In our latest report, Going Concerns: A Twenty-Two Year Review, we examine the trends and statistics of going concerns (opinions qualified by an uncertainty regarding the going concern assumption) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2000. Using data from … Continue reading
Author Archives: Kayla Coello
Who Audits Public Companies – The Netherlands 2021
Similar to our previous analysis of 2020’s audit firm market share, the Big Four continued their oligopoly across the top three indexes on the Euronext Amsterdam in 2021. EY took the lead in engagements, by auditing 28% of the companies … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – United Kingdom 2021
Overall, the Big Four firms retained 83.1% of the market share for the major UK indices in 2021. This is a slight decline from the 84.3% market concentration seen in 2020. While PwC signed opinions for 26.6% of major LSE index-listed firms, … Continue reading
Audit and Non-Audit Fees of the S&P 500
This post is part 2 of Audit Analytics’ comprehensive overview of Audit & Total Fee Trends of the S&P 500. An audit is unique to each individual company, whether they are a large-accelerated company or a small-reporting company. There are … Continue reading
Audit & Total Fee Trends of the S&P 500
How much should an audit cost? The answer is not as simple as just charging an hourly rate. Many factors affect the overall cost of an audit: the amount of time and labor needed to perform the audit, the complexity … Continue reading
Who Audits Public Companies – Italy 2021
For fiscal year 2021, the Big Four accounting firms continued to audit the majority of the market. Together, the Big Four firms share 97% of the market across Italy’s top 100 companies listed on the FTSE MIB and FTSE Italia … 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