Industry Performance
Returns industry performance - the average price change per industry. Provide exactly one of date (a snapshot across all industries on that date) or industry (the historical time series for one industry).
Also known as: industry performance snapshot, industry performance history, industry trend.
Industry Performance in Python
get_industry_performance is part of the Discovery module of the open-source Finance Toolkit. Install it with:
pip install financetoolkit -U
Then call get_industry_performance as shown below.
from financetoolkit import Discovery
discovery = Discovery(api_key="FINANCIAL_MODELING_PREP_KEY")
industry_snapshot = discovery.get_industry_performance(date="2024-02-01")
industry_snapshot.head()
industry_history = discovery.get_industry_performance(industry="Biotechnology")
industry_history.tail()
Which returns:
| Industry | Date | Exchange | Average Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising Agencies | 2024-02-01 | NASDAQ | 3.8660 |
| Aerospace & Defense | 2024-02-01 | NASDAQ | 0.5853 |
| Agricultural Farm Products | 2024-02-01 | NASDAQ | 1.6564 |
| Agricultural Inputs | 2024-02-01 | NASDAQ | 0.5436 |
| Agricultural - Machinery | 2024-02-01 | NASDAQ | 1.4934 |
Parameters
get_industry_performance accepts the following parameters:
- date (str, optional): The date to retrieve a snapshot for, e.g. “2024-02-01”.
- industry (str, optional): The industry to retrieve the history for, e.g. “Biotechnology”.