{
  "article": "fiscal-year-vs-calendar-year-companies",
  "chart": "kinds",
  "asOf": "2026-11-11",
  "title": "How the fiscal year ends",
  "unit": "companies",
  "n": 500,
  "series": [
    {
      "name": "On the CFO Voice record (76)",
      "source": "fiscalYearEnd in each company's EDGAR submissions record (data.sec.gov/submissions), as its filings report it",
      "data": [
        {
          "x": "December 31",
          "y": 44
        },
        {
          "x": "Last day of another month",
          "y": 17
        },
        {
          "x": "Not a month end (a 52-53 week year)",
          "y": 15
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "S&P 500 tranche (500)",
      "source": "fiscalYearEnd in each company's EDGAR submissions record (data.sec.gov/submissions), as its filings report it",
      "data": [
        {
          "x": "December 31",
          "y": 361
        },
        {
          "x": "Last day of another month",
          "y": 78
        },
        {
          "x": "Not a month end (a 52-53 week year)",
          "y": 61
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}