yfin-cli 0.2.0

A command-line interface for Yahoo Finance data

yfin-cli

A command-line interface for Yahoo Finance data, powered by yfinance.

Why yfin-cli

• Fast, scriptable access to Yahoo Finance data.
• JSON or table output for easy piping.
• Broad coverage: prices, financials, analyst data, screeners, sectors, industries.

Install

Requires Python 3.10+.

From PyPI (recommended)

pipx install yfin-cli
# or
pip install yfin-cli
# or
uv tool install yfin-cli

From source

git clone <your-repo-url>
cd yfin-cli
uv tool install .
# or
pip install .

Usage

Quickstart

# Get historical stock data
yfin history AAPL

# Get quick summary metrics
yfin fast-info TSLA

# Check market status
yfin market-status

# View quarterly income statement
yfin income-stmt MSFT --frequency quarterly

# Get analyst recommendations
yfin recommendations NVDA

# Screen stocks
yfin screen --filter "sector eq Technology" --filter "intradaymarketcap gt 100000000000"

# Use a predefined screener
yfin screen --predefined day_gainers

# Output as a table
yfin --output table history AAPL --period 1y

For the complete command reference with all options and parameters, see COMMANDS.md.

Global options:

Option	Description	Default
--output	Output format (json, table)	json
--help	Show help message	—

Available Commands

Category	Commands
Stock	history, dividends, fast-info, info, news
Market	market-status
Calendar	calendar-earnings, calendar-economic-events, calendar-ipo
Financials	income-stmt, balance-sheet, cashflow, earnings-dates, sec-filings
Analysis	recommendations, upgrades-downgrades, price-targets, earnings-estimate, revenue-estimate, earnings-history, eps-trend, eps-revisions, growth-estimates
Holders	insider-purchases, insider-transactions, insider-roster-holders, major-holders, institutional-holders, mutualfund-holders
Sector	sector-keys, sector-industries, sector-overview, sector-research-reports, sector-top-companies, sector-top-etfs, sector-top-mutual-funds
Industry	industry-overview, industry-research-reports, industry-top-companies, industry-top-growth-companies, industry-top-performing-companies
Screen	screen, screen-query-fields, screen-query-values, screen-predefined-queries

Development

This project uses uv for dependency management.

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Run the CLI
uv run yfin --help

# Run tests
uv run pytest

# Format code
uv run ruff format .

# Build package
uv build

License

MIT