Glossary
ticker-to-CIK mapping
ticker-to-CIK mapping is joining the four sector tickers (WY, RYN, PCH, RYAM) to the SEC CIK identifiers needed for EDGAR APIs: Weyerhaeuser 106535, Rayonier 52827, Rayonier Advanced Materials 1597672 and PotlatchDeltic 1338749. In Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets, SEC EDGAR XBRL Company Facts API - coverage.geographic and Alpha Vantage - coverage.geographic are working examples.
What is ticker-to-CIK mapping?
Joining the four sector tickers (WY, RYN, PCH, RYAM) to the SEC CIK identifiers needed for EDGAR APIs: Weyerhaeuser 106535, Rayonier 52827, Rayonier Advanced Materials 1597672 and PotlatchDeltic 1338749.
Exchange listings differ across sources - PCH quotes on Nasdaq while WY, RYN and RYAM trade on NYSE.
In this catalog it appears concretely: - SEC EDGAR XBRL Company Facts API - coverage.geographic — "US SEC registrants; covers Weyerhaeuser (106535), Rayonier (52827), Rayonier Advanced Materials (1597672), PotlatchDeltic (1338749)". - Alpha Vantage - coverage.geographic — "Global equities (100,000+ symbols); WY, RYN, PCH, RYAM trade on NYSE". - Yahoo Finance - Weyerhaeuser (WY) - coverage.geographic — "WY and RYN on NYSE, PCH on Nasdaq, RYAM on NYSE".
Why does ticker-to-CIK mapping matter when choosing a dataset?
Conventions decide whether two sources can be joined at all. Buy one side of an analysis that ignores this convention and every reconciliation step — calendar alignment, unit conversion, entity matching — lands on your team instead of the vendor's.
The failure mode is concrete: the label appears in a listing, the delivered files tell a different story, and the gap surfaces mid-project when fixing it is most expensive.
You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and SEC EDGAR XBRL Company Facts API - coverage.geographic lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.
How do you evaluate ticker-to-CIK mapping in a data source?
Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:
- Open SEC EDGAR XBRL Company Facts API - coverage.geographic and confirm its record — "US SEC registrants; covers Weyerhaeuser (106535), Rayonier (52827), Rayonier Advanced Materials (1597672), PotlatchDeltic (1338749)" — against the files you actually receive. 2. Open Alpha Vantage - coverage.geographic and confirm its record — "Global equities (100,000+ symbols); WY, RYN, PCH, RYAM trade on NYSE" — against the files you actually receive. 3. Open Yahoo Finance - Weyerhaeuser (WY) - coverage.geographic and confirm its record — "WY and RYN on NYSE, PCH on Nasdaq, RYAM on NYSE" — against the files you actually receive. 4. Pin down update cadence in writing.
Related terms
Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - daily ohlcv - edgar fair access policy - XBRL company facts
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of ticker-to-CIK mapping?
SEC EDGAR XBRL Company Facts API - coverage.geographic is the clearest example in this catalog. Its record states: "US SEC registrants; covers Weyerhaeuser (106535), Rayonier (52827), Rayonier Advanced Materials (1597672), PotlatchDeltic (1338749)". Across all 1,744 datasets Datadory averages a quality score of 7.81 out of 10, so a named example can be weighed rather than trusted blindly.
Is data described as "ticker-to-CIK mapping" free to use?
Treat access and permission separately. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog are free to access, but 235 are freemium and 61 are paid outright, so confirm both the price and the license on the exact distribution before building on it.
How do I verify a source really provides ticker-to-CIK mapping?
Open SEC EDGAR XBRL Company Facts API - coverage.geographic next to Alpha Vantage - coverage.geographic and compare the promise with the download. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), which makes that check fast inside the catalog and manual outside it.
Datasets containing this field
Datasets containing ticker-to-CIK mapping
6 datasets carry ticker-to-cik mapping in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
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