OTC Markets

Overview

OTC Markets Group data on WRDS provides information on securities traded on OTC (over-the-counter) markets, covering companies that are not listed on major exchanges like NYSE or NASDAQ.

What you can find here:

• OTC-traded securities: company and security information for OTC-listed firms
• Market tiers: OTCQX (highest quality), OTCQB (venture market), Pink (speculative)
• Trading data: prices and volume for OTC-traded securities
• Company disclosures: financial reporting status and disclosure levels

WRDS Access

• WRDS web interface: OTC Markets Group
• Python API library: otc
• Data dictionary: Link

Example

import wrds
conn = wrds.Connection()

# List available tables
conn.list_tables(library='otc')

For more examples, see the Python API notebook.