Soprano · 2024-08-27T13:19:41.786622Z

Habt ihr euch schon mal Gedanken gemacht, wie Unternehmen eigentlich zu ihren Ticker-Symbolen kommen? Natürlich kann man es sich ganz einfach machen wie Okta und $OKTA nehmen oder Meta einfach $META , $UBER , $SAP usw. oder man ist clever so wie Porsche mit $P911 oder Salesforce mit $CRM und macht gleich mit dem eigenen Ticker Werbung fürs Produkt. Dann gibt es aber auch Unternehmen die grundlos einen Buchstaben vom Namen weglassen wie $BAS , $PEP oder $TSLA und es gibt ganz verrückte die sich einfach $AAPL statt $APPLE oder $BAYN statt $BAYER nennen. Kann mir doch Steve Jobs nicht erzählen, dass damals nicht besseres mehr frei war als Apple mit zwei A zu schreiben. Und natürlich gibt's noch $AFX und $KO da hat der Ticker dann gleich gar nichts mit dem eigentlichen Namen zu tun. Schließlich wäre da auch noch die Fraktion die einfach ganz klassisch $C , $O , $V oder $F heißen, was ja wenigstens Sinn macht, weil's wirklich deutlich kürzer ist.

@Soprano

4Mon·

Have you ever thought about how companies actually get their ticker symbols?

Of course, you can make it as easy as Okta and $OKTA (+0.06%) or just take Meta $META (+2.47%) , $UBER (+0.94%) , $SAP (+1.64%) etc. or you can be clever like Porsche with $P911 (-2.07%) or Salesforce with $CRM (+1.93%) and advertise the product with your own ticker.

But then there are also companies that omit a letter from their name for no reason, such as $BAS (-0.76%) , $PEP (+0.56%) or $TSLA (+1.39%) and there are really crazy ones that simply use $AAPL (-0.54%) instead of $APPLE or $BAYN (-2.26%) instead of $BAYER. Steve Jobs can't tell me that there was nothing better than writing Apple with two A's back then.

And of course there are $AFX (+1.74%) and $KO (-0.58%) the ticker has nothing to do with the actual name.

Finally, there is also the faction that simply uses the classic $C (+0.35%) , $O (-1.73%) , $V (-0.04%) or $F (-3.49%) which at least makes sense because it really is much shorter.

8 Comments

Ronald@AlterMann

4Mon

No, I didn't because it doesn't help me on my path to world domination

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Alpalaka@Alpalaka

4Mon

$ZZZ I find it quite suitable, although $FUN is almost even better

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Staatsmann@Staatsmann

4Mon

Tickers are applied for together with the listings for each stock exchange. However, with a primary listing on one of the major stock exchanges, the ticker can also be secured for other exchanges, but is not mandatory.

This is why $AAPL is always Apple on the NYSE, Xetra, TSX and LSX.
However, other companies do not care, which is why $PEAK is Healthpeak Properties in Germany but uses the ticker $DOC on the NYSE.
Tickers are also not unique and may be assigned more than once at any time.

Unlike the ISIN, which is unique.
(Theoretically like the WKN, but the WKN is only relevant in Austria and Switzerland).

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