search_symbols
Find ticker symbols by company name or keyword
How to use it
search_symbols is exposed by the Yahoo Finance MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_symbols tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Yahoo Finance MCP
npm install -g yahoo-finance-mcp-serverOther tools in Yahoo Finance MCP (14)
Key metrics for multiple tickers side by side, plus quick insights
Forward price targets, EPS/revenue estimates by period, and growth estimates
Price targets, consensus, recommendation trend, and recent upgrades/downgrades
Business summary, key executives, valuation and financial highlights
Dividend payment history (with summary) and stock-split history
Annual income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow
OHLCV history with summary stats and total return
Institutional, mutual-fund, or major holders, or insider transactions
Latest news headlines with source, date, summary, and link
Whether a market is open/closed, with timing and a major-index summary
Expiration dates, or the calls/puts chain (strike, bid/ask, volume, OI, IV)
Current price, change, day and 52-week range, volume, market cap, P/E, EPS, dividend yield
1m, 2m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 60m, 90m, 1h, 1d, 5d, 1wk, 1mo, 3mo
1d, 5d, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y, 2y, 5y, 10y, ytd, max