Earnings

Retrieve earnings data for any supported stock symbol.

Making Requests

Use the earnings() method on the stocks resource to fetch earnings data. The method supports multiple output formats:

Output Format	Return Type	Description
DATAFRAME	pandas.DataFrame or polars.DataFrame	Returns a DataFrame with earnings data indexed by symbol (default).
INTERNAL	StockEarnings or StockEarningsHumanReadable	Returns a StockEarnings object. When use_human_readable=True, returns a StockEarningsHumanReadable object with capitalized field names.
JSON	dict	Returns the raw JSON response as a dictionary.
CSV	str	Writes CSV data to file and returns the filename string.

earnings

def earnings(
    symbol: str,
    *,
    report: str = None,
    date: str | datetime.datetime = None,
    from_date: str | datetime.datetime = None,
    to_date: str | datetime.datetime = None,
    countback: int = None,
    output_format: OutputFormat = OutputFormat.DATAFRAME,
    date_format: DateFormat = None,
    columns: list[str] = None,
    add_headers: bool = None,
    use_human_readable: bool = False,
    mode: Mode = None,
    filename: str | Path = None,
) -> StockEarnings | StockEarningsHumanReadable | dict | str | MarketDataClientErrorResult

Fetches earnings data for a stock symbol. The symbol parameter can be passed as the first positional argument or as a keyword argument. All other parameters must be keyword-only.

Parameters

• symbol (str)

  The stock symbol for which to fetch earnings data.

• report (str, optional)

  Filter by report type (e.g., "annual", "quarterly").

• date (str | datetime.datetime, optional)

  Specific date for the earnings data.

• from_date (str | datetime.datetime, optional)

  Start date for the date range.

• to_date (str | datetime.datetime, optional)

  End date for the date range.

• countback (int, optional)

  Number of earnings reports to return, counting backwards from the to_date.

• output_format (OutputFormat, optional)

  The format of the returned data. Defaults to OutputFormat.DATAFRAME. See Settings for details.

• date_format (DateFormat, optional)

  The date format to use in the response. Defaults to DateFormat.UNIX. See Settings for details.

• columns (optional)

  Specify which columns to include in the response. See Settings for details.

• add_headers (optional)

  Whether to include headers in the response. See Settings for details.

• use_human_readable (optional)

  Whether to use human-readable format for values. Only applies when output_format=OutputFormat.INTERNAL. See Settings for details.

• mode (Mode, optional)

  The data feed mode to use. See Settings for details.

• filename (str | Path, optional)

  File path for CSV output (only used with output_format=OutputFormat.CSV).

Returns

• StockEarnings | StockEarningsHumanReadable | dict | str | MarketDataClientErrorResult

  The earnings data in the requested format, or a MarketDataClientErrorResult if an error occurred.

Example (DataFrame)

from marketdata.client import MarketDataClient

client = MarketDataClient()

# Get stock earnings as DataFrame (default)
# symbol can be passed positionally or as keyword
df = client.stocks.earnings("AAPL")
# or
df = client.stocks.earnings(symbol="AAPL")

print(df)

Example (Internal)

from marketdata.client import MarketDataClient
from marketdata.input_types.base import OutputFormat

client = MarketDataClient()

# Get stock earnings as internal object
earnings = client.stocks.earnings("AAPL", output_format=OutputFormat.INTERNAL)

# Access earnings properties
print(f"Symbol: {earnings.symbol}")
print(f"Fiscal Year: {earnings.fiscalYear}")
print(f"Fiscal Quarter: {earnings.fiscalQuarter}")
print(f"Reported EPS: {earnings.reportedEPS}")
print(f"Estimated EPS: {earnings.estimatedEPS}")

Example (JSON)

from marketdata.client import MarketDataClient
from marketdata.input_types.base import OutputFormat

client = MarketDataClient()

# Get stock earnings as JSON
earnings = client.stocks.earnings("AAPL", output_format=OutputFormat.JSON)

print(earnings)

Example (CSV)

from marketdata.client import MarketDataClient
from marketdata.input_types.base import OutputFormat
from pathlib import Path

client = MarketDataClient()

# Get stock earnings as CSV
csv_file = client.stocks.earnings(
    "AAPL",
    output_format=OutputFormat.CSV,
    filename=Path("earnings.csv")
)

print(f"CSV file saved to: {csv_file}")

Example (Human Readable)

from marketdata.client import MarketDataClient
from marketdata.input_types.base import OutputFormat

client = MarketDataClient()

# Get stock earnings in human-readable format
earnings = client.stocks.earnings(
    "AAPL",
    output_format=OutputFormat.INTERNAL,
    use_human_readable=True
)

# Access earnings properties
print(f"Symbol: {earnings.Symbol}")
print(f"Fiscal Year: {earnings.Fiscal_Year}")
print(f"Fiscal Quarter: {earnings.Fiscal_Quarter}")
print(f"Reported EPS: {earnings.Reported_EPS}")
print(f"Estimated EPS: {earnings.Estimated_EPS}")
print(f"Surprise EPS: {earnings.Surprise_EPS}")

StockEarnings

@dataclass
class StockEarnings:
    s: str
    symbol: list[str]
    fiscalYear: list[int]
    fiscalQuarter: list[int]
    date: list[datetime.datetime]
    reportDate: list[datetime.datetime]
    reportTime: list[str]
    currency: list[str]
    reportedEPS: list[float]
    estimatedEPS: list[float]
    surpriseEPS: list[float]
    surpriseEPSpct: list[float]
    updated: list[datetime.datetime]

StockEarnings represents earnings data for a stock, encapsulating fiscal year, quarter, and EPS information. All lists have the same length, allowing you to access earnings data by index.

Properties

• s (str): Status indicator ("ok" for successful responses).
• symbol (list[str]): List of stock symbols.
• fiscalYear (list[int]): List of fiscal years.
• fiscalQuarter (list[int]): List of fiscal quarters.
• date (list[datetime.datetime]): List of earnings dates (automatically converted from timestamps).
• reportDate (list[datetime.datetime]): List of report dates (automatically converted from timestamps).
• reportTime (list[str]): List of report times.
• currency (list[str]): List of currencies.
• reportedEPS (list[float]): List of reported earnings per share.
• estimatedEPS (list[float]): List of estimated earnings per share.
• surpriseEPS (list[float]): List of surprise earnings per share (difference between reported and estimated).
• surpriseEPSpct (list[float]): List of surprise EPS percentages.
• updated (list[datetime.datetime]): List of last update timestamps (automatically converted from timestamps).

StockEarningsHumanReadable

@dataclass
class StockEarningsHumanReadable:
    Symbol: list[str]
    Fiscal_Year: list[int]
    Fiscal_Quarter: list[int]
    Date: list[datetime.datetime]
    Report_Date: list[datetime.datetime]
    Report_Time: list[str]
    Currency: list[str]
    Reported_EPS: list[float]
    Estimated_EPS: list[float]
    Surprise_EPS: list[float]
    Surprise_EPS_Percent: list[float]
    Updated: list[datetime.datetime]

StockEarningsHumanReadable represents earnings data in human-readable format with capitalized field names and formatted values. All lists have the same length, allowing you to access earnings data by index.

Properties

• Symbol (list[str]): List of stock symbols.
• Fiscal_Year (list[int]): List of fiscal years.
• Fiscal_Quarter (list[int]): List of fiscal quarters.
• Date (list[datetime.datetime]): List of earnings dates (automatically converted from timestamps).
• Report_Date (list[datetime.datetime]): List of report dates (automatically converted from timestamps).
• Report_Time (list[str]): List of report times.
• Currency (list[str]): List of currencies.
• Reported_EPS (list[float]): List of reported earnings per share.
• Estimated_EPS (list[float]): List of estimated earnings per share.
• Surprise_EPS (list[float]): List of surprise earnings per share (difference between reported and estimated).
• Surprise_EPS_Percent (list[float]): List of surprise EPS percentages.
• Updated (list[datetime.datetime]): List of last update timestamps (automatically converted from timestamps).

Notes

• Field names use capitalized format with underscores (e.g., Fiscal_Year instead of fiscalYear, Reported_EPS instead of reportedEPS).