getIncomeStatementGrowth
Track key financial growth metrics with the Income Statement Growth API. Analyze how revenue, profits, and expenses have evolved over time, offering insights into a company’s financial health and operational efficiency.
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What getIncomeStatementGrowth does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getIncomeStatementGrowth 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 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, or FY) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getIncomeStatementGrowth is rated Low
This tool retrieves and analyzes historical financial statement data for research purposes. It queries existing financial information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing transactions. The data retrieved is used for analytical insights into company performance, making it a pure Read operation with minimal risk if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getIncomeStatementGrowth' and description indicate retrieval of historical financial metrics ('track', 'analyze', 'growth metrics', 'how revenue, profits, and expenses have evolved').
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The rule that runs getIncomeStatementGrowth 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 getIncomeStatementGrowth, this is the rule to start with:
getIncomeStatementGrowth 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 getIncomeStatementGrowth call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getIncomeStatementGrowth
Track key financial growth metrics with the Income Statement Growth API. Analyze how revenue, profits, and expenses have evolved over time, offering insights into a company’s financial health and operational efficiency. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getIncomeStatementGrowth 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 getIncomeStatementGrowth: 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.
getIncomeStatementGrowth 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 getIncomeStatementGrowth 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 getIncomeStatementGrowth. 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.
getIncomeStatementGrowth 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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