Nike’s stock ticker symbol is NKE.
Nike held its initial public offering on December 2, 1980, making shares of the company available on the New York Stock Exchange. The three-letter symbol NKE comes from the company’s name and remains Nike’s widely recognized market identifier.
The offering marked a major transition from a private athletic-shoe business into a publicly traded corporation. Nike had grown substantially during the 1970s, helped by the popularity of its running shoes and the expansion of its product range.
NKE is not the company’s legal name, brand slogan, or product code. It is the exchange ticker used to identify Nike shares. Investors may also encounter different share classes and financial listings in market databases, but NKE is the standard symbol most commonly associated with Nike, Inc.