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4/5Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (PRTH): Auditor change

Filed 2026-03-17 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001653558-26-000070 small

Market data

Price before filing: $5.07 (2026-03-16 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $415.0M (2026-03-17) 路 Latest: $637.7M (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowPRTHSPYvs SPY
30 days-1.6%+5.2%-6.7%2026-04-16
90 days+24.1%+13.1%+10.9%2026-06-15
180 days+18.5%+14.3%+4.2%2026-09-14

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: no open-market insider sales or purchases reported.
30 days after: none reported.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-12-17 to 2026-04-16. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"(the " Company ") approved the dismissal of Ernst & Young LLP (" EY ") as Company's independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: dismissed
Disagreements reported: yes
Former auditor: Ernst & Young LLP · New auditor: KPMG LLP

Why this score: disagreements reported

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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