In the filings: ExxonMobil and Accenture publish investor updates; Costco announces a leadership change
The 8-Ks from big US companies that said something, from results to deals to executive exits, quoted straight from EDGAR.
The short version
- 74 8-Ks from $10B+ companies, 14–16 Oct.
- XOM: published a Regulation FD disclosure.
- COST: reported a director or officer change.
- COST: disclosed another material event.
Between 14 October and 16 October, companies worth $10 billion or more filed 74 current reports (8-Ks) that we pulled from SEC EDGAR. An 8-K is how a public company tells investors that something material has happened, within four business days. Most are routine. These are the ones with real content, quoted directly from the filings.
ExxonMobil (XOM)
In an 8-K filed Friday, 16 October, ExxonMobil published a Regulation FD disclosure. The stock closed Friday at $178.98 (+2.46%). Read the filing.
“ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation 3Q26 Market and Planned Impacts to Earnings.”Costco (COST)
In an 8-K filed Friday, 16 October, Costco reported a director or officer change. The stock closed Friday at $989.11 (+1.13%). Read the filing.
“On October 13, 2026, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the fiscal 2027 criteria for bonuses to executive officers, with the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board also approving the environmental and social performance criteria.”Costco (COST)
In an 8-K filed Wednesday, 14 October, Costco disclosed another material event. The stock closed Friday at $989.11 (+1.13%). Read the filing.
“The Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company's common stock of $1.47 per share.”Bank of America (BAC)
In an 8-K filed Wednesday, 14 October, Bank of America reported results of operations and published a Regulation FD disclosure. The stock closed Friday at $51.23 (-0.91%). Read the filing.
“Net interest income $ 48,191 $ 44,346 $ 16,449 $ 15,997 $ 15,745 $ 15,750 $ 15,233”Morgan Stanley (MS)
In an 8-K filed Wednesday, 14 October, Morgan Stanley reported results of operations. The stock closed Friday at $180.57 (-0.84%). Read the filing.
“On October 14, 2026, Morgan Stanley (the “Company”) released financial information with respect to its quarter ended September 30, 2026.”Accenture (ACN)
In an 8-K filed Wednesday, 14 October, Accenture published a Regulation FD disclosure. The stock closed Friday at $229.68 (+2.12%). Read the filing.
“As previously announced, Accenture plc (“Accenture”) will host its Investor Day on October 14, 2026, at 8:30 a.m.”Strategy (MSTR)
In an 8-K filed Friday, 16 October, Strategy published a Regulation FD disclosure and disclosed another material event. The stock closed Friday at $136.83 (-9.56%). Read the filing.
“The Company also maintains a dashboard on its website (www.strategy.com) as a disclosure channel for providing broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information regarding the Company to the public, including information regarding market prices of its outstanding securities, bitcoin purchases and holdings, certain KPI metrics and other supplemental information, and as one means of disclosing non-public information in compliance with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.”Supermicro (SMCI)
In an 8-K filed Thursday, 15 October, Supermicro reported a director or officer change. The stock closed Friday at $31.63 (-9.86%). Read the filing.
“On October 14, 2026, the Board of Directors of Super Micro Computer, Inc.”United Therapeutics (UTHR)
In an 8-K filed Wednesday, 14 October, United Therapeutics disclosed another material event. The stock closed Friday at $533.12 (-1.55%). Read the filing.
“On October 13, 2026, United Therapeutics Corporation ( UT ) entered”Alcoa (AA)
In an 8-K filed Thursday, 15 October, Alcoa reported results of operations. The stock closed Friday at $41.45 (+2.55%). Read the filing.
“• Net income attributable to Alcoa Corporation increased to $483 million, or $1.81 per share”Figures: SEC EDGAR 8-K filings (quotes are verbatim), Nasdaq market values, Yahoo Finance prices.
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