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
Category Archives: Transfer Agents
Audit Analytics for Transfer Agents
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust, the largest U.S. owned transfer agent, provides shareholder related recordkeeping services to 1,250 public and private companies and cross-border agent services to 100 global issuers. We spoke with Karri Van Dell, Vice President of Continental … Continue reading
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
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
2015 Transfer Agent Market Share
For the past four years, we have tracked the market share of Transfer Agents engaged by active SEC registrants. Computershare/BNY Mellon (Computershare) and American Stock Transfer & Trust (AST) are the perennial leaders, typically sharing over half of the market between … Continue reading