getAcquisitionOwnership
Track changes in stock ownership during acquisitions using the Acquisition Ownership API. This API provides detailed information on how mergers, takeovers, or beneficial ownership changes impact the stock ownership structure of a company.
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What getAcquisitionOwnership does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getAcquisitionOwnership to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | number | — | Limit on number of results (default: 2000) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getAcquisitionOwnership is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries historical ownership data related to acquisitions. It has no side effects—it does not execute trades, modify data, delete records, or commit financial obligations. It is purely informational, supporting research and analysis of ownership structures. The blast radius of misuse is minimal, as an AI agent cannot cause harm by reading this data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getAcquisitionOwnership' and description 'Track changes in stock ownership during acquisitions' and 'provides detailed information' indicate data retrieval only.
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The rule that runs getAcquisitionOwnership safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Financial Modeling Prep, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getAcquisitionOwnership, this is the rule to start with:
getAcquisitionOwnership is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Financial Modeling Prep, apply this rule, and every getAcquisitionOwnership call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getAcquisitionOwnership
Track changes in stock ownership during acquisitions using the Acquisition Ownership API. This API provides detailed information on how mergers, takeovers, or beneficial ownership changes impact the stock ownership structure of a company. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getAcquisitionOwnership accepts 2 parameters: limit, symbol. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getAcquisitionOwnership: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Financial Modeling Prep. Nothing to install.
getAcquisitionOwnership is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the getAcquisitionOwnership rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for getAcquisitionOwnership. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
getAcquisitionOwnership is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server (cfocoder/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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