Historical Ratings API

The FMP Historical Ratings API is ideal for analysts and investors looking to assess how a company’s financial health has evolved over time. Key features include:

• Historical Ratings: Retrieve ratings from past dates to track a company's financial trajectory.
• Overall Rating: Access an easy-to-understand rating summarizing the company’s financial health on a given date.
• Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Score: Evaluate historical valuation compared to future cash flow potential.
• Return on Equity (ROE) Score: Track past performance on generating profit relative to shareholders' equity.
• Return on Assets (ROA) Score: View how asset utilization has changed over time.
• Debt-to-Equity Score: Examine changes in the company’s capital structure.
• Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Score: Monitor historical stock valuation relative to earnings.
• Price-to-Book (P/B) Score: Assess how market price has compared to book value in the past.

This API is ideal for conducting trend analysis and understanding how various financial metrics have influenced a company’s rating over time. It includes an overall rating and individual scores for critical financial ratios such as discounted cash flow, return on equity, return on assets, debt-to-equity, price-to-earnings, and price-to-book ratios.

Example Use Case
A portfolio manager can use the Historical Ratings API to analyze how a company’s return on equity and debt-to-equity ratios have evolved over the last five years, helping them evaluate long-term performance trends.