September 2026
"Does it balance" was returning blank for some filers
Oracle's "does it balance" check was coming back empty -- not wrong, just missing. It turns out this wasn't an Oracle-specific glitch; it's a filer-naming quirk that can affect any company.
What was happening
Oracle never tags a standalone "Liabilities" line in its XBRL data. Instead it reports total liabilities-and-equity and total equity separately and expects you to subtract one from the other. A handful of other companies file the same way. The balance check was looking for a tag that simply doesn't exist for these filers, so it had nothing to show.
The fix
When a filer doesn't report liabilities directly, Edgar's Spear now derives it from two numbers they do report independently -- total liabilities-and-equity minus total equity. A small note appears under the balance check whenever a number is calculated this way instead of pulled directly from the filing, so it's always clear which is which.
Try it
Pull up Oracle's page and check the balance section -- it now shows assets, liabilities, and equity all tying out, with the derived-liabilities note underneath.
September 2026
Interest Coverage was showing a blank dash for several mega-caps
If Interest Coverage showed "-" for a stock like Tesla, that wasn't a bug in the ratio -- it was a missing tag.
What was happening
In 2024, a new accounting rule split the old generic "interest expense" tag into operating and non-operating versions. Most large companies -- Tesla, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google, Netflix, and Ford among them -- switched to the new tag around the same time. Edgar's Spear was only looking for the old one, so the number quietly disappeared for anyone who'd switched.
The fix
Interest Coverage now checks both the old and new tag names, so it picks up whichever one a filer is currently using.
What's still expected to show a dash
Banks report interest expense as several separate line items rather than one total, since it's their core cost of business rather than a financing expense -- Interest Coverage isn't a meaningful ratio for them either way, so a dash there is correct, not missing data.
September 2026
First 50 signups get Pro free
To help get real people using Edgar's Spear while it's still small, the first 50 people to sign up get a complimentary Pro account — every ratio, no charge. .
How to claim one
Sign up for a free account, then email support@edgarspear.com from the address you signed up with and mention you'd like one of the free Pro spots. We'll upgrade it by hand, no charge, as long as spots last.
September 2026
Introducing AI ratio summaries
Plus and Pro accounts can now turn a page of ratio cards into one clear read. Select the ratios you care about — or none, and get everything at once — and Edgar's Spear synthesizes them into a single, plain-English interpretation, built entirely from the numbers already computed from the filing.
How it works
Every ratio card on a company's page is now clickable. Select the ones you want a read on — say, just the liquidity and leverage ratios — and hit "Summarize N selected ratios" beneath the grid. Nothing selected, and the button reads "Summarize all ratios" instead: pressing it takes everything currently on screen. Either way, you get one cohesive paragraph back, not a blurb repeated per ratio.
Grounded in the filing, not the model's memory
The model only ever sees the labels, formulas, and values already computed for the ratios you selected — the same numbers already on your screen — with an explicit instruction not to bring in any outside fact about the company. It isn't told which company it's looking at, and it isn't asked to guess. What comes back is a read of the math you selected, not a research note.
Where it lives
It sits on every company page, beneath the Plus and Pro ratio grids — a natural extension of ratios that are already gated behind those plans. Free accounts don't see ratio cards to select in the first place, so the feature follows the same line the ratios already draw. See the Plans panel for what's on each tier.
Still just a read of the numbers
Every summary carries a line underneath it: "AI-generated interpretation of the ratios above — not financial advice." Treat it as a fast way into the math, not a recommendation — the same spirit as the rest of this site: it's here to get you to the real filing faster, not to replace reading it.
Try it
Open any company you're already tracking, select a few ratios (or none), and see what comes back. Questions or feedback? Email support@edgarspear.com.