FERG — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of FERG's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-05 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-12-09
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +19 | −16 | ~24 | 9 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~2 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Other information
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-05
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased to $772 million in the first quarter of 2026 compared with $874 million in the first quarter of 2025, primarily reflecting an increased investment in working capital, partially offset by higher net income after adjusting for non-cash items.
Income tax expense was $146 million in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of $22 million, or 17.7%, compared with the first quarter of 2025 due to higher income before income taxes. The Company’s effective tax rate of 26.1% in the first quarter of 2026 was generally in-line with 26.4% for the fi…
(2)For the three months ended March 31, 2025, business restructuring expenses primarily related to the Company’s implementation of targeted actions to streamline operations, enhancing speed and efficiency to better serve customers and drive further profitable growth.
(3)For the three months ended March 31, 2025, business restructuring expenses primarily related to the Company’s implementation of targeted actions to streamline operations, enhancing speed and efficiency to better serve customers and drive further profitable growth.
(4)For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, discrete tax adjustments were mainly related to interest on uncertain tax positions.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-12-09
Net cash provided by operating activities increased to $430 million in the current quarter compared with $345 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, primarily reflecting higher net income after adjusting for non-cash items.
Income tax expense was $142 million in the current quarter, a decrease of $12 million, or 7.8%, compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2025. The Company’s effective tax rate was 19.9% in the current quarter compared with 24.7% for the first quarter of 2025. These decreases were mainly related to …
(3)For the three months ended October 31, 2025, discrete tax adjustments mainly related to the release of uncertain tax positions following the lapse of statute of limitations and tax treatment of certain compensation items that are not material. For the three months ended October 31, 2024, discrete…
(4)For the three months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, the tax impact on non-GAAP adjustments primarily related to the amortization of acquired intangibles.
The Company believes its current cash position coupled with cash flow anticipated to be generated from operations and access to capital should be sufficient to meet its operating cash requirements for the next 12 months and will also enable the Company to invest and fund acquisitions, capital expend…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice