# getFinancialRatiosTTM

Gain access to trailing twelve-month (TTM) financial ratios with the TTM Ratios API. This API provides key performance metrics over the past year, including profitability, liquidity, and efficiency ratios.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `getFinancialRatiosTTM`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getfinancialratiosttm

## Facts

- Tool: `getFinancialRatiosTTM`
- Server: Financial Modeling Prep (`cfocoder/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/cfocoder/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `symbol` | string | no | Stock symbol |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

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

## Why getFinancialRatiosTTM is rated Low

This tool fetches historical financial ratio data (profitability, liquidity, efficiency metrics) for research and analysis. It performs no mutations, deletions, executions, or financial transactions—merely returns precomputed or aggregated data to inform investment decisions.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'getFinancialRatiosTTM' and description states it 'provides key performance metrics' and 'Gain access to' ratios—language indicating data retrieval with no modification."

## Use case

AI agents call getFinancialRatiosTTM 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Financial Modeling Prep:

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

## Other tools on Financial Modeling Prep (252)

- `calculateCustomDCF` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/calculatecustomdcf.md
- `calculateCustomLeveredDCF` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/calculatecustomlevereddcf.md
- `getAcquisitionOwnership` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getacquisitionownership.md
- `getActivelyTradingList` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getactivelytradinglist.md
- `getADX` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getadx.md
- `getAftermarketQuote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getaftermarketquote.md
- `getAftermarketTrade` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getaftermarkettrade.md
- `getAllExchangeMarketHours` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallexchangemarkethours.md
- `getAllIndexQuotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallindexquotes.md
- `getAllIndustryClassification` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallindustryclassification.md
- `getAllShareFloat` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallsharefloat.md
- `getAnalystEstimates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getanalystestimates.md
- `getAvailableCountries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailablecountries.md
- `getAvailableExchanges` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailableexchanges.md
- `getAvailableIndustries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailableindustries.md
- `getAvailableSectors` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailablesectors.md
- `getAvailableTranscriptSymbols` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailabletranscriptsymbols.md
- `getBalanceSheetGrowthBulk` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetgrowthbulk.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatement` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatement.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementAsReported` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementasreported.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementGrowth` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementgrowth.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementsBulk` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementsbulk.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementTTM` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementttm.md
- `getBatchAftermarketQuote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchaftermarketquote.md
- `getBatchAftermarketTrade` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchaftermarkettrade.md
- `getBatchMarketCap` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchmarketcap.md
- `getBatchQuotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchquotes.md
- `getBatchQuotesShort` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchquotesshort.md
- `getBiggestGainers` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbiggestgainers.md
- `getBiggestLosers` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbiggestlosers.md
- …and 222 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server.md

## For agents

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- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server