---
id: "tickersymbol"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/tickersymbol"
---

# Stock ticker symbol (`tickersymbol`)

Ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[A-Z0-9.]{1,16}
```

## Examples

- `MSFT` — Microsoft
- `AMZN` — Amazon

## Mappings

- autotype: `stocksymbol`
- cdm: `means.identity.tickerSymbol`
- fibo: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/SEC/Securities/SecuritiesIdentification/TickerSymbol>
- schema_org: `tickerSymbol`
- wikidata: `P249`

## Supported by tools

- `autotype`
- `collibra`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_symbol>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P249>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/tickersymbol.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/finances/tickersymbol.yaml>