getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk
The Bulk Income Statement Growth API provides access to growth data for income statements across multiple companies. Track and analyze growth trends over time for key financial metrics such as revenue, net income, and operating income, enabling a better understanding of corporate performance trends.
This record as markdown: /tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getincomestatementgrowthbulk.md
What getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
year | string | — | Year (e.g., 2023) |
period | string | — | Period (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, FY) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical financial metrics and growth trends across multiple companies. It is a read-only data access tool with no side effects, no code execution, no financial transactions, and no data modification. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose financial data already publicly available through SEC filings, without enabling harmful actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states it 'provides access to growth data' and 'track and analyze growth trends' — purely data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk 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 getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk, this is the rule to start with:
getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk 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 getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk
The Bulk Income Statement Growth API provides access to growth data for income statements across multiple companies. Track and analyze growth trends over time for key financial metrics such as revenue, net income, and operating income, enabling a better understanding of corporate performance trends. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk accepts 2 parameters: year, period. 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 getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk: 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.
getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk 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 getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk 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 getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk. 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.
getIncomeStatementGrowthBulk 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.
More on Financial Modeling Prep, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue