How do you get a ticker symbol?

Both are related to AT&T. The common stock trades under the symbol T and ATT is the preferred stock.

A ticker symbols is a sort of identification tag for a stock. It is comparable to a person's social security number. For instance, if you wanted to find information on Coca-Cola, you could go to a...

Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public...

Stock Ticker AFL. The ticker symbol for Aflac is AFL and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Stock Ticker ALTR. The ticker symbol for Altera Corporation is ALTR and it is traded on the Nasdaq.