get_company_overview
Company Overview
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Get comprehensive financial overview for a company in a single call.
Includes: current price, valuation (P/E, P/B, EV multiples, PEG), profitability (revenue, margins, returns),
cash flow (OCF, FCF, yields), balance sheet (debt, equity, ratios), capital allocation (buybacks, shares outstanding, shareholder yield),
business segment + geographic revenue mix (latest 10-K, with YoY change), latest earnings insights, filing intelligence highlights, and company flags.
Depth presets:
- depth="snapshot" — headline facts only (~2K chars): title, key signals, filing signals summary, flags, latest filing pointers. Best for multi-ticker sequencing or quick health checks.
- depth="core" (default) — full overview with valuation, profitability, segments, cash flow, balance sheet, capital allocation, and earnings.
- depth="full" — core + all tags (no 7-tag truncation), all earnings highlights/concerns (no 3-item truncation), plus 5Y historical distribution (median/p25/p75/p90) for P/E, EV/EBITDA, EV/FCF.
Latest snapshot only — use get_financials for multi-year trends, get_xbrl_facts for multi-period segment history, get_filing_index for a signal map of the latest filing, compare_companies for peer benchmarking, get_stock_price for a historical/as-of-a-date close or a return between two dates (the price here is current only).
POINT-IN-TIME / AS-OF: this overview does NOT take an as-of date — every figure is the latest snapshot. For a backtest or "as of <past date>" analysis (avoiding look-ahead), do NOT read the as-of state off this tool; route to the as-of-capable tools instead: get_financials(vantage_date="YYYY-MM-DD") for the statements filed on/before that date, get_filing_section/get_filing_index(vantage_date=…) for the then-current filing text/signals, and get_stock_price for the close on/after a date. ⚠ Know the limit of the vantage tools: they bound which FILINGS are visible and which SOURCE is cited, not the VALUE — a period restated by a later filing is served at its RESTATED value under a pre-vantage citation. get_financials and get_metric_history both flag that case with an explicit LOOK-AHEAD warning, so it is disclosed rather than silent. The only true as-originally-filed series is get_xbrl_facts with period_history=true — prefer it whenever the backtest depends on what the number actually was at the time.
Use search_companies first if unsure of the exact ticker.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | string | yes | Company ticker symbol (e.g., 'AAPL', 'MSFT'). Must be exact. |
| depth | string | no | Response shape preset. 'snapshot' = headline facts only (~2K chars) — best for multi-ticker sequencing or quick checks. 'core' (default) = standard overview (~5-9K). 'full' = core + lifted truncations on tags and earnings highlights. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Company ticker symbol (e.g., 'AAPL', 'MSFT'). Must be exact."
},
"depth": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"snapshot",
"core",
"full"
],
"default": "core",
"description": "Response shape preset. 'snapshot' = headline facts only (~2K chars) — best for multi-ticker sequencing or quick checks. 'core' (default) = standard overview (~5-9K). 'full' = core + lifted truncations on tags and earnings highlights."
}
},
"required": [
"ticker"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}