to determine whether a company's future share price is accurately reflected in its current share price by looking at a company's business, its industry and the economy as a whole.
