In our latest report, 2017 Going Concerns: An Eighteen Year Review, we examine the trends and statistics of going concern audit opinions filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2000. This report analyzes going concern totals and percentages of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Audit Opinions
Implementation of AS 3101
In our recent post, Reasons for an Amended 10-K: 2018, we noted an increase in the number of 10-K/As that were filed citing an auditor’s report as the reason. One possible explanation is the implementation of PCAOB Auditing Standard 3101 … Continue reading
Auditor Market Share among Broker-Dealers
The Audit Analytics Broker-Dealer database contains information from over 84,000 focus reports filed by approximately 8,800 broker-dealers since January 1, 2001. Key data points collected include auditor, revenue, total assets, and contacts. In this post, we take a look at … Continue reading
Due Diligence with Audit Analytics
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP on Audit Analytics Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP boasts over 2,000 employees and ranks among the top 20 public accounting firms in the nation. Jeff Rapaglia, Partner, works within the firms’ Professional Standards … Continue reading
Going Concerns – A Seventeen Year Review
Audit Analytics annual report, 2016 Going Concerns – A Seventeen Year Review, is now available. This report, which looks at going concern opinions over the last seventeen years, analyzes going concern totals and percentages of total opinions by year with a … Continue reading
Investigating the Shrinking Number of SEC Registrants
The decline in public company counts has been an acknowledged trend for quite some time. The mid to late 90’s represented a peak for public company listings, with a general downward trend forming following the tech-bubble. Using Audit Analytics’ Audit Opinions … Continue reading
No Opinion, No Problem?
Your average audit opinion is a pretty ho-hum affair. Boilerplate language and standard, precise wording doesn’t make for an enthralling read generally. But when you go through many thousands of audit opinions each year, there are bound to be some eye-opening outliers. … Continue reading