The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. Misstating financial statements is a … Continue reading
Q2 2021 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
There were 181 initial public offerings in U.S. markets between April 1, 2021, and June 30, 2021. Together, these IPOs raised over $85.7 billion – a decrease of $48 billion from last quarter and an increase of over $67 billion … Continue reading
Initial Public Offerings: Recent Trends in Corporate Governance Risks
Audit Analytics recently released a new report, Initial Public Offerings: Recent Trends in Corporate Governance Risks. Leveraging our extensive databases, the report provides a deeper look at the risks that initial public offerings offer to investors, regulators, and other financial … Continue reading
AQRM Red Flags: Controls
The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. Red flag events … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies, by Market Cap – 2021 Edition
In recent analyses, Audit Analytics explored audit firm market share for SEC registrants, based on company-reported filer status. This snapshot provides a look at the audit firm market share based on market cap. The varying filer statuses – Large Accelerated, … Continue reading
Who Audits Smaller Public Companies – 2021
In 2020, 3,317 SEC registrants filed as either a Non-Accelerated filer, Smaller Reporting Company, or both. This population of companies comprised over half – 55.0% – of the 6,030 SEC-registered public companies. In a recent post, we looked at who … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – 2021 Edition
The number of SEC registrants increased 0.7% since last year, climbing from 5,985 in 2020 to 6,030 in 2021. 2021 is the second year in a row we’ve observed an increase in SEC registrants. This pattern is a departure from … Continue reading