Knowledge Base/Reference Data
Knowledge Base
Reference Data
Access key details on securities with Polygon.io. This category provides information on asset classifications, company fundamentals, identifiers, and metadata essential for informed trading.
- Title
- Does Polygon have a market holiday or status page
- Data Coverage Tag
Data Coverage
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- Yes, we have a Market Status endpoint that returns the current trading status of the exchanges and overall financial markets. This includes whether the exchanges are in pre-market, normal trading hours, or after-hours.
- Title
- Where does Polygon source ticker news from?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Sources Tag
Sources
- Description
- We source our news from a variety of RSS feeds from some of the main news sources in finance.
- Title
- What fields can I expect from Polygon’s Financials API?
- Data Coverage Tag
Data Coverage
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- To make the data more comparable across reports, we parse the XBRL and map tags to the generalized financial concepts that we return in our API.
- Title
- How much historical data does Polygon have for financial 10K and 10Q reports?
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Financials Tag
Financials
- Description
- In 2009, the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) mandated that all financial 10K and 10Q filings must be filed in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) format
- Title
- Why are ticker symbols with dashes ‘-’ not showing in Polygon’s system? Example - BRK-A
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- FAQ Tag
FAQ
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- We use the same ticker symbol layout as the SIPs. For any ticker symbol that has a “-” dash, we replace that with a “.” dot.
- Title
- Does Polygon adjust historic dividends for splits?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- No, our historical dividends are not adjusted for splits.
- Title
- How does Polygon handle ticker changes and acquisitions?
- FAQ Tag
FAQ
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- Description
- Our market data is point-in-time, meaning the data is returned as it happened on a specific date.
- Title
- What are the different types of dividends that Polygon supports?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- Description
- We include four different types of dividends in our data: regular dividends that are paid and/or expected to be paid on a consistent schedule (CD), special cash dividends that are infrequent or unusual and may not be expected to occur in the future (SC), long-term capital gain distributions (LT), and short-term capital gain distributions (ST).
- Title
- What does Polygon use for Sector?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- Description
- We use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code to provide sector information.
- Title
- What is market cap and how does Polygon calculate that value?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- FAQ Tag
FAQ
- Description
- Market cap—or market capitalization—refers to the total value of all a company’s shares of stock. Market cap equals the current share price multiplied by the number of weighted shares outstanding.
- Title
- What is Polygon’s reference data?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- Reference data refers to market data and other related information for a financial instrument reported by a trading venue.
- Title
- What is the difference between weighted shares outstanding and share class shares outstanding?
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- Outstanding shares refer to the stock currently held by investors, including shares held by the public and restricted shares owned by company officers and insiders.
- Title
- When does Polygon scrape EDGAR company filings for financial reports?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Financials Tag
Financials
- Description
- Polygon regularly gathers financial reports from EDGAR company filings on a daily basis to ensure their accuracy and timeliness.
- Title
- Does Polygon offer any technical indicators?
- Data Coverage Tag
Data Coverage
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- Yes, Polygon offers RESTful endpoints for four of the most common technical indicators.
- Title
- Does Polygon provide the filing date for any financial reports?
- Data Coverage Tag
Data Coverage
- Financials Tag
Financials
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Stocks Tag
Stocks
- Description
- Yes, we provide 10K and 10Q financial reports for all US-based companies through our Stock Financials endpoint. We source this data directly from the SEC Edgar database.
- Title
- Does Polygon support normal and reverse splits?
- Reference Data Tag
Reference Data
- Description
- Yes, Polygon.io provides data for all splits through our Stock Splits v3 endpoint.
