Note: This analysis was updated on February 1, 2021 to reflect data pulled on January 14, 2021, which looks at the transfer agent market share across listed companies. Since 2012, the market share for transfer agents engaged by active SEC … Continue reading
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2019 Transfer Agent Market Share
Transfer agents are appointed by companies with publicly traded securities to track individuals that own their stocks and bonds. Audit Analytics annually examines the market share of transfer agents appointed by active SEC registrants, looking at the absolute number of … Continue reading
2018 Transfer Agent Market Share
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
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