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Annual Report
Term category: Finance/Accounting
In 10 words or less: An annual report of a company's operations.

Definition: Every year, a public company is required to publish a report that summarizes the year of business. These annual reports usually provide investors with a lot of valuable information about the company. They can be found pretty easily.

StockJargon Advice: Annual reports provide a lot of valuable information about the company. But remember that they're put out by the company so they're more of just public relations materials touting how great the company supposedly is. Nevertheless, annual reports are great ways to learn more about the company and the business they're in.

You can find these pretty easily by requesting them directly from the company or through services like PRARS.

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