SYNOPSIS
use Finance::YahooProfile;
my $fyp = new Finance::YahooProfile ( timeout => $timeout );
my $profile = $fyp->profile( s => 'intc' ); ## for single stock
my @profiles = $fyp->profile( s => ['intc', 'ibm'] ); ## for many stocks
my $bookvalue = $res->{'book_value'};
WARNING: This module has not been fully tested all sorts of stocks so it may NOT always parse the page correctly and return any useful information. Any version number ending in a letter (as in v.0.12b, 0.12c) is a beta versions and have barely been tested. These versions are simply the previous version with a slight bug fix of some sort.
This module accesses the company profile from Yahoo! Finance and extracts the numbers from there so that they can be easily used in Perl programs. The following keys are available in the results hash:
52_week_change 52-Week percent change
52_week_change_sp500 52-Week percent change relative to the S&P 500
52_week_high 52-Week high
52_week_high_date Date on which 52-Week high was reached
52_week_low 52-Week low
52_week_low_date Date on which 52-Week high was reached
beta Beta relative to S&P 500
current_ratio Current ratio (Current Assets / Current Liabilities)
daily_volume_10da Average of the last 10 days' trading volume
daily_volume_3ma Average of the last 3 months trading volume
debt_equity Debt / Equity
dividend Amount of the last dividend paid
dividend_yield Yield of the last dividend
fiscal_year_ends End of fiscal year
last_split_date Date of the last split
last_split_factor Factor of the last split (e.g. 2 for 1)
last_updated Date when profile was last updated
market Market on which the stock is traded
market_capitalization Market capitalization (Stock Price x Shares Outstanding)
most_recent_quarter
most_recent_quarter_fe Most recent quarter - flash earnings (if available)
operating_margin Operating Margin (Earnings / Operating Expenses)
profit_margin Profit Margin (Earnings / Total Expenses)
recent_price Price at which the stock was last traded
return_on_assets Return on assets (Earnings / Total Assets)
return_on_equity Return on equity (Earnings / Shareholder's Equity)
sales Sales from the income statement part (usually ttm)
shares_float Number of shares freely trading in the markets
shares_outstanding Total number of shares issued
short_daily_volume
short_interest Number of shares sold short
short_interest_date
short_percent Short Interest / Floating Shares
short_previous_month Short Interest previous month
short_ratio
success Whether the parsing was a success
symbol
total_cash Total current assets in the balance sheet
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Requirements:
· Perl
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