simfinR

New package: simfinR

Introduction In my latest post I wrote about package GetEdgarData, which downloaded structured data from the SEC. I’ve been working on this project and soon realized that the available data at the SEC/DERA section is not complete. For example, all Q4 statements are missing. This seems to be the way all exchanges release the financial documents. I’ve found the same problem here in the Brazilian exchange. It came to my attention that there is an alternative way of fetching corporate data and adjusted prices, the SimFin project. From its own website: