The SEC fundamentals we report
match EDGAR, to the cent.

For each of the 71 tickers, we fetch Distill's /api/v1/sec/fundamentals/{ticker} response and SEC EDGAR's companyfacts JSON. For each numeric field, we match on the same XBRL concept Distill picked (surfaced via the *ConceptUsed payload), so the comparison is apples-to-apples.

A cell is graded only when both sides carry the same period (exact, or within 30 days for filers whose quarters end on a Friday). When they do not, the cell says which side is newer instead of comparing two different quarters. Ahead: EDGAR's companyfacts API lags its own filing index by months for some filers, so Distill reads the filing's own XBRL instance document and serves the newer quarter; the SEC value shown is the latest companyfacts has. Stale: companyfacts carries a newer period under the concept and none at the period Distill serves (a successor CIK is the shape seen so far). A period EDGAR also carries is graded on its value, so stale is not our freshness measure. Both classes count against coverage and never as wrong; the SEC value shown is the latest companyfacts has under the same form, so it can read older than EDGAR's newest filing.

Missing when either side has no value at the target period: structural gaps (e.g. banks lacking OperatingIncomeLoss), a successor CIK with no annual filing yet, or freshness gaps in our preprocess universe. Missing is not wrong.

curl https://api.distillmarkets.com/api/v1/benchmark            # latest run, every cell
curl https://api.distillmarkets.com/api/v1/benchmark/history    # trailing runs
curl https://api.distillmarkets.com/api/v1/benchmark/tickers/AAPL

Methodology version v3-2026-10-05.