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SEC FILING DISCOVERY

Search SEC filings.Find companies.

Ask a business research question in plain English. SEV returns relevant public companies and original SEC filing passages to investigate.

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200 searches/month per linked SEV account

FROM QUESTION TO EVIDENCE
BEGIN WITH A QUESTIONSAVED EXAMPLE / SUMMARY

Which retailers disclose overseas sourcing and tariff exposure?

01 SAVED SEARCH EXAMPLE

See what
SEV finds.

In this saved search, SEV found retailers that disclosed overseas sourcing arrangements. Read the original filing to investigate further.

RESEARCH QUESTION / SUMMARY

Which retailers rely on overseas manufacturers or sourcing agents?

Duluth Holdings

CIK 0001649744

DLTH
10-KItem 1 · Business
“In fiscal 2024, 43% of our purchases came from our largest supplier, an agent partner in Hong Kong.”
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Target Corporation

CIK 0000027419

TGT
10-KItem 1 · Business
“We serve as the importer of record for most owned and exclusive, and certain national brand merchandise.”
Read the SEC filing

The Buckle

CIK 0000885245

BKE
10-KItem 1A · Risk factors
“The Company purchases a portion of its private label merchandise through sourcing agents in foreign markets.”
Read the SEC filing

3 companies selected from a saved SEV run. Original filing excerpts, not a live search.

Read the original research question

Tariffs and indirect sourcing exposure Suppose the United States raises tariffs on imported apparel and footwear. Which public retailers have disclosures worth investigating because they source through overseas manufacturers or purchasing intermediaries and may bear higher merchandise costs, even when they are not the manufacturer? Prioritize sourcing arrangements, purchase commitments, and pricing constraints over generic tariff warnings.

02 WHY SEV

You know the topic.
Where do you start?

You know what you want to research. You don’t know which companies to look at. Here’s what each option gives you, and what you do next.

Compare web search, SEC EDGAR, SEC-API, Drillr, and Valyu with SEV for company discovery and SEC filing evidence.
OptionWhat you getWhat happens next
Web searchGeneral research

Relevant websites, articles, and sometimes original SEC filings.

Identify companies, locate their disclosures, and piece together the evidence.

SEC EDGAR Full-text search

Matching filings from a keyword search, with company and form filters.

Read the filings and determine which companies deserve attention.

SEC-API Full-text search API

Keyword or Boolean matches with filing metadata and source links.

Group filing matches by company and evaluate their relevance.

Drillr Company discovery + filing search

Natural-language company discovery with tickers and match reasons; a separate filing search retrieves original passages.

Investigate the companies and their filing evidence.

Valyu SEC passage search

Natural-language SEC search returning relevant passages, content, and source URLs. No ticker or CIK required.

Identify and assess the companies represented by the retrieved evidence.

SEVCompany-first discovery

A company shortlist with selected original SEC passages, filing identifiers, and retrievable context.

Start investigating the companies.

Workflows shown are based on the linked documentation, reviewed . Providers offer additional capabilities; this is a workflow comparison, not a speed, cost, or coverage benchmark.

SEV takes you from a research question to the companies and SEC disclosures worth investigating. The deeper research is up to you.

Try your research question

03 YOUR RESEARCH BOUNDARIES

Broad question.
Precise scope.

Start with a question alone, or narrow the search to the universe you care about. Your explicit boundaries stay in place.

Companies or industries

Supply company tickers or SIC industry codes when you already know your universe. These are alternative ways to limit the search; SEV does not substitute other companies to fill the shortlist.

A filing-date boundary

Include filings on or after a date you choose. This limits the filing date, so you can distinguish a company's historical disclosure from a current research question.

A manageable shortlist

Choose a maximum number of companies, up to 50. Fewer results, including zero, are valid. Each returned company can include up to three original passages.

Room for deeper context

Use a returned passage reference to retrieve the full text and available adjacent context without running a new discovery search. Relevant companies can still be missed; the shortlist is not a complete market census.

04 BUILT FOR THE NEXT STEP

SEV searches.
Your agent researches.

Connect your agent through REST or MCP. SEV returns companies and original SEC filing passages; your agent handles the analysis.

SEV / CHATGPT CONNECTION

Your question.
Original SEC evidence.

Find public companies and original SEC 10-K and 10-Q passages from your conversation. Connect your SEV account to get started.

Use SEV in ChatGPT

PLUGIN ALLOWANCE

200 successful searches per linked SEV account each UTC calendar month, shared across ChatGPT and Codex connections.

Valid searches returning no matches count. Reading passages does not consume searches. Website and API-key access has a separate 25-search allowance.

A SMALL HANDOFF. A HEAD START.

SEV

Your agent.
Your deeper research.

Purpose-built to keep discovery fast and compute focused. One service returns companies, source passages, and references through REST or MCP.

REST / DISCOVERY REQUEST

SEV_BASE_URL="https://etsquare.ai"
curl "$SEV_BASE_URL/v1/sec/discover-companies" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SEV_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "question": "Which companies disclose overseas sourcing exposure?",
    "max_companies": 10
  }'

Set SEV_API_KEY to your account API key. See Build for complete setup. This is a request example, not a live console.

MCP / TOOLS/CALL PARAMETERS

{
  "name": "discover_sec_companies",
  "arguments": {
    "question": "Which companies disclose overseas sourcing exposure?",
    "max_companies": 10
  }
}

Use these parameters with an MCP client's tools/call request. Returned passage references support the next read.

NATURAL LANGUAGE IN.
COMPANIES + SEC PASSAGES OUT.

Explore the evidence example