Yahoo Finance MCP: Stock Prices, Earnings, and Dividends for Free

Bloomberg Terminal costs $25K a year. This skill uses the Yahoo Finance API to give your agents stock prices, real-time quotes, earnings dates, dividend history, and analyst ratings — without spending a dime.

TL;DR

The Yahoo Finance MCP skill gives your agent access to real-time stock quotes, historical price data, earnings calendars, dividend schedules, options chains, and analyst ratings — using Yahoo's public API with no API key required.

The 10-Second Pitch

Real-time quotes — price, volume, bid/ask for any US or international ticker
Historical data — daily, weekly, monthly OHLCV data going back decades
Earnings calendar — upcoming earnings dates and analyst estimates
Dividend history — ex-dates, amounts, and yield calculations
Options chains — strike prices, expiry dates, open interest
Analyst ratings — consensus rating and price targets
No API key required — uses Yahoo's public endpoints

Setup in 2 Steps

1. Install:

mrt install yahoo-finance-api

2. Use it directly in your agent or terminal:

yahoo-finance get-quote --symbol AAPL,MSFT,GOOGL
yahoo-finance get-historical --symbol TSLA --period 1mo --interval 1d
yahoo-finance get-earnings --symbol NVDA

Prompt to test it:

What is the current price of NVDA, when is its next earnings date, and what is the analyst consensus rating?

What You Can Build With This

This skill becomes powerful when embedded in agentic workflows:

Portfolio monitors — daily summary of position performance sent to Slack
Earnings alert pipelines — notify you before earnings for stocks you hold
Options flow analysis — scan unusual options activity for a watchlist
Dividend tracking — track upcoming ex-dates for income portfolio management
Research assistants — pull financial data into a research session

Pros / Cons

Pros	Cons
Completely free, no API key	Yahoo's public API can be rate-limited
Covers US and international markets	Data may be delayed 15 min on free tier
Very fast setup	Not suitable for HFT or real-time trading

Verdict

For personal finance monitoring, research pipelines, and agentic finance workflows, Yahoo Finance via MCP is the best free option available. It does not replace Bloomberg for professional trading desks, but for developers building finance-aware agents, it costs nothing and covers 95% of what most people need.