Evaluating a company’s financial health and performance always involves a degree of uncertainty, but there are measures that can be utilized to more objectively review financial strength. Metrics, such as the Altman Z-Score, have been developed in an attempt to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Audit Fees of the S&P 500
How much should an audit cost? That is a difficult question to answer; it’s not as simple as charging an hourly rate. There are many factors that affect the overall cost of an audit: the amount of time and labor … Continue reading
Decade of Data: Trends in Audit Fees Across Europe
This is the first post of our Decade of Data series which will highlight our Europe databases containing ten years of data. As mentioned in last week’s post, the Audit Analytics Europe Audit Fees database now contains audit fees dating … Continue reading
An Overview of European Databases
Audit Analytics offers a suite of data products covering public companies listed on European exchanges across 31 countries in the EEA and Switzerland, which includes comprehensive databases of Audit Fees, Audit Opinions, Auditor Changes, Auditor Engagements, Key Audit Matters, and … Continue reading
Q4 2019 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
Overview There were 59 initial public offerings in U.S. markets between October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019. These 59 IPOs raised over $8.7 billion, a decrease of over $800 million from the same period last year and a decrease … Continue reading
Non-Audit Fees Among S&P 500
A review of non-audit fees in relation to overall audit fees is an interesting comparison, as the SEC considers high non-audit fees to be an auditor independence concern. If an auditor earns a large amount of fees performing non-audit fee … Continue reading
The Audit Firms of Broker-Dealers
In 2018, 400 audit firms competed for market share among 3,661 total broker-dealers. The Big Four audited 16.7% of this population. PwC led the way with 172 broker-dealer clients, followed by EY with 168 clients, KPMG with 145 clients, and Deloitte with … Continue reading