For the past several years, we have observed the market share of transfer agents engaged by active SEC registrants. Computershare/BNY Mellon, American Stock Transfer & Trust (AST)1, Wells Fargo, and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust have remained in the top … Continue reading
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2017 Transfer Agent Market Share
For the past five years, we have examined the market share of transfer agents engaged by active SEC registrants. During this time, we have noted only minor changes to the market share of the top five transfer agents- Computershare/BNY Mellon, … Continue reading
White Paper Highlights EGC Characteristics
In a recently released white paper, staff at the Office of Research and Analysis of the PCAOB provided some insight into so-called “Emerging Growth Companies”. Emerging Growth Companies are a relatively new class of SEC registrants. Defined under the JOBS … Continue reading
2016 Transfer Agent Market Share
Since 2012, Audit Analytics has examined the market share of Transfer Agents appointed by active SEC registrants, looking at the absolute number of clients. In the big picture, not much has changed since last year. The top five in market … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – 2016 Edition
Over the past couple of weeks, we have offered an analysis of the audit firm market for both larger and smaller public companies. We now turn our attention to the market share for the whole population of US public companies. Similar to our past … Continue reading
2015 Transfer Agent Market Share
For the past four years, we have tracked the market share of Transfer Agents engaged by active SEC registrants. Computershare/BNY Mellon (Computershare) and American Stock Transfer & Trust (AST) are the perennial leaders, typically sharing over half of the market between … Continue reading
2014 Transfer Agent Market Share
For the past two years, we have looked at the market share of Transfer Agents engaged by active SEC registrants, and for the third year in a row, the same five agencies remain on top. Computershare/BNY Mellon (Computershare) and American Stock … Continue reading