A Central Index Key or CIK number is a number given to a security by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The number is used to identify the filings of the company in several online databases, including EDGAR. âSecurities and Exchange Commissionâ redirects here. ... EDGAR, the Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). Not all SEC filings by public companies are available...
The acronym CUSIP typically refers to both the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures and the 9-digit alphanumeric security identifiers that they distribute for all North American security issues for the purposes of facilitating clearing and settlement of trades. ...