From Money:
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Is the single-letter ticker symbol dying a slow death? If so, the reason might be that a solo symbol is less a blessing than a curse.
In recent weeks, three high-profile companies whose stocks trade under a single letter have announced that they will be acquired, and thus lose their old symbols.
Gillette (G) is merging with Procter & Gamble; Sears (S) will be acquired by rival Kmart (and move its stock from the New York Stock Exchange to Nasdaq); and AT&T (T) is to be swallowed up by its former offspring, SBC Communications.
When the transactions are completed, it could leave as many as 11 of the potential 26 one-letter symbols unoccupied, if no other companies assume their places.
The full list:
- A – Agilent
- B – Barnes Grp
- C – Citigroup
- D – Dominion
- E – Eni
- F – Ford
- G – Gillette
- H – Open (ex-Harcourt)
- I – Open
- J – Open (ex-Jackpot)
- K – Kellogg
- L – Liberty
- M – Open
- N – Inco
- O – Realty Inc
- P – Open (ex-Phillips)
- Q – Qwest
- R – Ryder
- S – Sears
- T – AT&T
- U – Open (ex-US Air)
- V – Vivendi
- W – Open (ex-Westvaco)
- X – US Steel
- Y – Alleghany
- Z – Open (ex-Venator)
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