Yahoo Finance Scraper - Stock Data & Market Intelligence

Scrape stock data from Yahoo Finance using yfinance. Get real-time quotes, company info, historical prices, financials, analyst recommendations, dividends & news. Supports batch processing of multiple tickers.

What you get

• Clean, validated JSON ready for your pipeline
• Pre-built dataset Overview in the Apify Console for instant inspection
• Reliable & maintained — patched whenever the source changes

Why this actor (vs. alternatives)

	Build your own	Generic scraper	This actor
Maintenance	You patch every change	Often broken	Patched continuously
Structured output	Manual parsing	Inconsistent	Validated schema
Setup time	Days	Hours	Minutes
Pay only for results	N/A	Varies	Yes (pay-per-use)

Input

Field	Type	Description
tickers (required)	string	List of stock symbols to scrape (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL). Comma-separated or one per line.
dataTypes	array	Select which data to retrieve for each ticker
historyPeriod	string	Time period for historical data (only used if 'history' is selected) Options: 1d, 5d, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y
historyInterval	string	Data interval for historical prices Options: 1m, 2m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 60m

Example Input

{
  "tickers": "AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, META",
  "dataTypes": [
    "quote",
    "info"
  ],
  "historyPeriod": "1mo",
  "historyInterval": "1d"
}

Use cases

• Fintech / trading apps — power dashboards with reliable market data
• Quant research — backtest models on historical data
• Portfolio tools — track positions and exposure
• Market research — analyze trends across instruments
• Alerting — trigger notifications on price/metric moves

Pricing

Pay-Per-Event:

• $0.002 per result
• $0.00005 actor-start fee

Example runs

Use case	Results	Cost
Quick scan	100	$0.20
Standard run	500	$1.00
Bulk dataset	2,000	$4.00

FAQ

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Real-time — every run fetches live from the source.

Q: Do I pay for failed or empty runs?
A: You pay per result returned, plus a tiny actor-start fee.

Q: Can I schedule recurring runs?
A: Yes — use the Apify Console scheduler for daily/weekly automation.

Q: Can I export the data?
A: Yes — JSON, CSV, Excel, and API access are all supported by Apify.

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Legal & compliance

This actor retrieves publicly accessible data only. You are responsible for respecting the source's Terms of Service, honoring robots.txt, and complying with GDPR / applicable regulations for any personal data.

Support & feature requests

Open an issue on the Actor page or contact via Apify Console messaging. Custom features welcome.