Stock Market: Identifying Ticker Symbols, Brands & Companies

Letters that identify a company for trading purposes.

AAPL is the ticker symbol for APPLE.

A business or association usually formed to manufacture or supply products or services for profit.

It is the company, not the brand or subsidiary that has a ticker symbol.

A name that sets apart a product or company from rival products or companies.

Quaker Oats is a brand of oatmeal and cereal.

A company that is owned by another company or corporation, called the parent company.

ABC Television is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (its parent company).

Select a few of these companies and research their stock value. Write the ticker symbol next to the company name and then look up their stock value.

Would any of them make a good purchase?