What SEC filings does Canaan Inc. submit to the SEC?

Canaan Inc. (CAN) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about CAN?

A Form 4 for CAN discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from Canaan Inc.?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for CAN?

The 10-K is Canaan Inc.'s annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all CAN SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical Canaan Inc. filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for CAN. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does Canaan Inc. file with the SEC?

Canaan Inc. files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling CAN shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

CAN SEC Filing News — Canaan Inc.

Latest SEC filings for Canaan Inc. (CAN) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-06-22.

Canaan Inc. engages in the research and development, design, and sale of integrated circuits, and bitcoin mining equipment and related components. The company is involved in the assembly and distribution of mining equipment and spare parts; and mining business. It has operations in the United States, Mainland China, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Netherlands, Singapore, Ireland, Georgia, Brazil, and internationally. Cana…

Sector: Technology Industry: Computer Hardware Market Cap: $158.8M CIK: 1780652

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Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

What you're looking at: Each item below is parsed from an actual SEC filing submitted by Canaan Inc.. Form 4 = confirmed insider transaction · Form 144 = proposed sale notice · 8-K = material event (earnings, M&A, leadership change, etc.) · 10-Q / 10-K = quarterly / annual report.

CAN Filing Activity Snapshot 2024-05-29 — 2026-06-22

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 0 sells

Insider buying and selling activity is balanced in this period.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$49.5K

Yap Christopher · 2024-05-29

49,020 shares · Form 144

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sale filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 3 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 3 filings in this group are Form 4s for Canaan Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 3 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 3 open-market purchase. 3 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Open-market purchase ×3: The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Form 4 Open-market purchase Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-22

CAN insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Zhang Nangeng (Director, Chief Executive Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`P`	Open-market purchase derivative · American Depositary Shares	250,000	$0.34	$85.0K
`P`	Open-market purchase derivative · American Depositary Shares	250,000	$0.33	$82.5K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Zhang Nangeng (Director, Chief Executive Officer)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market purchase Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-17

CAN insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`P`	Open-market purchase derivative · American Depositary Shares	250,000	$0.35	$87.5K
`P`	Open-market purchase derivative · American Depositary Shares	250,000	$0.35	$87.5K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Zhang Nangeng (Director, Chief Executive Officer)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market purchase Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-06-17

CAN insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Cheng Jin (Chief Financial Officer) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`P`	Open-market purchase derivative · American Depositary Shares	65,000	$0.35	$22.8K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Cheng Jin (Chief Financial Officer)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 1 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. Canaan Inc. has 1 such notice in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2024-05-29

CAN Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Yap Christopher (49,020 shares) ~$49.5K

Yap Christopher filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell CAN (Canaan Inc.) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Yap Christopher Shares: 49,020 Est. Value: $49.5K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

How we classify Canaan Inc.'s filings

Straight from EDGAR

Each displayed record links to an original source document. StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries, not the filing itself. Parsing may omit context or contain errors, so read the original document in full.

Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on CAN. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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