get_guidance_vs_actual
Guidance vs Actual
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Did management deliver what they guided? Joins forward guidance from earnings-call transcripts to reported actuals from 10-K/10-Q + 8-K earnings for the same ticker + fiscal period.
Returns both sides verbatim with quotes and locators — agents synthesize the delivered-vs-guided narrative. This is a cross-feed temporal join; no single feed answers this question.
Use Cases:
- "Did NVDA deliver on Q2 FY2026 guidance?" -> get_guidance_vs_actual("NVDA", fiscal_period="Q2 FY2026")
- "How disciplined has MSFT been against its own guidance?" -> get_guidance_vs_actual("MSFT") then compare across periods
- "Latest period's guidance-vs-actual" -> get_guidance_vs_actual("TSLA") (period defaults to most recent)
Returns everything a beat/miss verdict needs — never the verdict. The comparison is basis-matched, as-reported-only arithmetic; the CALLER applies valence (whether "above guidance" is good is the caller's judgment, not MetricDuck's).
Use Cases:
- "Did NVDA deliver on Q2 FY2026 guidance?" -> get_guidance_vs_actual("NVDA", fiscal_period="Q2 FY2026") — read range_position (above/within/below) + delta and decide yourself.
Output:
- Guidance: forward items targeting the period — from earnings-call transcripts AND 8-K earnings releases (metric, value/range, basis, period, verbatim quote, source).
- Actuals: SEC 10-Q/K metric + narrative signals for that period, plus 8-K earnings signals when present.
- Comparison: for each guidance item, when it can be recomputed from the receipts on its OWN basis (GAAP vs non-GAAP matched, units aligned, period settled) — a neutral
range_position(above | within | below the guided band) + signeddelta. Otherwise a typedstatussays why NOT (no_actual_on_basis / not_yet_settled / value_unparsed / period_unresolved / value_incongruent) — never a false or guessed verdict. A non-GAAP guide is never compared to a GAAP actual. - Notes: counts of calls/filings covered + comparison statuses so agents know coverage depth before interpreting.
**Not point-in-time.** No vantage_date — guidance↔actual joins reflect everything stored as of TODAY (a backtest at a past date would see actuals that had not yet been reported). For as-of work use a vantage_date tool: get_earnings, get_financials, get_filing_index, compare_earnings_calls.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | string | yes | Company ticker symbol (e.g., 'NVDA'). Must be exact. |
| fiscal_period | string | no | Target fiscal period, e.g. "Q2 FY2026". If omitted, defaults to the most recent period with SEC filing actuals. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Company ticker symbol (e.g., 'NVDA'). Must be exact."
},
"fiscal_period": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Target fiscal period, e.g. \"Q2 FY2026\". If omitted, defaults to the most recent period with SEC filing actuals."
}
},
"required": [
"ticker"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}