annual report

American  

noun

1. a document reporting to stockholders on management and operations and containing fiscal information, published yearly by a publicly held corporation as required by federal law.

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annual report British  

noun

1. a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity

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annual report

Hampton said the net patient service revenue data from the annual report doesn’t capture UCLA’s “extensive contributions to caring for Medi-Cal patients” and isn’t “a fair basis for comparing academic health systems.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Montreal-based Via Rail’s current passenger railcar fleet dates back several decades, according to the company’s annual report, which it says poses a headwind to revenue growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Apple has around 166,000 employees around the world, according to its most recent annual report.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Santa Monica in 2025 saw an overall decline of more than 12% in violent crime and burglaries, compared to 2024, according to the department’s annual report, released in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

According to the latest annual report on violence, Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time is not the world’s most violent region.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker