Calcbench
Public Records & Filings alternative data provider · 1 listed dataset
Datasets from Calcbench (1)
Calcbench is a financial data platform that provides interactive, as-reported data extracted from SEC filings, including 10-Ks, 10-Qs, proxies, and earnings press releases, covering both the numbers and the text of filings. Founded in 2011, the company serves equity analysts, quants, auditors, academics, and corporate finance professionals.[1][2]
The platform was started by two former analysts and emphasizes traceability: users can pull data through an Excel add-in, an API, or a web-based platform while tracing every number back to its source filing. Calcbench describes itself as serving major money management firms, Fortune 500 companies, auditors, academics, and industry research firms.[1]
What It Does
Calcbench digitizes as-filed SEC financial statements and disclosures so that analysts can read statements as reported, search and filter by individual disclosure section or topic, access point-in-time financial data showing what the market knew and when, process earnings releases within minutes of hitting the wire, and compare peer financials across time periods in a single view.[1]
Data And Methodology
The company states it offers instant, systematic access to all data, numbers and text, in financial statements, including details hidden within footnotes.[2] Coverage extends to earnings press releases processed shortly after release, alongside periodic filings such as 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and proxy statements.[1]
Products
Delivery channels include a web platform for peer comparison and disclosure search, an Excel add-in for spreadsheet workflows, and an API aimed at quantitative users. The company also maintains a research program, including an annual Non-GAAP Reconciliations Report produced with Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School examining how S&P 500 companies adjust GAAP figures.[1][2]
In the July 2026 edition of that report, the fifth year of the collaboration, Calcbench found that 361 S&P 500 companies adjusted their fiscal year 2025 net income or EPS, with adjusted net income exceeding GAAP net income by $271 billion in aggregate; the company's co-founder and CEO is Pranav Ghai.[2]
Buyers And Use Cases
Stated user groups include buy-side and sell-side analysts, quants, auditors, academics, and corporate finance professionals. The company also participates in the CFA Institute's Investment Data Alliance, offering CFA charterholders free personal-use access.[1]
History
Calcbench was founded in 2011 by two former analysts and has been continually developed by a team of financial experts, according to the company.[1]
Delivery And Pricing
The company markets a free two-week trial of its Premium suite and does not publish subscription pricing on its website.[1]
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More about Public Records & Filings
Public Records & Filings is one of the signal families covered by The Alternative Data Encyclopedia, with 28 providers and 396 datasets listed in the register. For how the signal is generated, its caveats and the compliance considerations, and the full provider list, see the category article.
Further reading
- Open vs commercial alternative dataWhat free and open datasets can and cannot do: where public data rivals paid panels, where it cannot compete, and how open sources fit a professional research workflow.
- Free alternative data sourcesThe practical list of free alternative-data sources for investors: public filings, official statistics, satellite and earth observation, on-chain data, web archives and open registries, what each covers, what it costs in engineering effort, and where free data falls short.