getLatestFinancialStatements
Access the latest financial statements for publicly traded companies with the FMP Latest Financial Statements API. Track key financial metrics, including revenue, earnings, and cash flow, to stay informed about a company's financial performance.
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What getLatestFinancialStatements does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getLatestFinancialStatements 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
page | number | — | Page number (default: 0) |
limit | number | — | Limit on number of results (default: 250, max: 250) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getLatestFinancialStatements is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves publicly available financial data. It has no side effects—it only reads and reports existing financial statements and metrics. There is no ability to modify data, execute code, delete records, or commit financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal since the data is already public and read-only access poses negligible risk.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'latest financial statements' and 'key financial metrics' including 'revenue, earnings, and cash flow' for companies. Description emphasizes data access and tracking with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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The rule that runs getLatestFinancialStatements 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 getLatestFinancialStatements, this is the rule to start with:
getLatestFinancialStatements 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 getLatestFinancialStatements call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getLatestFinancialStatements
Access the latest financial statements for publicly traded companies with the FMP Latest Financial Statements API. Track key financial metrics, including revenue, earnings, and cash flow, to stay informed about a company's financial performance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getLatestFinancialStatements accepts 2 parameters: page, limit. 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 getLatestFinancialStatements: 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.
getLatestFinancialStatements 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 getLatestFinancialStatements 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 getLatestFinancialStatements. 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.
getLatestFinancialStatements 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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