# Stock Analysis API: Get key statistics

> Looks up a stock by company name or ticker on Stock Analysis and returns its valuation ratios and company statistics, with the date the figures were last updated.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/stockanalysis.com/get-key-statistics
- Method: `stockanalysis.com/get_key_statistics`, version 1
- Website: stockanalysis.com
- Returns: company, ticker, exchange, currency, price, market cap, enterprise value, valuation ratios, beta, shares, employees, update date, link
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `company` | string | yes | `"Nvidia"` | Company name or stock ticker, for example Nvidia or NVDA. |

## Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026. Its input:

```json
{
  "company": "Nvidia"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "beta": 2.216,
  "price": 212.21,
  "ticker": "NVDA",
  "company": "NVIDIA Corporation",
  "currency": "USD",
  "exchange": "NASDAQ",
  "pe_ratio": 26.833,
  "employees": 42000,
  "as_of_date": "2026-10-23",
  "market_cap": 5124234870000,
  "ev_to_ebitda": 25.34,
  "price_to_book": 22.378,
  "price_to_sales": 16.913,
  "enterprise_value": 5100625870000,
  "forward_pe_ratio": 17.546,
  "shares_outstanding": 24147000000,
  "stock_analysis_link": "https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/nvda/statistics/",
  "dividend_yield_percent": 0.471
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"stockanalysis.com/get_key_statistics","input":{"company":"Nvidia"}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- What is Nvidia's current P/E ratio and market cap?
- Show me the valuation ratios and beta for NVDA.
- How many employees does Apple have and what is its enterprise value?
- I need the key statistics for Tesla, including shares outstanding and price-to-book, on stockanalysis.com.
- When were Microsoft's financial statistics like EV/EBITDA last updated?

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "company"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "company": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Company name or stock ticker, for example Nvidia or NVDA."
    }
  }
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "company",
    "ticker",
    "exchange",
    "currency",
    "price",
    "market_cap",
    "enterprise_value",
    "pe_ratio",
    "forward_pe_ratio",
    "price_to_sales",
    "price_to_book",
    "ev_to_ebitda",
    "dividend_yield_percent",
    "beta",
    "shares_outstanding",
    "employees",
    "as_of_date",
    "stock_analysis_link"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "beta": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Five-year stock beta."
    },
    "price": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Stock price in the stated currency."
    },
    "ticker": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Stock ticker."
    },
    "company": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Company name."
    },
    "currency": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Currency code of prices and company values."
    },
    "exchange": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Stock exchange."
    },
    "pe_ratio": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Trailing price-to-earnings ratio."
    },
    "employees": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Employee count."
    },
    "as_of_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date the figures were last updated, YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "market_cap": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Market capitalization in full currency units."
    },
    "ev_to_ebitda": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Enterprise value to EBITDA ratio."
    },
    "price_to_book": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Price-to-book ratio."
    },
    "price_to_sales": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Price-to-sales ratio."
    },
    "enterprise_value": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Enterprise value in full currency units."
    },
    "forward_pe_ratio": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Forward price-to-earnings ratio."
    },
    "shares_outstanding": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Number of shares outstanding."
    },
    "stock_analysis_link": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Stock Analysis statistics page link."
    },
    "dividend_yield_percent": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Annual dividend yield as a percent, null when none."
    }
  }
}
```

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