No, not that big “O”, but rather the company that trades under the ticker “O“, Realty Income Corp. That was the most surprisingly bland name of the one letter ticker symbols that I recently reviewed out of curiosity…

Here they are by ticker, name, and then market cap:

  • A – AGILENT TECH INC – 13.519B
  • B – BARNES GP INC – 893.6M
  • C – CITIGROUP INC – 246.0B
  • D – DOMINION RES NEW – 27.190B
  • E – E N I SPA ADR – 43.729B
  • F – FORD MOTOR CO – 14.597B
  • H – REALOGY CORP – 5.465B
  • K – KELLOGG CO – 19.732B
  • N – INCO LTD – 15.199B
  • O – REALTY INCOME CP – 2.201B
  • Q – QWEST COMM INTL I – 17.109B
  • R – RYDER SYSTEM INC – 3.165B
  • S – SPRINT NXTEL CP – 51.204B
  • T – AT&T INC. – 125.4B
  • X – UNITED STATES STE – 7.034B
  • Y – ALLEGHANY CP – 2.305B

Now, the interesting point is how many aren’t taken: “G”, “I”, “J”, “L”, “M”, “P”, “U”, “V”, “W”, and “Z”. That actually makes 10 out of the 26 letters that are unclaimed, a full 38% of the letters! Who wants to go in with me on an IPO and squat on one of the remaining tickers?