Financial Metrics List API

Q: How do I find which metrics exist for a particular company?

Use table=historic-detailed with a ticker. The global catalogs list everything the API supports, but coverage varies by company: Apple returns 807 metrics and Microsoft 852. This route is also the only one that returns statement and slug in the same row, so it is the easiest source for a per-company metric browser.

Maintained by Piyush Arora

Last updated: August 16, 2026

Retrieve the complete catalog of metrics the API supports, so you never have to hard-code a field name or guess whether one exists. There are two separate catalogs behind a single endpoint — 795 screener metrics identified by full name and grouped by statement, and 1,257 time-series metrics identified by slug and grouped by reporting period. They overlap but are not interchangeable: 758 metric names appear in both, and each catalog carries several hundred the other does not. The API is free to use.

Three catalog views available:

screener 795 Filterable Metrics historic 1,257 Time-Series Metrics historic-detailed Per-Ticker Coverage

GET https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table={table}&api_key={api_key}

Where these metrics are used: Names from the screener catalog go into the conditions and preferred_columns of the Stock Screener API. Slugs from the historic catalog go into the slug parameter of the Historical Financial Metrics API. For the securities these metrics can be requested against, see the List of Securities API.

1. Request Parameters

One required parameter selects the catalog. Values are case insensitive, so table=SCREENER and table=screener behave identically. Every response is cached server side for 24 hours.

Parameter	Description
api_key	Required Your unique API key for authentication.
table	Required Which catalog to return. Exactly one of `screener`, `historic`, or `historic-detailed`. Any other value returns `400` listing the three valid options. Format: `table=screener`
ticker	Conditional Comma separated tickers. Required only when `table=historic-detailed`, and ignored by the other two catalogs, which are company independent. Omitting it on the detailed route returns `400`; supplying a ticker with no coverage returns `404`. Format: `ticker=AAPL,MSFT`

Example cURL Request (Screener Catalog)

curl -X GET "https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=screener&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Example cURL Request (Time-Series Catalog)

curl -X GET "https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=historic&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Example cURL Request (Per-Ticker Coverage)

curl -X GET "https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=historic-detailed&ticker=AAPL&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

2. Screener Metrics Catalog

Live Endpoint https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=screener&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

795 metrics, returned as a flat array with no envelope. This catalog has no slug field — the screener identifies a metric by its full name, so the value of metric_full is what you paste into a conditions string. Names are unique across the whole catalog, so a name is a safe key. The excerpt below shows a spread across all seven statement groups.

Screener Catalog — Excerpt

Total in catalog: 795 • Statement groups: 7 • Showing 42 rows

[
    {
        "metric_full": "Consolidated Net Income (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Consol Net Inc. (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Income Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Consolidated Net Income (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Consol Net Inc. (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Income Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Consolidated Net Income (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Consol Net Inc. (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Income Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Depreciation & Amortization - Total (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Dep. & Amort. (Tot) (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Income Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Depreciation & Amortization - Total (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Dep. & Amort. (Tot) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Income Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Depreciation & Amortization - Total (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Dep. & Amort. (Tot) (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Income Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Accounts Payables (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Accounts Payables (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Balance Sheet"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Accounts Payables (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Accounts Payables (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Balance Sheet"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Accounts Payables (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Accounts Payables (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Balance Sheet"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Assets (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Assets (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Balance Sheet"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Assets (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Assets (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Balance Sheet"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Assets (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Assets (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Balance Sheet"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Acquisitions (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Acquisitions (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Cash Flow Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Acquisitions (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Acquisitions (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Cash Flow Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Acquisitions (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Acquisitions (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Cash Flow Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Amortization (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Amort. (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Cash Flow Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Amortization (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Amort. (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Cash Flow Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Amortizatization of Intangibles (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Amortizatization of Intangibles (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Cash Flow Statement"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Asset Utilization Ratio (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Asset Util. (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Ratios"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Asset Utilization Ratio (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Asset Util. (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Ratios"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Asset Utilization Ratio (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Asset Util. (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Ratios"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Assets Average (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Assets Avg. (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Ratios"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Assets Average (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Assets Avg. (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Ratios"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Assets Average (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Assets Avg. (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Ratios"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Assets (QoQ)",
        "metric_short": "Assets (QoQ) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "%",
        "statement": "Growth Metrics"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Capital Expenditures (QoQ)",
        "metric_short": "Capex (QoQ) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "%",
        "statement": "Growth Metrics"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Capex Growth (1y) (Yr)",
        "datatype": "%",
        "statement": "Growth Metrics"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Capex Growth (1y) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "%",
        "statement": "Growth Metrics"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Capex Growth (1y) (TTM)",
        "datatype": "%",
        "statement": "Growth Metrics"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Capital Expenditures Growth (3y) (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Capex Growth (3y) (Yr)",
        "datatype": "%",
        "statement": "Growth Metrics"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Dividend Yield",
        "metric_short": "Div. Yield",
        "datatype": "%",
        "statement": "Daily Values"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "EV to CFO",
        "metric_short": "EV to CFO",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Daily Values"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "EV to EBIT",
        "metric_short": "EV to EBIT",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Daily Values"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "EV to EBITDA",
        "metric_short": "EV to EBITDA",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Daily Values"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "EV to FCF",
        "metric_short": "EV to FCF",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Daily Values"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "EV to Revenue",
        "metric_short": "EV to Revenue",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Daily Values"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Amortization - Deferred Charges (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Amortization - Deferred Charges (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Others"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Amortization - Deferred Charges (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Amortization - Deferred Charges (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Others"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Amortization - Deferred Charges (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Amortization - Deferred Charges (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Others"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Cost - Fuel Purchased (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Cost - Fuel Purchased (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Others"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Cost - Fuel Purchased (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Cost - Fuel Purchased (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Others"
    },
    {
        "metric_full": "Cost - Fuel Purchased (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Cost - Fuel Purchased (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int",
        "statement": "Others"
    }
]

Metric Full	Metric Short	Datatype	Statement
Consolidated Net Income (Annual)	Consol Net Inc. (Yr)	int	Income Statement
Consolidated Net Income (Quarter)	Consol Net Inc. (Qtr)	int	Income Statement
Consolidated Net Income (TTM)	Consol Net Inc. (TTM)	int	Income Statement
Depreciation & Amortization - Total (Annual)	Dep. & Amort. (Tot) (Yr)	int	Income Statement
Depreciation & Amortization - Total (Quarter)	Dep. & Amort. (Tot) (Qtr)	int	Income Statement
Depreciation & Amortization - Total (TTM)	Dep. & Amort. (Tot) (TTM)	int	Income Statement
Accounts Payables (Annual)	Accounts Payables (Yr)	int	Balance Sheet
Accounts Payables (Quarter)	Accounts Payables (Qtr)	int	Balance Sheet
Accounts Payables (TTM)	Accounts Payables (TTM)	int	Balance Sheet
Assets (Annual)	Assets (Yr)	int	Balance Sheet
Assets (Quarter)	Assets (Qtr)	int	Balance Sheet
Assets (TTM)	Assets (TTM)	int	Balance Sheet
Acquisitions (Annual)	Acquisitions (Yr)	int	Cash Flow Statement
Acquisitions (Quarter)	Acquisitions (Qtr)	int	Cash Flow Statement
Acquisitions (TTM)	Acquisitions (TTM)	int	Cash Flow Statement
Amortization (Quarter)	Amort. (Qtr)	int	Cash Flow Statement
Amortization (TTM)	Amort. (TTM)	int	Cash Flow Statement
Amortizatization of Intangibles (Annual)	Amortizatization of Intangibles (Yr)	int	Cash Flow Statement
Asset Utilization Ratio (Annual)	Asset Util. (Yr)	int	Ratios
Asset Utilization Ratio (Quarter)	Asset Util. (Qtr)	int	Ratios
Asset Utilization Ratio (TTM)	Asset Util. (TTM)	int	Ratios
Assets Average (Annual)	Assets Avg. (Yr)	int	Ratios
Assets Average (Quarter)	Assets Avg. (Qtr)	int	Ratios
Assets Average (TTM)	Assets Avg. (TTM)	int	Ratios
Assets (QoQ)	Assets (QoQ) (Qtr)	%	Growth Metrics
Capital Expenditures (QoQ)	Capex (QoQ) (Qtr)	%	Growth Metrics
Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) (Annual)	Capex Growth (1y) (Yr)	%	Growth Metrics
Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) (Quarter)	Capex Growth (1y) (Qtr)	%	Growth Metrics
Capital Expenditures Growth (1y) (TTM)	Capex Growth (1y) (TTM)	%	Growth Metrics
Capital Expenditures Growth (3y) (Annual)	Capex Growth (3y) (Yr)	%	Growth Metrics
Dividend Yield	Div. Yield	%	Daily Values
EV to CFO	EV to CFO	int	Daily Values
EV to EBIT	EV to EBIT	int	Daily Values
EV to EBITDA	EV to EBITDA	int	Daily Values
EV to FCF	EV to FCF	int	Daily Values
EV to Revenue	EV to Revenue	int	Daily Values
Amortization - Deferred Charges (Annual)	Amortization - Deferred Charges (Yr)	int	Others
Amortization - Deferred Charges (Quarter)	Amortization - Deferred Charges (Qtr)	int	Others
Amortization - Deferred Charges (TTM)	Amortization - Deferred Charges (TTM)	int	Others
Cost - Fuel Purchased (Annual)	Cost - Fuel Purchased (Yr)	int	Others
Cost - Fuel Purchased (Quarter)	Cost - Fuel Purchased (Qtr)	int	Others
Cost - Fuel Purchased (TTM)	Cost - Fuel Purchased (TTM)	int	Others

Screener Catalog Fields

Field	Type	Description
metric_full	`string`	The metric's full name, including its period suffix — for example `Accounts Payables (Annual)`. This is the identifier the screener expects, so pass it verbatim inside `conditions` and `preferred_columns`. Unique across the catalog.
metric_short	`string`	Abbreviated label for narrow table headers, for example `Accounts Payables (Yr)`. Display only — the screener will not accept it as an identifier.
datatype	`string`	Either `int` for absolute values or `%` for values already expressed as percentages. Use it to decide formatting and whether a threshold like `> 15` means 15 units or 15 percent. The split is 602 `int` to 193 `%`.
statement	`string`	Which financial statement or family the metric belongs to. One of seven values — see the group breakdown below. Bind it directly to a filter or accordion in a screener UI.

Screener Metrics by Statement Group

Statement	Metrics	What it covers
Growth Metrics	`229`	Period-over-period and multi-year growth rates. The largest group by some margin, and almost entirely `%` datatype.
Income Statement	`147`	Revenue, margins, expense lines, and earnings, at annual, quarterly, and trailing twelve month periods.
Balance Sheet	`132`	Assets, liabilities, equity, cash, and debt positions.
Cash Flow Statement	`117`	Operating, investing, and financing flows, plus free cash flow and capital expenditure.
Others	`98`	Metrics that do not map cleanly to a single statement, including per-share and share-count measures.
Ratios	`60`	Profitability, liquidity, leverage, and efficiency ratios.
Daily Values	`12`	Market-driven valuation metrics recomputed every trading day. These 12 are identical to the `Daily` group in the time-series catalog.

3. Time-Series Metrics Catalog

Live Endpoint https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=historic&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

1,257 metrics, again a flat array. This catalog identifies a metric by slug, which is the value the Historical Financial Metrics API expects — passing a full name there will not resolve, and an unrecognised slug comes back as a 404 naming it.

Time-Series Catalog — Excerpt

Metrics in catalog: 1,257 • Periods: 4 • Showing 40 rows

[
    {
        "slug": "non-operating-investment-income-annual",
        "code": "intinvinc_nonop",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Non Operating Investment Income (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Non Operating Investment Income (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "shares-issued-annual",
        "code": "sharesissued",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Shares Issued (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Shares Issued (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "property-plant-and-equipment-gross-annual",
        "code": "ppne_gross",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Property, Plant & Equipment (Gross) (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Property, Plant & Equipment (Gross) (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "curent-deferred-tax-liability-annual",
        "code": "deferredtaxliability_curr",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Curent Deferred Tax Liability (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Curent Deferred Tax (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "randd-in-process-annual",
        "code": "rndinprocess",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "R&D In Process (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "R&D In Process (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "wages-salaries-and-other-annual",
        "code": "wages",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Wages, Salaries and Other (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Wages (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "fcf-payout-ratio-annual",
        "code": "fcfpayout",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "FCF Payout Ratio (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "FCF Cover (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "return-on-capital-employed-growth-1y-annual",
        "code": "roce_growth_1y",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Return on Capital Employed Growth (1y) (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "ROCE Growth (1y) (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "investment-gain-loss-annual",
        "code": "inc_invbanking",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Investment Gain (Loss) (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Investment Gain (Loss) (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "loans-net-annual",
        "code": "loans_net",
        "dimension": "Annual",
        "metric_full": "Loans - Net (Annual)",
        "metric_short": "Net Loans (Yr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "fcf-margin-qoq",
        "code": "fcfmargin_qoq",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "FCF Margin (QoQ) (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "FCF Margin (QoQ) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "income-trust",
        "code": "inc_trust",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Income - Trust (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Income - Trust (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "service-charges",
        "code": "inc_servicecharges",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Service Charges (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Service Charges (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "cash-and-equivalents-qoq",
        "code": "cash_qoq",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Cash & Equivalents (QoQ) (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Cash & Equiv. (QoQ) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "%"
    },
    {
        "slug": "fcf-margin-growth-5y",
        "code": "fcfmargin_growth_5y",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "FCF Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "FCF Margin Growth (5y) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "cash-from-financing-activities",
        "code": "cff",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Cash from Financing Activities (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Cash from Financing Activities (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "other-operating-expenses",
        "code": "opexother",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Other Operating Expenses (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Other Opex (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "net-margin-growth-3y",
        "code": "netmargin_growth_3y",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Net Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Net Margin Growth (3y) (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "liabilities-from-discontinued-operations",
        "code": "liabilitiesdiscont_noncurr",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Liabilities from Discontinued Operations (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Liabilities from Discont. Ops (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "amortization-of-goodwill",
        "code": "amort_goodwill_cf",
        "dimension": "Quarter",
        "metric_full": "Amortization of Goodwill (Quarter)",
        "metric_short": "Amortization of Goodwill (Qtr)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "other-working-capital-changes-ttm",
        "code": "otherworkingcap_ch",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Other Working Capital Changes (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Other WC Changes (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "interest-expense-fed-funds-ttm",
        "code": "intexp_fedfunds",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Interest Expense - Fed Funds (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Interest Expense - Fed Funds (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "amortizatization-of-intangibles-ttm",
        "code": "amort_intangibles_cf",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Amortizatization of Intangibles (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Amort. of Intangibles (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "return-on-invested-capital-growth-5y-ttm",
        "code": "roic_growth_5y",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Return on Invested Capital Growth (5y) (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "ROIC Growth (5y) (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "eps-diluted-ttm",
        "code": "epsdil",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "EPS (Diluted) (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "EPS (Diluted) (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "revenue-other-ttm",
        "code": "revenue_other",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Revenue - Other (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Revenue - Other (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "capital-leases-ttm",
        "code": "capitalleases_noncurr",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Capital Leases (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Capital Leases (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "change-in-net-loans-ttm",
        "code": "netloans_chg",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Change in Net Loans (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Change in Net Loans (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "rent-expense-ttm",
        "code": "rentalexp",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Rent Expense (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Rental Exp. (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "cash-from-discontinued-operations-ttm",
        "code": "cfdiscont",
        "dimension": "TTM",
        "metric_full": "Cash from Discontinued Operations (TTM)",
        "metric_short": "Cash from Discontinued Operations (TTM)",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "dividend-yield",
        "code": "divyield_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "Dividend Yield",
        "metric_short": "Div. Yield",
        "datatype": "%"
    },
    {
        "slug": "ev-to-fcf",
        "code": "ev2fcf_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "EV to FCF",
        "metric_short": "EV to FCF",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "price-to-sales",
        "code": "ps_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "Price to Sales",
        "metric_short": "P/S",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "ev-to-ebitda",
        "code": "evebitda_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "EV to EBITDA",
        "metric_short": "EV to EBITDA",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "market-capitalization",
        "code": "marketcap_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "Market Capitalization",
        "metric_short": "Market Cap",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "ev-to-cfo",
        "code": "ev2cfo_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "EV to CFO",
        "metric_short": "EV to CFO",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "ev-to-ebit",
        "code": "evebit_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "EV to EBIT",
        "metric_short": "EV to EBIT",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "enterprise-value",
        "code": "ev_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "Enterprise Value",
        "metric_short": "Enterprise Value",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "price-to-earnings",
        "code": "pe_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "Price to Earnings",
        "metric_short": "P/E",
        "datatype": "int"
    },
    {
        "slug": "market-cap-to-fcf",
        "code": "mcap2fcf_daily",
        "dimension": "Daily",
        "metric_full": "Market Cap to FCF",
        "metric_short": "Market Cap to FCF",
        "datatype": "int"
    }
]

Slug	Code	Dimension	Metric Full	Datatype
non-operating-investment-income-annual	intinvinc_nonop	Annual	Non Operating Investment Income (Annual)	int
shares-issued-annual	sharesissued	Annual	Shares Issued (Annual)	int
property-plant-and-equipment-gross-annual	ppne_gross	Annual	Property, Plant & Equipment (Gross) (Annual)	int
curent-deferred-tax-liability-annual	deferredtaxliability_curr	Annual	Curent Deferred Tax Liability (Annual)	int
randd-in-process-annual	rndinprocess	Annual	R&D In Process (Annual)	int
wages-salaries-and-other-annual	wages	Annual	Wages, Salaries and Other (Annual)	int
fcf-payout-ratio-annual	fcfpayout	Annual	FCF Payout Ratio (Annual)	int
return-on-capital-employed-growth-1y-annual	roce_growth_1y	Annual	Return on Capital Employed Growth (1y) (Annual)	int
investment-gain-loss-annual	inc_invbanking	Annual	Investment Gain (Loss) (Annual)	int
loans-net-annual	loans_net	Annual	Loans - Net (Annual)	int
fcf-margin-qoq	fcfmargin_qoq	Quarter	FCF Margin (QoQ) (Quarter)	int
income-trust	inc_trust	Quarter	Income - Trust (Quarter)	int
service-charges	inc_servicecharges	Quarter	Service Charges (Quarter)	int
cash-and-equivalents-qoq	cash_qoq	Quarter	Cash & Equivalents (QoQ) (Quarter)	%
fcf-margin-growth-5y	fcfmargin_growth_5y	Quarter	FCF Margin Growth (5y) (Quarter)	int
cash-from-financing-activities	cff	Quarter	Cash from Financing Activities (Quarter)	int
other-operating-expenses	opexother	Quarter	Other Operating Expenses (Quarter)	int
net-margin-growth-3y	netmargin_growth_3y	Quarter	Net Margin Growth (3y) (Quarter)	int
liabilities-from-discontinued-operations	liabilitiesdiscont_noncurr	Quarter	Liabilities from Discontinued Operations (Quarter)	int
amortization-of-goodwill	amort_goodwill_cf	Quarter	Amortization of Goodwill (Quarter)	int
other-working-capital-changes-ttm	otherworkingcap_ch	TTM	Other Working Capital Changes (TTM)	int
interest-expense-fed-funds-ttm	intexp_fedfunds	TTM	Interest Expense - Fed Funds (TTM)	int
amortizatization-of-intangibles-ttm	amort_intangibles_cf	TTM	Amortizatization of Intangibles (TTM)	int
return-on-invested-capital-growth-5y-ttm	roic_growth_5y	TTM	Return on Invested Capital Growth (5y) (TTM)	int
eps-diluted-ttm	epsdil	TTM	EPS (Diluted) (TTM)	int
revenue-other-ttm	revenue_other	TTM	Revenue - Other (TTM)	int
capital-leases-ttm	capitalleases_noncurr	TTM	Capital Leases (TTM)	int
change-in-net-loans-ttm	netloans_chg	TTM	Change in Net Loans (TTM)	int
rent-expense-ttm	rentalexp	TTM	Rent Expense (TTM)	int
cash-from-discontinued-operations-ttm	cfdiscont	TTM	Cash from Discontinued Operations (TTM)	int
dividend-yield	divyield_daily	Daily	Dividend Yield	%
ev-to-fcf	ev2fcf_daily	Daily	EV to FCF	int
price-to-sales	ps_daily	Daily	Price to Sales	int
ev-to-ebitda	evebitda_daily	Daily	EV to EBITDA	int
market-capitalization	marketcap_daily	Daily	Market Capitalization	int
ev-to-cfo	ev2cfo_daily	Daily	EV to CFO	int
ev-to-ebit	evebit_daily	Daily	EV to EBIT	int
enterprise-value	ev_daily	Daily	Enterprise Value	int
price-to-earnings	pe_daily	Daily	Price to Earnings	int
market-cap-to-fcf	mcap2fcf_daily	Daily	Market Cap to FCF	int

Time-Series Catalog Fields

Field	Type	Description
slug	`string`	Hyphenated identifier, for example `revenue-annual`. This is what the time-series endpoint expects in its `slug` parameter. Pass it exactly as returned; it is lower case and hyphenated throughout.
code	`string`	Compact internal code such as `fcfmargin_qoq`. Deliberately not unique: only 441 distinct codes cover all 1,257 metrics, because one code describes a base measure that then repeats across reporting periods. Do not use it as a primary key.
dimension	`string`	Reporting period the metric is measured over — `Annual`, `Quarter`, `TTM`, or `Daily`. This is the field to group a metric picker by.
metric_full	`string`	Full display name including the period, for example `Revenue (Annual)`. Useful for labels, but the time-series endpoint will not accept it as an identifier — use `slug`.
metric_short	`string`	Abbreviated display label, sized for narrow table headers and chart legends. Display only — not accepted as an identifier.
datatype	`string`	`int` or `%`, split 934 to 323. A transformation mode other than `original` on the time-series endpoint overrides this to `%` in the response.

Time-Series Metrics by Reporting Period

Dimension	Metrics	What it covers
Quarter	`428`	Quarterly line items, margins, ratios, and growth rates. Slugs usually carry no suffix, for example `revenue`.
TTM	`428`	Trailing twelve month equivalents. Slugs end in `-ttm`.
Annual	`389`	Fiscal year figures. Slugs end in `-annual`.
Daily	`12`	Market-driven valuation metrics recomputed every trading day: `price`, `market-capitalization`, `enterprise-value`, `dividend-yield`, `price-to-earnings`, `price-to-sales`, `ev-to-ebitda`, `ev-to-ebit`, `ev-to-revenue`, `ev-to-fcf`, `ev-to-cfo`, and `market-cap-to-fcf`.

4. Per-Ticker Metric Coverage

The two catalogs above describe what the API supports in general. table=historic-detailed answers a narrower and often more useful question: which metrics are actually populated for a specific company. Apple returns 807 metrics and Microsoft 852, both well short of the 1,257-metric global catalog, because coverage depends on what a company reports.

Unlike the other two routes this one is not a flat array. A single ticker returns a metadata block (CIK, ticker, company name) alongside a data array. Request several tickers and the response becomes an object keyed by ticker, each holding its own metadata and data pair — so write your parser for both shapes.

GET https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=historic-detailed&ticker=AAPL&api_key={api_key}

Rows here carry both catalogs' identifying fields — slug, code and dimension from the time-series catalog, plus statement from the screener catalog, and a bare metric name without the period suffix. It is the only route that returns statement and slug together, which makes it the most convenient source for a per-company metric browser.

Response Shape — Single Ticker

{
  "metadata": {
    "cik": 320193,
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "companyname": "Apple Inc.",
    "companyname_short": "Apple"
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "code": "cash_growth_1y",
      "dimension": "Annual",
      "statement": "Growth Metrics",
      "slug": "cash-and-equivalents-growth-1y-annual",
      "metric": "Cash & Equivalents Growth (1y)",
      "metric_short": "Cash & Equiv. Growth (1y) (Yr)",
      "metric_full": "Cash & Equivalents Growth (1y) (Annual)",
      "datatype": "%"
    }
  ]
}

5. Which Catalog Do I Need?

The two general catalogs are not interchangeable, and the most common integration mistake is taking an identifier from one and sending it to the other endpoint. They share 758 metric names, but the screener carries 37 the time-series catalog lacks, and the time-series catalog carries 499 the screener lacks.

	table=screener	table=historic
Feeds which endpoint	Stock Screener API	Historical Financial Metrics API
Identifier to send	`metric_full` — the full name	`slug` — the hyphenated slug
Metrics returned	`795`	`1,257`
Grouping field	`statement` — 7 groups	`dimension` — 4 periods
Answers the question	What can I filter the market on?	What can I pull a history for?

Metrics List Request Examples

Copy any request below directly into your application.

1. Every Filterable Screener Metric

https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=screener&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

2. Every Time-Series Slug

https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=historic&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

3. Metric Coverage for One Company

https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=historic-detailed&ticker=AAPL&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

4. Compare Coverage Across Companies

https://data.businessquant.com/metadata?table=historic-detailed&ticker=AAPL,MSFT&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Frequently Asked Questions

Are the screener and time-series metric lists the same?

No. They are two distinct catalogs with different sizes, different identifiers, and different grouping fields. The screener catalog holds 795 metrics keyed by full name; the time-series catalog holds 1,257 metrics keyed by slug. They share 758 metric names, but 37 exist only in the screener and 499 only in the time-series catalog. Always fetch the catalog that matches the endpoint you are calling.

Can I use a slug in the screener, or a metric name in the time-series endpoint?

No, and this is the most common integration mistake. The screener matches on metric_full, the exact name including its period suffix, such as Revenue (Annual). The time-series endpoint matches on slug, such as revenue-annual, and returns 404 naming the slugs that failed. The two identifier styles are not interchangeable even when they describe the same metric.

How do I find which metrics exist for a particular company?

Use table=historic-detailed with a ticker. The global catalogs list everything the API supports, but coverage varies by company: Apple returns 807 metrics and Microsoft 852. This route is also the only one that returns statement and slug in the same row, so it is the easiest source for a per-company metric browser.

How often should I refresh the catalog?

Responses are cached server side for 24 hours, so refreshing more than once a day gains nothing. Fetch once at startup, cache locally, and resolve identifiers at runtime rather than hard-coding them — metrics are added over time, and a hard-coded list silently goes stale.

Is the Financial Metrics List API free to use?

Yes, the API is free to use. Sign up for an API key and start pulling the metric catalogs immediately.