# SEC Company Identity Lookup by Ticker

> SEC Company Identity Lookup by Ticker is a paid API for AI agents from sec.use.x402atlas.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns SEC/EDGAR identity data for a US public company by ticker, including CIK, SIC code, exchanges, fiscal year end, and former names.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://sec.use.x402atlas.com/company/:ticker
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/sec-company-identity-lookup-by-ticker-67419c97
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mzjnGB1FZAwIeR4ou8tES

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability sec-company-identity-lookup-by-ticker-67419c97
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the SEC EDGAR identity for AAPL — I need its CIK number, which exchanges it trades on, its SIC code, and whether it's had any former company names?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative SEC identity data (CIK, SIC, exchange listings, fiscal year end) for a US public company by ticker, especially as a first step before pulling filings or financials from EDGAR. Prefer this over general financial data APIs when regulatory accuracy and official EDGAR identifiers are required, or when you need to resolve a ticker to a CIK for downstream SEC filing lookups.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker returns an error — ticker must match a known US public company in EDGAR
- Non-US or OTC-only companies may not be found if not registered with SEC
- Ticker format must match pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9.-]{0,9}$ — overly long or special-character tickers rejected
- Company may have multiple tickers; only one needs to be supplied but results include all
- Newly listed companies may have a delay before appearing in EDGAR data

## How this service works

SEC company identity by ticker — CIK, SIC, exchanges, fiscal year end and former names from official EDGAR data.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the company's official SEC identity: integer CIK, SIC code string, full legal name, primary ticker, all tickers, list of exchanges, entity type, fiscal year end (MMDD format), SIC industry description, and an array of former names each with from/to date ranges.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "pathParams"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "ticker"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "ticker": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9.-]{0,9}$",
       "description": "US public-company ticker; case-insensitive"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "note": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "company": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
        "ticker",
        "cik",
        "name",
        "exchanges",
        "tickers",
        "former_names"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "cik": {
         "type": "integer"
        },
        "sic": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "ticker": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "tickers": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
          "type": "string"
         }
        },
        "exchanges": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
          "type": "string"
         }
        },
        "entity_type": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "former_names": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
           "to": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date"
           },
           "from": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date"
           },
           "name": {
            "type": "string"
           }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
         }
        },
        "fiscal_year_end": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "sic_description": {
         "type": "string"
        }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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