Certainty language minus hedging language in Risk Factors. Positive = assertive, negative = hedging-heavy.
From 2022-03-01 (10-K) to 2026-02-26 (10-K), this metric decreased across 5 filings.
Risk-factor drift item_1a vs prior same-form filing, cosine similarity
- 10-K 2026-02-26 vs 2025-02-27 99.4% boilerplate
- 10-K 2025-02-27 vs 2024-02-29 99.3% boilerplate
- 10-K 2024-02-29 vs 2023-02-28 63.4% material rewrite
- 10-K 2023-02-28 vs 2022-03-01 72.4% noticeable change
Vanished metrics promoted KPIs that stopped being reported
- NET Revenue Before Excise Taxes promoted across 3 consecutive filings, last seen 2025-02-27, absent from 10-K 2026-02-26 dropped
- Ownership Stake IN Pharmacann INC promoted across 4 consecutive filings, last seen 2025-02-27, absent from 10-K 2026-02-26 dropped
Auditor changes auditor of record vs prior filing
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KPMG LLP → Davidson & Company LLP
Non-GAAP reconciliation expansion growth in adjusted-figure add-backs vs prior filing
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10-K 2026-02-26 12 → 26 add-backs (+14)new: Additional LOSS ON HELD FOR SALE Assets Change IN Allowance FOR Credit LOSS ON NON Operating LOAN Cronos Fermentation Assets WERE Classified AS HELD FOR SALE Depreciation AND Amortization Effect OF Cross Border TAX LAWS FAIR Value GAIN LOSS ON Financial Liabilities Foreign Currency Transaction LOSS Impairment LOSS ON Goodwill AND Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Impairment LOSS ON LONG Lived Assetsii Impairment LOSS ON Other Investments Israel Ministry OF Economy AND Industry Dumping Inquiry LOSS ON Revaluation OF Financial Instruments NON Deductible Share Based Compensation NON Deductible Transaction Costs NON Taxable Portion OF Capital Gains Other Other Netiii Restatement Litigation Costs Transaction Costs
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10-K 2025-02-27 12 → 12 add-backs (+0)new: Financial Statement Review Costs Foreign Exchange Effect Impairment Charges Inventory STEP UP Recorded TO COST OF Sales Inventory Write DOWN LOSS ON HELD FOR SALE Assets Restructuring Costs RSUS Stock Options
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10-K 2024-02-29 13 → 12 add-backs (+-1)new: Depreciation AND Amortization GAIN LOSS ON Revaluation OF Derivative Liabilities Impairment OF Other Investments Without Readily Determinable FAIR Values Interest Income NET Other NET Share Based Compensation Share OF Income FROM Equity Method Investments
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10-K 2023-02-28 12 → 13 add-backs (+1)new: Foreign Currency Transaction LOSS GAIN LOSS ON Revaluation OF Financial Instruments GAIN ON Revaluation OF Derivative Liabilities Represents THE FAIR Value Changes ON THE Derivative Liabilities Impairment Impairment Charge Impairment Charges Impairment LOSS ON Other Investments Impairment ON Leased Premises IN THE US Segment Revaluations OF Financial Liabilities Resulting FROM DSUS Unrealized Holding GAIN ON ITS MARK TO Market Investment IN Vitura AS WELL AS Revaluations OF Financial Liabilities Resulting FROM DSUS
Auditor’s report opinion, going-concern & control flags, critical audit matters
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10-K 2026-02-26 unqualified
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10-K 2025-02-27 unqualified
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10-K 2024-02-29 unqualified
- Assessment of held for sale classification for the Cronos Fermentation facility
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10-K 2023-02-28 unqualified material weakness
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10-K 2022-03-01 unqualified material weakness
- Evaluation of the impairment loss on goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset
Balance-sheet trends inventory, receivables, reserves & impairment vs prior year
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Receivables building faster than sales FY 2025-12-31receivables +121% vs revenue +25% · DSO 48.0→84.9 days
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Credit-loss reserve declining FY 2024-12-31allowance for credit losses -95% ($11.79M→$623000)
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Credit-loss reserve declining FY 2022-12-31allowance for credit losses -10% ($14.59M→$13.07M)
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Receivables building faster than sales FY 2021-12-31receivables +147% vs revenue +38% · DSO 69.8→124.8 days
Balance-sheet language forensic risk vocabulary shifting in MD&A / financials vs prior year
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Receivables risk languagedensity 0.73→2.24 / 10k chars (18→56 mentions)
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Impairment risk language + numbersdensity 7.46→8.5 / 10k chars (190→227 mentions) · new: write-off, carrying value exceed
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Receivables risk languagedensity 0.0→1.89 / 10k chars (0→23 mentions) · new: credit loss, expected credit loss, past due, concentration of credit
Revenue-recognition drift rev-rec policy language change vs prior filing
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10-K 2023-02-28 97% similar to prior acquisition context− Principal VS Agent