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Business Citation Guide: Company Filings

This guide provides examples for citing business resources in APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles.

Company Filings

Type Example
Reference List Citation

Note: This recommendation follows the advice provided in Section 10.4 Reports and Grey Literature in the APA 7th edition manual (p. 329).

 

Corporate Author name. (Year of Publication, Month Day).Title of report [Type of report if not apparent from title]. URL

 

Example:

OpenText (2021, April 23). OpenText second quarter fiscal year 2021 financial results [Quarterly report]. https://investors.opentext.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2021/OpenText-Reports-Second-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2021-Financial-Results/default.aspx

Example if using more than one filing from the same year:

OpenText (2021, April 23). OpenText second quarter fiscal year 2021 financial results [Quarterly report]. https://s23.q4cdn.com/197378439/files/doc_financials/2021/q4/OpenText-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-Year-2021-Financial-Results.pdf

OpenText (2021, February 4). OpenText third quarter fiscal year 2021 financial results [Quarterly report]. https://s23.q4cdn.com/197378439/files/doc_news/OpenText-Reports-Second-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2021-Financial-Results-2021.pdf

In-Text Citation: Quote

Example:

(OpenText, 2021, p. 3)

Example if using more than one filing from the same year:

(OpenText, 2021a, p. 3)

(OpenText, 2021b, p. 3)

In-Text Citation: Paraphrase

Example:

(OpenText, 2021)

Example if using more than one filing from the same year:

(OpenText, 2021a)

(OpenText, 2021b)

 

Type Example
Reference List Citation

Note: This recommendation follows the advice provided in Section 10.4 Reports and Grey Literature in the APA 7th edition manual (p. 329).

 

Corporate Author name. (Year of Publication, Month Day).Title of report [Type of report if not apparent from title]. Name of Website.

 

Example:

Barrick Gold Corporation. (2020, March 25). Barrick Gold annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2019. Sedar.

Example if using more than one filing from the same year:

Barrick Gold Corporation. (2020a, November 5). Management's discussion analysis quarterly report on the third quarter of 2020. Sedar.

Barrick Gold Corporation. (2020b, August 10). Management's discussion analysis quarterly report on the second quarter of 2020. Sedar.

In-Text Citation: Quote

Example:

(Barrick Gold Corporation, 2020, p. 3)

Example if using more than one filing from the same year:

(Barrick Gold Corporation, 2020a, p. 3)

(Barrick Gold Corporation, 2020b, p. 4)

In-Text Citation: Paraphrase

Example:

(Barrick Gold Corporation, 2020)

Example if using more than one filing from the same year:

(Barrick Gold Corporation, 2020a)

(Barrick Gold Corporation, 2020b)