NYSE Symbol : What are NYSE Symbol
A stock symbol is a short abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market.
NYSE Symbol may consist of letters, numbers or a combination of both.
Modern letter-only ticker symbols were developed by Standard & Poor's (S&P) to bring a national standard to investing.
This system was later standardized by the securities industry used by NYSE as years passed.
Examples of NYSE Symbols : A - Agilent Technologies : AAPL - Apple Inc : C - Citigroup :BAC - Bank of America : GOOG - Google : HPQ - Hewlett-Packard : INTC - Intel : KO - Coca-Cola : MSFT - Microsoft : WMT - Wal-Mart
NYSE Symbol Usage
Stock symbols are unique identifiers assigned to each security traded on a market. Some companies use a well-known product as their ticker symbol.
Formerly, a glance at a U.S. stock symbol and its appended codes would allow an investor to determine where a stock trades; however in July 2007,
the SEC approved a rule change allowing companies moving from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq to retain their three letter symbols.
Subsequently any stock was able to move from the NYSE to the Nasdaq without changing its symbol.
NYSE "behind the dot" or Nasdaq fifth-letter codes and other special codes
A - Class "A"
B - Class "B"
C - Continuance - or Nasdaq exception
D - New issue
E - Delinquent SEC filings
F - Foreign
G - first convertible bond
H - second convertible bond
I - third convertible bond
J - Voting share - special
K - Nonvoting (common)
L - Miscellaneous
M - fourth class - preferred shares
N - third class - preferred shares
O - second class - preferred shares
P - first class preferred shares
Q - In bankruptcy
R - Rights
S - Shares of beneficial interest
T - With warrants or rights
U - Units
V - Pending issue and distribution
W - Warrants
X - Mutual fund
Y - American Depositary Receipt (ADR)
Z - Miscellaneous situations
Special codes
PK - A Pink Sheet, indicating over-the-counter
SC - Nasdaq Small Cap
NM - Nasdaq National Market
