yfinance-data

# yfinance Data Skill Fetches financial and market data from Yahoo Finance using the [yfinance](https://github.com/ranaroussi/yfinance) Python library. **Important**: yfinance is not affiliated with Yahoo, Inc. Data is for research and educational purposes. --- ## Step 1: Ensure yfinance Is Available **Current environment status:** ``` !`python3 -c "exec('try:\n import yfinance\n print(\'yfinance \' + yfinance.__version__ + \' installed\')\nexcept Exception:\n print(\'YFINANCE_NOT_INSTALLED\')')"` ``` If `YFINANCE_NOT_INSTALLED`, install it before running any code: ```python import subprocess, sys subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "-q", "yfinance"]) ``` If yfinance is already installed, skip the install step and proceed directly. --- ## Step 2: Identify What the User Needs Match the user's request to one or more data categories below, then use the corresponding code from `references/api_reference.md`. | User Request | Data Category | Primary Method | |---|---|---| | Stock price, quote | Current price | `ticker.info` or `ticker.fast_info` | | Price history, chart data | Historical OHLCV | `ticker.history()` or `yf.download()` | | Balance sheet | Financial statements | `ticker.balance_sheet` | | Income statement, revenue | Financial statements | `ticker.income_stmt` | | Cash flow | Financial statements | `ticker.cashflow` | | Dividends | Corporate actions | `ticker.dividends` | | Stock splits | Corporate actions | `ticker.splits` | | Op...