get_edgar_financials
Get US Company Financials (SEC XBRL)
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Normalized annual (10-K) or quarterly (10-Q) financial statements for a US company, from SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts (US-GAAP). Values are raw USD (not scaled); eps_diluted is USD per share.
Not this tool for: Korean statements (get_dart_financials), a KR-vs-US pair on one screen (compare_financials_kr_us), or ranking many companies at once (screen_companies, which reads the stored table and covers KR/US/TW/JP/EU). This tool requests one US company's SEC XBRL company facts through the source adapter; results may be reused from a process-local cache for up to 24 hours. data_as_of.generated_at is response creation time, not source retrieval time. Peer comparisons use separately dated database snapshots.
Args:
- company (required): ticker / company name / CIK (e.g. 'AAPL', 'Microsoft', '789019')
- freq: 'annual' (default, from 10-K) or 'quarterly' (discrete Q1-Q3 from 10-Qs; Q4 is not reported separately)
- periods: how many most-recent periods, 1-12 (default 3)
- metrics: optional subset of [revenue, gross_profit, operating_income, net_income, eps_diluted, assets, liabilities, equity, cash_and_equivalents, operating_cash_flow] (default all)
- response_format: 'markdown' (default) or 'json'
Returns NormalizedFinancials: {company:{name, id(CIK), ticker}, basis:'US-GAAP (10-K)', periods:[{period:'FY2024', fiscal_year, end, currency:'USD', metrics:{revenue, net_income, ...}}], notes}. periods are most-recent first; fiscal_year = calendar year of the period end date.
Examples:
- "Apple's revenue and net income for the last 3 years" -> {company:'AAPL', metrics:['revenue','net_income']}
- "MSFT last 4 quarters" -> {company:'MSFT', freq:'quarterly', periods:4}
Use when: you need US-GAAP fundamentals for a US-listed company.
Don't use for: Korean companies (get_dart_financials), stock prices, or IFRS 20-F foreign private issuers (not supported).
Errors: unknown company -> use search_edgar_company first; companies without us-gaap XBRL facts (funds, 20-F filers) return an error explaining why.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| company | string | yes | US company: ticker (e.g. 'AAPL', 'BRK-B' or 'BRK.B'), company name, or CIK number |
| freq | string | no | 'annual' = fiscal years from 10-K filings; 'quarterly' = discrete Q1-Q3 from 10-Q filings |
| periods | integer | no | Number of most-recent periods (default 3) |
| metrics | array | no | Optional metric subset. Available: revenue, gross_profit, operating_income, net_income, eps_diluted, assets, liabilities, equity, cash_and_equivalents, operating_cash_flow. Default: all |
| response_format | string | no | 'markdown' for a table, 'json' for compact machine-readable output |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "US company: ticker (e.g. 'AAPL', 'BRK-B' or 'BRK.B'), company name, or CIK number"
},
"freq": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"annual",
"quarterly"
],
"default": "annual",
"description": "'annual' = fiscal years from 10-K filings; 'quarterly' = discrete Q1-Q3 from 10-Q filings"
},
"periods": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 12,
"default": 3,
"description": "Number of most-recent periods (default 3)"
},
"metrics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"revenue",
"gross_profit",
"operating_income",
"net_income",
"eps_diluted",
"assets",
"liabilities",
"equity",
"cash_and_equivalents",
"operating_cash_flow"
]
},
"description": "Optional metric subset. Available: revenue, gross_profit, operating_income, net_income, eps_diluted, assets, liabilities, equity, cash_and_equivalents, operating_cash_flow. Default: all"
},
"response_format": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"markdown",
"json"
],
"default": "markdown",
"description": "'markdown' for a table, 'json' for compact machine-readable output"
}
},
"required": [
"company"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}