getStockPeers
Identify and compare companies within the same sector and market capitalization range using the FMP Stock Peer Comparison API. Gain insights into how a company stacks up against its peers on the same exchange.
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What getStockPeers does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getStockPeers 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 getStockPeers is rated Low
This tool retrieves and compares publicly available market data about peer companies. It performs no mutations, executions, or financial operations. The action is purely informational—fetching pre-computed or readily available comparison data from the FMP API. This is a classic Read operation with minimal risk, as it cannot modify, delete, or execute anything.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getStockPeers' and description 'Identify and compare companies' and 'Gain insights into how a company stacks up' indicate data retrieval only. No side effects, modifications, execution, deletion, or financial transactions are performed.
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The rule that runs getStockPeers 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 getStockPeers, this is the rule to start with:
getStockPeers 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 getStockPeers call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getStockPeers
Identify and compare companies within the same sector and market capitalization range using the FMP Stock Peer Comparison API. Gain insights into how a company stacks up against its peers on the same exchange. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getStockPeers 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 getStockPeers: 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.
getStockPeers 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 getStockPeers 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 getStockPeers. 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.
getStockPeers 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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