# Yahoo Finance Ticker Symbol Lookup by Company Name

**Use case:** 

Don't know the ticker? Search any company, fund, or ETF by name on Yahoo Finance and get back matching stock symbols, exchange, and quote type.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "vanguard s&p 500",
  "symbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "MSFT",
    "BTC-USD"
  ],
  "range": "1mo",
  "interval": "1d",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "symbol": {
    "label": "Symbol",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "price": {
    "label": "Price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "changePct": {
    "label": "Change %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "date": {
    "label": "Date",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "close": {
    "label": "Close",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "volume": {
    "label": "Volume",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Yahoo Finance Scraper](https://apify.com/dami_studio/yahoo-finance-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/dami_studio/yahoo-finance-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.