Yahoo Finance

Real time low latency Yahoo Finance API for stock market, crypto currencies, and currency exchange

Yahoo Finance API (via RapidAPI) provides real-time and historical stock data, financial statements, analyst estimates, company profiles, and market movers. It leverages Yahoo Finance's extensive data coverage across global markets with a familiar data structure that mirrors the Yahoo Finance website. For OpenClaw agents, Yahoo Finance API is useful for comprehensive fundamental analysis — financial statements, analyst ratings, and company profiles that go beyond basic price data. Your agent can build earnings analysis skills, compare company fundamentals, or generate investment research summaries.

Tags: data, finance

Category: Finance

Use Cases

  • Fetch comprehensive company fundamentals for investment research
  • Build earnings analysis skills with income statements and balance sheets
  • Track market movers (top gainers/losers) for daily market summaries

Tips

  • Test the free tier of a few RapidAPI Yahoo Finance providers before committing to paid
  • Use for fundamental data (financials, estimates) and Finnhub for real-time prices
  • Cache company profile and financial statement data — it only updates quarterly

Known Issues & Gotchas

  • No official API — all RapidAPI providers are unofficial and could break at any time
  • Multiple competing providers on RapidAPI with different endpoints and data formats
  • Yahoo actively blocks scrapers, so these APIs occasionally experience downtime

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an official Yahoo Finance API?

Yahoo shut down its official free API years ago. Current access is through unofficial RapidAPI providers that scrape Yahoo Finance data. Multiple providers exist with varying reliability and pricing.

Which Yahoo Finance API on RapidAPI should I use?

Several exist with different data coverage and pricing. Check subscriber counts and reviews on RapidAPI. The most popular ones have 10K+ subscribers and stable uptime.

Is it better than Alpha Vantage or Finnhub?

Yahoo Finance has the best fundamental data (financial statements, analyst estimates) but relies on unofficial RapidAPI wrappers. For reliable, officially supported data, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage are safer long-term bets.