getShareFloat
Understand the liquidity and volatility of a stock with the FMP Company Share Float and Liquidity API. Access the total number of publicly traded shares for any company to make informed investment decisions.
This record as markdown: /tools/cfocoder-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getsharefloat.md
What getShareFloat does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getShareFloat 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 getShareFloat is rated Low
This tool queries and returns factual financial data (share float) about publicly traded companies. It has no side effects: it neither modifies data, executes operations, deletes information, nor commits financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal - an AI could only retrieve unwanted data, not cause harm through execution or data loss.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves share float data - 'Access the total number of publicly traded shares' - with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. Pure data retrieval for research purposes.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs getShareFloat 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 getShareFloat, this is the rule to start with:
getShareFloat 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 getShareFloat call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getShareFloat
Understand the liquidity and volatility of a stock with the FMP Company Share Float and Liquidity API. Access the total number of publicly traded shares for any company to make informed investment decisions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getShareFloat 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 getShareFloat: 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.
getShareFloat 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 getShareFloat 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 getShareFloat. 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.
getShareFloat 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