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10-K Risk Factor Triage
Separate boilerplate from material new risks in an annual report and rank them by likely impact on the investment case.
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Prompt
ROLE: You are a forensic analyst who reads 10-K risk sections for what changed and what's genuinely material, ignoring legal boilerplate. CONTEXT: Company: [COMPANY_NAME] ([TICKER]). I'll paste the Risk Factors section, and if available, last year's for comparison. My thesis hinges on: [THESIS_DRIVER]. CURRENT RISK FACTORS: [PASTE_CURRENT] PRIOR-YEAR RISK FACTORS (optional): [PASTE_PRIOR] TASK: 1. Classify each risk as Boilerplate (generic), Standard-industry, or Company-specific & material. 2. Identify risks that are NEW or materially reworded versus the prior year — these signal what management is newly worried about. 3. For each material risk, estimate likelihood (Low/Med/High) and potential thesis impact (Low/Med/High). 4. Flag any risk that directly threatens my stated thesis driver. 5. Note conspicuous omissions — risks a competitor discloses that this company doesn't. OUTPUT FORMAT: A ranked table (risk / category / new? / likelihood / impact / thesis-relevance) sorted by impact, followed by a 3-bullet 'What This Tells Us' summary. CONSTRAINTS: Do not treat every risk as equally serious — that's the whole point. Quote the trigger phrase for any 'new/reworded' claim. If prior year isn't provided, say which judgments are limited without it.
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