getIncomeStatementAsReported
Retrieve income statements as they were reported by the company with the As Reported Income Statements API. Access raw financial data directly from official company filings, including revenue, expenses, and net income.
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What getIncomeStatementAsReported does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getIncomeStatementAsReported 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) |
period | string | — | Period type (annual or quarter) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getIncomeStatementAsReported is rated Low
This tool fetches historical financial statement data (revenue, expenses, net income) from SEC filings or official sources. It is a query/retrieval operation with no side effects, no capability to modify data, execute code, delete information, or commit financial transactions. The data returned is static historical information used for research and analysis.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves income statements and financial data 'as reported by the company' from 'official company filings' - a read-only data retrieval operation with no modification or execution capability.
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The rule that runs getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported, this is the rule to start with:
getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getIncomeStatementAsReported
Retrieve income statements as they were reported by the company with the As Reported Income Statements API. Access raw financial data directly from official company filings, including revenue, expenses, and net income. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getIncomeStatementAsReported accepts 3 parameters: 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported: 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.
getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported. 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.
getIncomeStatementAsReported 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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