Start Investment Club - Intro To Stock Symbols

This is a quick introduction into the letter symbols that identify stocks according to a variety of details. Each security has a particular letter that has been assigned to it to make it unique and so that you can easily identify it.

A - Class A
B - Class B
C - Issuer qualification exceptions
D - New
E - Delinquent in required filings with the SEC
F - Foreign
G - First convertible bond
H - Second convertible bond, same company
I - Third convertible bond, same company
J - Voting
K - Nonvoting
L - Miscellaneous situations, such as depository receipts, stubs, additional warrants, and units
M - Fourth preferred, same company
N - Third preferred, same company
O - Second preferred, same company
P - First preferred, same company
Q - Bankruptcy proceedings
R - Rights
S - Shares of beneficial interest
T - With warrants or with rights
U - Units
V - When-issued and when-distributed
W - Warrants
Y - ADR (American Depository Receipts)
Z - Miscellaneous situations such as depository receipts, stubs, additional warrants, and units
After you’ve been investing for a short time and reading the stock market, you’ll become familiar with these symbols.