Note: The methodology used for this analysis was updated to remove open-end mutual funds, and to remove companies that have not filed documents with the SEC in over a year. Because of this change in methodology, all historical analyses related … Continue reading
Author Archives: Jessica Fritz
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
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
Hewlett-Packard and Peer Benchmarking
How does a company know what to pay its officers? Hewlett Packard (HPQ) recently raised CEO Meg Whitman’s salary from a nominal $1 to a much more reasonable $1.5 million, explaining that such a raise would “bring Ms. Whitman’s salary to … Continue reading
Increased SEC Scrutiny Over Sovereign Debt Disclosure
As severe financial crisis has spread from Greece to larger countries such as Spain and Italy, voices warning against exposure to sovereign debt have gotten louder. The Cypriot government’s attempt to impose up to a 9.9% tax on bank deposits … Continue reading
Transfer Agents: Computershare Leads in Shareholders
Computershare, industry leader among transfer agents, dominates the market in more ways than one. Not only is Computershare the leader in market share, but also in number of shareholders managed. A combined 47,068,335 shareholders have been reported by over 10,500 … Continue reading
Transfer Agents: Broadridge Showing Gains
Broadridge may not be the number one transfer agent in market share, but the company is still proving to be a strong competitor. Since 2010, the company has not lost a single client to American Stock Transfer & Trust, Continental … Continue reading