getAnalystEstimates
Retrieve analyst financial estimates for stock symbols with the FMP Financial Estimates API. Access projected figures like revenue, earnings per share (EPS), and other key financial metrics as forecasted by industry analysts to inform your investment decisions.
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What getAnalystEstimates does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getAnalystEstimates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
page | number | — | Optional page number (default: 0) |
limit | number | — | Optional limit on number of results (default: 10, max: 1000) |
period | string | — | Period (annual or quarter) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getAnalystEstimates is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical and projected financial data from an API without side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. Even in a financial domain, read-only data retrieval poses minimal risk — the worst outcome is an AI making a poor investment decision based on inaccurate analyst data, which is a consequence of misuse rather than the tool itself enabling direct financial harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getAnalystEstimates' and description explicitly states 'Retrieve analyst financial estimates' — a data retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of code.
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The rule that runs getAnalystEstimates 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 getAnalystEstimates, this is the rule to start with:
getAnalystEstimates 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 getAnalystEstimates call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getAnalystEstimates
Retrieve analyst financial estimates for stock symbols with the FMP Financial Estimates API. Access projected figures like revenue, earnings per share (EPS), and other key financial metrics as forecasted by industry analysts to inform your investment decisions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getAnalystEstimates accepts 4 parameters: page, limit, period, 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 getAnalystEstimates: 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.
getAnalystEstimates 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 getAnalystEstimates 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 getAnalystEstimates. 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.
getAnalystEstimates 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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