get_financial_ratios
Financial Ratios
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Get pipeline-computed financial ratios from ratio.parquet. Served categories: profitability (margins, ROE, ROA, ROIC), liquidity (current ratio, quick ratio), leverage (D/E, interest coverage, net debt/EBITDA), efficiency (asset turnover, inventory days), per_share (EPS, BVPS, FCF/share), owner_earnings (Buffett FCF, owner yield), valuation (pe_ratio, pb_ratio, ev_ebitda, market_cap, dividend_yield), and the pipeline-emitted forensic, growth, and rank (cross-sectional *_sector_pctile) categories. NOT every category exists for every ticker — omit categories to get whatever this ticker has, or read available_categories in the CATEGORY_NOT_AVAILABLE envelope. valuation is LIVE (schema 2.18.0): price-derived multiples from EOD prices period-end-aligned — pipeline-derived, NOT strictly PIT (no accepted_at column on these rows). Includes TTM rows alongside annual; each row's is_calendar_aligned is TRUE only when period_end sits on the fiscal-year boundary (±7 days) — filter to TRUE when joining ratios to fact-table fundamentals on (entity, fiscal_year). For historical cuts use as_of_date (PIT by accepted_at when present, else by period_end — see the param). Use this *instead of* get_valuation_metrics when you only need ratios (no DCF wiring); use get_valuation_metrics when you also need DCF/DDM. Each ratio is a {value, unit, category, reason} entry with a response-level lineage (DerivedLineage) pointing to get_company_fundamentals / verify_fact_lineage for filing-level provenance; a null value carries a reason (e.g. INPUT_MISSING) so missing is never a real zero. Available on all plans.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ticker | string | yes | Stock ticker symbol, e.g. AAPL, MSFT — or a CIK (SEC identifier), e.g. '0000320193'. |
| categories | array | no | Ratio categories to include (see the enum). Omit to return every category this ticker has. `valuation` (pe_ratio, pb_ratio, ev_ebitda, market_cap, dividend_yield) is LIVE since schema 2.18.0 — price-derived, period-end-aligned, not strictly PIT. Availability is per-ticker (the envelope lists this ticker's available_categories). |
| fiscal_period | string | no | Filter to a specific fiscal period type. Use 'TTM' for trailing twelve months. Omit to return both annual (FY) and TTM rows. |
| as_of_date | string | no | Historical cutoff (canonical cross-tool date param). PIT by SEC accepted_at when the ratio data carries it (latest value knowable on/before the date, zero look-ahead, _meta.pit_safe=true), else by ratio.period_end (pit_safe=false). For guaranteed accepted_at PIT use get_company_fundamentals. |
| period_end_before | string | no | Alias of as_of_date (as_of_date preferred — the canonical name). Returns ratios with period_end on or before this date. |
| limit | integer | no | Number of distinct period_end dates to return (1–20). Defaults to 5. Within each period, all matching ratio_names are included. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ticker": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 10,
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9.\\-]+$",
"description": "Stock ticker symbol, e.g. AAPL, MSFT — or a CIK (SEC identifier), e.g. '0000320193'."
},
"categories": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"profitability",
"liquidity",
"leverage",
"efficiency",
"per_share",
"owner_earnings",
"forensic",
"growth",
"rank",
"valuation"
]
},
"description": "Ratio categories to include (see the enum). Omit to return every category this ticker has. `valuation` (pe_ratio, pb_ratio, ev_ebitda, market_cap, dividend_yield) is LIVE since schema 2.18.0 — price-derived, period-end-aligned, not strictly PIT. Availability is per-ticker (the envelope lists this ticker's available_categories)."
},
"fiscal_period": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"FY",
"TTM",
"Q1",
"Q2",
"Q3",
"Q4"
],
"description": "Filter to a specific fiscal period type. Use 'TTM' for trailing twelve months. Omit to return both annual (FY) and TTM rows."
},
"as_of_date": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Historical cutoff (canonical cross-tool date param). PIT by SEC accepted_at when the ratio data carries it (latest value knowable on/before the date, zero look-ahead, _meta.pit_safe=true), else by ratio.period_end (pit_safe=false). For guaranteed accepted_at PIT use get_company_fundamentals."
},
"period_end_before": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Alias of as_of_date (as_of_date preferred — the canonical name). Returns ratios with period_end on or before this date."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"default": 5,
"description": "Number of distinct period_end dates to return (1–20). Defaults to 5. Within each period, all matching ratio_names are included."
}
},
"required": [
"ticker"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}