getBalanceSheetStatementTTM
Access detailed balance sheet statements for publicly traded companies with the Balance Sheet Data API. Analyze assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity to gain insights into a company's financial health.
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What getBalanceSheetStatementTTM does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getBalanceSheetStatementTTM 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: 100, max: 1000) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getBalanceSheetStatementTTM is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries published financial statements (balance sheet data) from publicly available SEC filings or financial databases. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not modify data, and does not involve financial transactions. The action is read-only data access for analytical purposes, making it a Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Access detailed balance sheet statements' and 'Analyze assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity' — purely retrieval of historical financial data with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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The rule that runs getBalanceSheetStatementTTM 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 getBalanceSheetStatementTTM, this is the rule to start with:
getBalanceSheetStatementTTM 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 getBalanceSheetStatementTTM call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getBalanceSheetStatementTTM
Access detailed balance sheet statements for publicly traded companies with the Balance Sheet Data API. Analyze assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity to gain insights into a company's financial health. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getBalanceSheetStatementTTM 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 getBalanceSheetStatementTTM: 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.
getBalanceSheetStatementTTM 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 getBalanceSheetStatementTTM 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 getBalanceSheetStatementTTM. 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.
getBalanceSheetStatementTTM 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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