---
title: "Basic Financials"
method: GET
path: "/stock/metric"
tags: ["Default"]
---

# Basic Financials

`GET /stock/metric`

Get company basic financials such as margin, P/E ratio, 52-week high/low etc.

## Query parameters

- `symbol` string, required
- `metric` string, required

## Response `200`

successful operation

- BasicFinancials
  - `symbol` string — Symbol of the company.
  - `metricType` string — Metric type.
  - `series` object
  - `metric` object

## Changes

- **2021-07-23** `a148c0b2d583` — 2 info
  - api tag `Default` added
  - added the optional property `series` to the response with the `200` status
- **2020-06-03** `2e4c53648ee2` — 1 info
  - api operation id `company-metrics` removed and replaced with `company-basic-financials`
- **2020-05-26** `c5b8e420b78c` — 1 warning, 2 info
  - removed the optional property `series` from the response with the `200` status
  - api operation id `company-basic-financials` removed and replaced with `company-metrics`
  - api tag `Default` removed

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/finnhub-stock-api/apis/finnhub-api/changes/stock/metric/get.md)

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