getPriceTargetConsensus
Access analysts' consensus price targets with the FMP Price Target Consensus API. This API provides high, low, median, and consensus price targets for stocks, offering investors a comprehensive view of market expectations for future stock prices.
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What getPriceTargetConsensus does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getPriceTargetConsensus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getPriceTargetConsensus is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical consensus analyst price targets for stocks, which is purely informational research data. It has no side effects, does not modify any data, does not execute trades or financial transactions, and does not trigger external operations. The data returned supports analysis and decision-making but imposes no financial obligations or irreversible changes.
From the tool's definition Tool provides analyst consensus price targets (high, low, median values) - data retrieval only. Description uses "Access" and "provides" indicating read-only data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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The rule that runs getPriceTargetConsensus 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 getPriceTargetConsensus, this is the rule to start with:
getPriceTargetConsensus 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 getPriceTargetConsensus call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getPriceTargetConsensus
Access analysts' consensus price targets with the FMP Price Target Consensus API. This API provides high, low, median, and consensus price targets for stocks, offering investors a comprehensive view of market expectations for future stock prices. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getPriceTargetConsensus accepts 1 parameter: 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 getPriceTargetConsensus: 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.
getPriceTargetConsensus 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 getPriceTargetConsensus 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 getPriceTargetConsensus. 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.
getPriceTargetConsensus 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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