On Wednesday, December 1, WeWork Inc. [WE] announced they discovered a material weakness in their internal controls and would restate their financial statements to reflect the correct classification of redeemable shares. The company’s share price fell by 5.2% in after-hours … Continue reading
Category Archives: Corporate + Legal
SPAC IPOs – Trends in Auditor Market Share
The past year has seen historic growth in the SPAC market. As of September 30th, there were 447 special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs during 2021. This number is approximately 285% higher than the same period in 2020. With this … Continue reading
Q3 2021 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
There were 199 initial public offerings in U.S. markets between July 1, 2021, and September 30, 2021. Together, these IPOs raised over $49.7 billion – a decrease of $36 billion from last quarter. This was a decrease of nearly $12 billion … Continue reading
Trends in Comment Letters Through the First Half of 2021
The trends we have observed with SEC comment letters over the past several years have continued. Through the first half of 2021 comment letters that reference 10-Ks, 10-Qs, or 8-Ks are on pace to decline by about 15% compared to … Continue reading
SPACs and M&A Transactions
The past few years have seen an extreme surge in special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. These transactions are viewed by some as favorable to traditional IPOs due to certain benefits they offer, such as an expedited timeline, lower transaction … Continue reading
AQRM Red Flags: Shareholder Activism
The Audit Analytics Accounting Quality + Risk Matrix (AQRM) makes it easy to identify accounting, audit, and governance red flags for public companies. This blog series breaks down the risks associated with specific firm-level events included in the AQRM. Shareholder activism is the process … Continue reading
Impacts of COVID-19 on Public Companies
Audit Analytics recently released a new report, Impacts of COVID-19 on Public Companies. Leveraging our extensive databases, this report provides an in-depth look at the pandemic’s impacts on certain aspects of financial reporting and financial health metrics of public companies. … Continue reading