# get_analyst_price_targets

Get analyst price targets (high, low, mean, median) for a given stock symbol.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_analyst_price_targets`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-analyst-price-targets

## Facts

- Tool: `get_analyst_price_targets`
- Server: Yahoo Finance MCP Server (`a05031113/yahoo-fianace-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/a05031113/yahoo-fianace-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade A, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_analyst_price_targets",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_analyst_price_targets is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries financial analyst data (price targets) without creating, modifying, executing, deleting, or moving money. It has read-only semantics with no side effects. The severity is low because the data is informational only and publicly available, posing minimal risk if an AI agent misuses it.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get_analyst_price_targets' and description 'Get analyst price targets' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution capability. The function fetches historical analyst recommendations and price target data from Yahoo Finance."

## Use case

AI agents call get_analyst_price_targets to retrieve information from Yahoo Finance MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Yahoo Finance MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_analyst_price_targets": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Yahoo Finance MCP Server (19)

- `get_balance_sheet` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-balance-sheet.md
- `get_cashflow` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-cashflow.md
- `get_company_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-company-info.md
- `get_current_stock_price` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-current-stock-price.md
- `get_dividends` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-dividends.md
- `get_earning_dates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-earning-dates.md
- `get_historical_stock_prices` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-historical-stock-prices.md
- `get_income_statement` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-income-statement.md
- `get_institutional_holders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-institutional-holders.md
- `get_major_holders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-major-holders.md
- `get_mutualfund_holders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-mutualfund-holders.md
- `get_news` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-news.md
- `get_option_chain` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-option-chain.md
- `get_option_expiration_dates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-option-expiration-dates.md
- `get_recommendations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-recommendations.md
- `get_splits` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-splits.md
- `get_stock_price_by_date` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-stock-price-by-date.md
- `get_stock_price_date_range` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-stock-price-date-range.md
- `get_sustainability` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-sustainability.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp