get_peers
Peer Companies
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Comparison references for one company across KR / US / TW / JP / EU. The default uses a sourced business theme or broad source classification and does not assert direct competition or add unrelated companies to fill the limit. Explicit rank='size' returns same-currency size references and does not assert an industry relationship. Also returns the company's business-segment revenue split where available (Japan from 有価証券報告書 XBRL, the US from SEC DERA financial-statement datasets; US segment names are usually end markets, not industries) — informational unless rank='segments'.
Args:
- company: US ticker ('AAPL'), KR 6-digit code ('005930'), TW/JP 4-digit code ('2330', '7203'), or a company name (local or English).
- market: 'kr'|'us'|'tw'|'jp'|'eu' (optional) — disambiguates codes/names shared across markets (TW and JP both use 4-digit codes; 'eu' companies are addressed by ISIN).
- limit: 1-10 peers (default 5).
- same_market_only: true = restrict peers to the company's own market (default false — a KR chipmaker can sit next to a US one).
- rank omitted = business-related references; 'size' = explicit size references with verified equal market-cap currency; 'segments' = rank by business-mix similarity — each company's segment revenue shares are mapped to standard industries (companies without segment data count as 100% their own industry) and compared by cosine similarity, ties broken by normalized size. Conglomerates (Sony: games/music/pictures/electronics/finance) then get conglomerate peers instead of whichever single bucket they were filed under.
- response_format: 'markdown' (default) or 'json'.
Returns: existing fields plus policy_version, purpose, insufficiency_reason; each peer also has selection_reason, comparison_role and evidence_status. Broad/theme rows are business-related references, not verified direct competitors. Explicit size rows are size-reference only.
Examples:
- {company:'7203'} -> Toyota + transportation-equipment peers, with its Automotive / Financial Services segment split
- {company:'005930', same_market_only:true} -> Samsung Electronics + KR tech-hardware peers only
- {company:'6758', rank:'segments'} -> Sony ranked against other multi-segment conglomerates by business mix
Use when: building a comparison table or choosing competitors for a financial comparison. Don't use for strategy screens (screen_*) or for full financial statements (get_dart_financials / get_edgar_financials).
Notes: curated business themes remain separate from official company-level classifications. Segment names may be geographic (Japan/Asia/USA) when a company defines its reportable segments by region. Unverified cross-currency absolute market-cap ordering is never used.
Errors: unknown/ambiguous company -> candidate list; no classification -> basis_kind='size' with a note.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| company | string | yes | Ticker, KR 6-digit code, TW/JP 4-digit code, or name |
| market | string | no | Restrict resolution to one market ('eu' = ESEF filers, identified by ISIN) |
| limit | integer | no | Peers to return (default 5) |
| same_market_only | boolean | no | Only peers from the company's own market |
| rank | string | no | Omit for business-related references; 'size' explicitly requests same-currency size references; 'segments' uses business-mix similarity |
| response_format | string | no | Output format (default markdown) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"company": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Ticker, KR 6-digit code, TW/JP 4-digit code, or name"
},
"market": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"kr",
"us",
"tw",
"jp",
"eu",
"all"
],
"description": "Restrict resolution to one market ('eu' = ESEF filers, identified by ISIN)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10,
"description": "Peers to return (default 5)"
},
"same_market_only": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Only peers from the company's own market"
},
"rank": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"size",
"segments"
],
"description": "Omit for business-related references; 'size' explicitly requests same-currency size references; 'segments' uses business-mix similarity"
},
"response_format": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"markdown",
"json"
],
"description": "Output format (default markdown)"
}
},
"required": [
"company"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}