what is the aftermarket report ?
an aftermarket report is the initial report released by a company after it has begun trading on the public stock exchange typically before a company begins trading on the stock exchange an investment bank evaluates the company s worth and determines how to break down that value in shares that will be sold to the public after an initial sale of shares to large investors known as the primary market once the primary market sales have been made the company is able to be traded on a major stock exchange such as the new york stock exchange nyse or nasdaq this happens when some of the initial investors decide to sell some or all of their stock shares and any investor of any size can purchase them once the offerings appear on the secondary market the company releases an aftermarket report providing the name of the company its ticker symbol the offer date and offer and closing prices often aftermarket reports will provide additional information including financial data and ratios and a description of the company 