- Registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and/or its international counterparts
- Offer shares for sale to the general public and is traded on one or more stock exchange like the NASDQ or NYSE
- Ticker Symbol: is an abbreviation that symbolizes the companies' stock name (APPL for Apple).
- Required to make a variety of public disclosures
Important SEC filings include:
- the 10-K Annual Report,
- 10-Q Quarterly Report,
- 8-K disclosure of material events
Access:
Mergentonline
- each company has a report tab
EDGAR
- SEC's system