Free Float

Obtain the free float of each company: the number of shares available for public trading, the number of shares outstanding and the free float as the share of the outstanding shares that can be traded (as a decimal). A low free float means few shares change hands, which tends to make a stock less liquid and more volatile.

Also known as: free float, float shares, public float, share liquidity.

Free Float in Python

Install the Finance Toolkit with:

pip install financetoolkit -U

Then call get_shares_float as shown below.

from financetoolkit import Toolkit

toolkit = Toolkit(
    ["AAPL", "MSFT"],
    api_key="FINANCIAL_MODELING_PREP_KEY",
    start_date="2021-01-01",
    end_date="2025-12-31",
)

toolkit.get_shares_float()

Which returns:

Parameters

The function accepts the following parameters:

• overwrite (bool): Defines whether to overwrite the existing data.

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