{"id":841,"date":"2019-04-09T11:12:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloud.benzinga.com\/?post_type=cloud_product&#038;p=841"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:44:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:44:41","slug":"analyst-ratings-api","status":"publish","type":"cloud_product","link":"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/apis\/cloud-product\/analyst-ratings-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professional analysts can provide novel insights for investors of any level.\u00a0 Benzinga&#8217;s Analyst Ratings API allows for the display of aggregated ratings\/price targets, as well as each individual upgrade, downgrade, initiate, maintain, outperform, buy, neutral, hold, overweight, underweight etc.<\/p>\n<div class='lead-form-mobile' style='display:none;'><img src='https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/apis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/logo-new.png'> <h3>Start Building Product<\/h3><div class=\"open-cf-bz mbt-btn\"><button>Get Started<\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We display our overnight ratings changes three hours before the US equity market opens. 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The rating will use the language that the firm uses. For example, buy, strong buy, overweight, etc.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benzinga\u2019s data samples are intended to provide a data sample large enough for testing data quality and application for the financial markets. These sample files demonstrate a sample of the formats and content that can be delivered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please refer to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.benzinga.io\/benzinga\/calendar-v2.html#operation--calendar-ratings-get\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">docs.benzinga.io<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for all your API integration needs, including parameter queries and a look at our entire offerings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional analysts can provide novel insights for investors of any level.\u00a0 Benzinga&#8217;s Analyst Ratings API allows for the display of aggregated ratings\/price targets, as well as each individual upgrade, downgrade, initiate, maintain, outperform, buy, neutral, hold, overweight, underweight etc. We display our overnight ratings changes three hours before the US equity market opens. 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