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SEC Form 13F
SEC Form 13F is quarterly report institutional investment managers must file with the SEC disclosing their US-listed equity holdings. In Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets, WhaleWisdom - Hedge Fund and Institutional Holdings Tracker and 13F Info - SEC 13F Filings Browser coverage.temporal are working examples.
What is SEC Form 13F?
The quarterly report institutional investment managers must file with the SEC disclosing their US-listed equity holdings, published as US Government public record on EDGAR and republished by trackers such as 13F Info and WhaleWisdom.
In this catalog it appears concretely: - WhaleWisdom - Hedge Fund and Institutional Holdings Tracker — "Cleaned and searchable SEC 13F holdings database going back to 2001". - 13F Info - SEC 13F Filings Browser coverage.temporal — "Quarterly filings from 2013 (when EDGAR XML 13F structured data began) to the current quarter; Q2 2026 filings verified present".
13F Info - SEC 13F Filings Browser coverage.temporal is the second reference point worth knowing: "Quarterly filings from 2013 (when EDGAR XML 13F structured data began) to the current quarter; Q2 2026 filings verified present". Reading the two together shows how much variation sits underneath one shared label.
Why does SEC Form 13F matter when choosing a dataset?
Conventions decide whether two sources can be joined at all. Buy one side of an analysis that ignores this convention and every reconciliation step — calendar alignment, unit conversion, entity matching — lands on your team instead of the vendor's.
The failure mode is concrete: a source can carry the SEC Form 13F label while differing from what you need on exactly the dimension that matters — Cleaned and searchable SEC 13F holdings database going back to 2001. Comparing two sources on that line usually settles the choice faster than any feature matrix.
You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and WhaleWisdom - Hedge Fund and Institutional Holdings Tracker lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.
How do you evaluate SEC Form 13F in a data source?
Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:
- Open WhaleWisdom - Hedge Fund and Institutional Holdings Tracker and confirm its record — "Cleaned and searchable SEC 13F holdings database going back to 2001" — against the files you actually receive. 2.
Related terms
Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - form 13d 13g filing - form 4 insider transactions - position history
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of SEC Form 13F?
WhaleWisdom - Hedge Fund and Institutional Holdings Tracker is the clearest example in this catalog. Its record states: "Cleaned and searchable SEC 13F holdings database going back to 2001". Across all 1,744 datasets Datadory averages a quality score of 7.81 out of 10, so a named example can be weighed rather than trusted blindly.
Is data described as "SEC Form 13F" free to use?
Treat access and permission separately. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog are free to access, but 235 are freemium and 61 are paid outright, so confirm both the price and the license on the exact distribution before building on it.
How do I verify a source really provides SEC Form 13F?
Open WhaleWisdom - Hedge Fund and Institutional Holdings Tracker next to 13F Info - SEC 13F Filings Browser coverage.temporal and compare the promise with the download. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), which makes that check fast inside the catalog and manual outside it.
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Datasets containing SEC Form 13F
6 datasets carry sec form 13f in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
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