Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=VMC&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=VMC&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/key-metrics?identifier=VMC&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "VMC",
"central_index_key": "0001396009",
"registrant_name": "Vulcan Materials CO",
"fiscal_year": "2025",
"period_end_date": "2025-12-31",
"earnings_per_share": 8.16,
"earnings_per_share_forecast": 9.1,
"price_to_earnings_ratio": 34.953431372549,
"forward_price_to_earnings_ratio": 31.3428571428571,
"earnings_growth_rate": 18.4325108853411,
"price_earnings_to_growth_ratio": 1.89629245792805,
"book_value_per_share": 64.7643939393939,
"price_to_book_ratio": 4.40396308296974,
"ebitda": 2363500000.0,
"enterprise_value": 41827840000.0,
"dividend_yield": 0.00690057435727445,
"dividend_payout_ratio": 0.241292839230984,
"debt_to_equity_ratio": 0.511677282377919,
"capital_expenditures": 435600000.0,
"free_cash_flow": 1377400000.0,
"return_on_equity": 0.126297638737376,
"one_year_beta": 0.664005375429875,
"three_year_beta": 0.850737195203831,
"five_year_beta": 0.916560323629232
},
...
]Query Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| identifier | string | The trading symbol for a security, or the central index key (CIK). The latter is assigned to the entity by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. (e.g., MSFT, 0000789019) |
| format | string | (Optional) The format of the returned data, either JSON or CSV. Defaults to JSON. (e.g., json, csv) |
Endpoint Overview
The API endpoint returns key financial metrics such as price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, free cash flow, etc. This information is particularly important for value investors looking to identify undervalued stocks. Data is available for several thousand US and international companies.
Company Profile
Vulcan Materials CO
NYSE: VMC- Market Cap:$34.42B
- ISIN:US9291601097
- Fiscal Year End:12/31
- Employees:12000
Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) is an American company based in Birmingham, Alabama. It is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials. Vulcan is the largest producer of aggregate construction materials, primarily gravel, crushed stone, and sand, and employs approximately 12,000 people at over 400 facilities. Vulcan serves 22 states, the District of Columbia, Mexico, Canada, Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Vulcan's Crescent Market project led to construction of a large quarry and deep water seaport on the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, just south of Cancún. This quarry supplies Tampa, New Orleans, Houston, and Brownsville, Texas, as well as other Gulf coast seaports, with crushed limestone via large 62,000-ton self-discharging ships.