type of industry based on stock ticker symbol

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Is there a way to know given a stock symbol which sector it is related to?
ie; bioscience or mining or construction or manufacturing?
For example:- if APPL is the stock how can I related that to manufacturing or finance or construction?

base64 · Accepted Answer

The SEC uses Standard Industrial Classification to classify each regulated company.
When you make search on EDGAR, it shows that AAPL has "SIC: 3571 - ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS".
A list of commonly used SIC is on the SEC website.
The SEC also provides an API service but I can't be sure that the SIC of the company is there.

RonJohn · Answer

No, in the US, at least, because ticker symbols are only based on the name of the company.
(Besides, big companies can be in multiple sectors; this was quite common in the "conglomeration craze" of the 1960s.)

Bob Baerker · Answer

Stock symbols do not reflect the sector that a company is in.
They may reflect the type of security (based on the suffix) such as the exchange it trades on, a preferred stock, a warrant or right, ADR, units, etc.
However, the screener at FINVIZ provides the sector and industry of the 7,600 stocks that is lists.

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