ESG Ratings API

What are the basis for ESG Risk Ratings provided by your company?

Our ESG Risk Ratings are based on a comprehensive analysis of environmental, social, and governance factors that impact a company's sustainability and ethical practices. These factors are evaluated using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data to provide a holistic view of a company's ESG performance.

What is the source of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings and scores data?

We source our ESG data from company filings where we apply NLP to extract those keywords: -Social = 'Accident, (Adult AND entertainment), Alcohol, Anti-personnel, Behavior, Charity, (Child AND Labor), Community, Controversial, Controversy, Discrimination, Gambling, Health, Human capital, Human rights, Inclusion, Injury, Labor, Munitions, Opposition, Pay, Philanthropic, Quality, Responsible.' -Environment = 'Biodiversity, Carbon, Cleantech, Clean, Climate, Coal, Conservation, Ecosystem, Emission, Energy, Fuel, Green, Land, Natural, Pollution, (Raw AND materials), Renewable, Resources, Sustainability, Sustainable, Toxic, Waste, Water.' -Governance = 'Advocacy, Bribery, Compensation, Competitive, Corruption, (Data AND breach), Divestment, Fraud, (Global AND Compact), GRI, (Global AND Reporting AND Initiative), Independent, Justice, Stability, Stewardship, Transparency.' Those are the key concepts that we extract from the statements to create the score. We then, with NLP, create the sentiment score to finally create a ranking score. We have developed our methodology based on available frameworks. We also compare each company to the industry benchmark to be able to rank ESG companies compared to their peers. For the bounds of the rating, a score of 0 is the worst and 100 is the best, so a 50 would be average. You can read more here https://site.financialmodelingprep.com/developer/docs/esg-score-api/

What analyst firms do you support and cover?

Here is a list of Analyst rating Firms we provide coverage for: Alliance Global Partners, Analyst Company, Arete Research, Argus Research, Ascendiant, Atlantic Equities, Autonomous Research, B.Riley Financial, Banco Santander, Bank of America Securities, Barclays, Barrington, Benchmark Co., Berenberg Bank, Bernstein, BlackRock, BMO Capital, BNP Paribas, BOCOM International Holdings Company, Boenning & Scattergood, Bradesco, Bryan Garnier & Co Ltd, BTG Pactual, BTIG, C.L. King, Canaccord Genuity, Cannonball Research, Cantor Fitzgerald, Capital One Financial, CBRE, CFRA, Chardan Capital, China Renaissance Securities (US) Inc., CIBC, Citigroup, CLSA, CMB International Securities, Coker Palmer, Colliers Securities, Compass Point, Cowen & Co., Craig-Hallum, Credit Suisse, Cross Research, D.A. Davidson, Daiwa, Desjardins, Deutsche Bank, DNB Markets, DZ BANK AG, EF Hutton, Eight Capital, Evercore ISI, FBN Securities, Fermium Research, Fox Advisors, Fundamental Research, Gabelli, GLJ Research, Goldman Sachs, Gordon Haskett Capital Corporation, Griffin, Guggenheim, H.C. Wainwright, Hovde Group, HSBC, Independent Research, Industrial Alliance Securities, J.P. Morgan, Janney Montgomery, Jefferies, JMP Securities, Johnson Rice, JonesTrading, KBW, Kempen & Co, Kepler Capital, KeyBanc, KGI Securities, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Laidlaw, Lake Street, Langenberg & Co., Leerink Partners, LightShed Partners, Loop Capital Markets, Macquarie, Maxim Group, Melius Research, Mizuho Securities, MKM Partners, MoffettNathanson, Monness, Morgan Stanley, Motley Fool, National Bank, Needham, Neuberger Berman, New Street, Nomura, Norddeutsche Landesbank, Northcoast Research, Northland Securities, Oddo BHF, Odeon Capital Group LLC, Oppenheimer, PI Financial, Piper Sandler, Pivotal Research, R.F. Lafferty, R5 Capital, Raymond James, RBC Capital, Redburn Partners, Robert W. Baird, Rosenblatt Securities, Roth Capital, Scotiabank, Seaport Global, SEB Enskilda, Siebert Williams Shank & Co, SMBC Nikko, Societe Generale, Stephens, Stifel Nicolaus, Summit Redstone Partners, Susquehanna, SVB Securities, TD Securities, Telsey Advisory, Thrivent, Tigress Financial, Truist Financial, Tudor Pickering, UBS, UOB Kay Hian, US Capital Advisors, US Tiger Securities, Veritas Investment Research, Vertical Group, Vertical Research, VTB Capital, Warburg Research, Wedbush, Wells Fargo, Westpark Capital, William Blair, Williams Trading, Wolfe Research

How are companies scored in your company ratings?

Companies are scored based on a quintile ranking within their respective industry and sector. The scoring within the brackets is weighted by the industry and the sector, and split into quintiles based on their relative score.

The RSI value is above 100 for several stocks. Is this expected or a bug?

To ensure accurate RSI calculations, please try extending the date range to be longer than the selected period.

How are sentiment scores computed for the Stock News Sentiments RSS Feed API?

The sentiment scores for the Stock News Sentiments RSS Feed API are computed based on the number of positive and negative/neutral comments received in a 24-hour period. For example, if there are 500 positive comments and 500 negative/neutral comments, the sentiment score would be calculated as (500 * 1) + (500 * 0) = 500. The average mentions per day value would then be 500 / 1000 = 0.5. Additionally, the Average Hype Index (AHI) and Relative Hype Index (RHI) are calculated to provide further insights into sentiment.

Is the financial scores data provided by the /stable/financial-scores endpoint based on 10-K data or 10-Q data?

The financial scores data provided by the /stable/financial-scores endpoint is based on 6/8-K data until the 10-Q/K data gets released, at which point it overrides the previous data.