Gunpowder Alerts has analyzed 7,492 DEF 14A filings since February 2026 — 72% scored neutral, 17% positive, and the median materiality score is 6 out of 10.
The DEF 14A — the definitive proxy statement — is where shareholders see governance up close: board nominees, executive pay, auditor ratification, and shareholder proposals ahead of the annual meeting. This page also rolls in the proxy family’s EDGAR variants: DEFA14A additional soliciting materials and DEFM14A merger proxies.
All statistics reflect proxy-family filings analyzed by Gunpowder, each scored for sentiment and materiality at analysis time. The roll-up table below shows exactly which EDGAR form types are counted.
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7,492
DEF 14A filings analyzed
6/10
median materiality
23%
high materiality (8+)
17%
scored positive
Monthly filing volume
DEF 14A filings analyzed by Gunpowder per calendar month, by filing date.
| Month | Filings | Relative volume |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | 10 | |
| Mar 2026 | 2,594 | |
| Apr 2026 | 3,429 | |
| May 2026 | 710 | |
| Jun 2026 | 678 | |
| Jul 2026 | 71 | |
Sentiment distribution
Pipeline-assigned sentiment at analysis time across 7,387 scored filings.
| Positive | 1,242 (17%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Neutral | 5,327 (72%) | |
| Mixed | 771 (10%) | |
| Negative | 47 (1%) | |
Materiality score distribution
Scores run 0 (routine) to 10 (highly material); 7,491 filings scored. Median 6, 23% at 8 or above. Definitions in the methodology.
| 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 | |
| 2 | 239 | |
| 3 | 645 | |
| 4 | 545 | |
| 5 | 913 | |
| 6 | 1,816 | |
| 7 | 1,557 | |
| 8 | 1,148 | |
| 9 | 519 | |
| 10 | 62 | |
Most frequent filers
Companies with the most DEF 14A filings in the analyzed corpus.
| Company | Ticker | Filings |
|---|---|---|
| GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD | GNK | 80 |
| Taylor Morrison Home Corp | TMHC | 35 |
| GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST | GDV-PK | 26 |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | — | 22 |
| ProCap Financial, Inc. | BRRWW | 22 |
| MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP | MBNKO | 21 |
| BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC. | DSM | 20 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | BK-PK | 18 |
| Burford Capital Ltd | BUR | 18 |
| SELECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS CORP | SEM | 18 |
What this page counts
EDGAR form types rolled into these statistics.
| DEF 14A | 4,808 |
|---|---|
| DEFA14A | 2,539 |
| DEFM14A | 145 |
Recent DEF 14A coverage
Proxy statements bury the lede — pay packages in appendix tables, dissident slates in dense legalese. Gunpowder’s governance stream reads the proxy family daily and flags what changed.
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