How can one find out whether the company has performed dilution or not? Where can one see how many times in its history the company has performed dilution in its history? Is it possible to know beforehand that the company is going to perform dilution?
P.S. That is ONLY related to the shares traded at the American exchange OTC Market (OTCQX, OTCQB, OTCBB, OTC Pink).
Publicly traded companies perform dilution via an FPO (Follow-up Public Offer). It is a process similar to IPO, with announcements, prospectus, etc. You will know ahead of time when that happen.
Stocks traded OTC are not required to file a lot of regulatory documents that publicly traded stocks are required to file, and may not disclose dilutions or additional issues. By buying OTC you agree to these terms. You will probably get a notice and a chance to vote on that in your proxy statement, but that happens when you already own the stock.
Your best bet is to just look at comparative balance sheets or contact the company itself.
Otherwise, you will need access to a service like PrivCo to get data.
You will have to check SEC forms to know this in full. A publicly-traded company will have an amount of publicly tradable shares which can be easily found on their financial reports. But. that is not the only type of equity-like financial instrument that such a company can issue.
A previous reply mentions "follow-on" public offering. However, a company may initiate a private equity offering without disclosing ahead of time, sometimes with warrants, or long-lasting options to purchase (new) stock.
