02
Jul
2026
Quarterly Reporting Might Stick Around
Categories: Financial Services
Making something optional is not the same as making it disappear. The SEC's new plan to let companies end quarterly reporting offers a good example.
On May 5, 2026, the SEC proposed letting public companies drop quarterly reports in favor of a twice-a-year Form 10-S. The pitch, echoing President Trump's 2025 call to scrap the "quarterly earnings rat race," is that less frequent filing frees management to focus on the business instead of the next 90-day print. News coverage has treated this as the beginning of the end for Form 10-Q.
It probably isn't. The proposal doesn't ban quarterly reporting, it makes it opt...
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