Estimates

Analyst Recommendations

GET/v2/estimates/recommendations

Returns how many analysts currently hold each rating on the security, with the consensus label derived from that distribution.

Included in: Startup, Pro, Growth.

Authentication

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Parameters

Required: one of symbol, isin, for example symbol=AAPL.

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
symbol	query	string	one of symbol, isin	Stock ticker symbol (e.g., `AAPL`, `MSFT`, `GOOGL`). Provide exactly one of symbol or isin. Example `AAPL`
isin	query	string	one of symbol, isin	ISIN code (e.g., `US0378331005`). Provide exactly one of symbol or isin. Clear the symbol example before using an ISIN.

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symbol query

Stock ticker symbol (e.g., `AAPL`, `MSFT`, `GOOGL`). Provide exactly one of symbol or isin.

isin query

ISIN code (e.g., `US0378331005`). Provide exactly one of symbol or isin. Clear the symbol example before using an ISIN.

GET /v2/estimates/recommendations?symbol=AAPL

API key

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curl 'https://api.bavest.co/v2/estimates/recommendations?symbol=AAPL' \
  -H "x-api-key: $BAVEST_API_KEY"

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Example response 200

{
  "data": {
    "symbol": "AAPL",
    "strongBuy": 6,
    "buy": 19,
    "hold": 14,
    "sell": 3,
    "strongSell": 3,
    "consensus": "Hold"
  },
  "meta": {
    "parameters": {
      "symbol": "AAPL"
    },
    "time": 11
  }
}

From the docs, not your data. Long lists are cut to 3 items.

Response 200

Successful response · application/json

dataRecommendationRecord
How many analysts currently hold each rating on the security, with the consensus label derived from that distribution. These are covering analysts, not rating changes found in the news: BMW (DE0005190003) reports 23 here.
- symbolstring
  Ticker symbol
  Example AAPL
- consensusstring
  Consensus recommendation label
  Example Buy
- datestring (date)
  Date of the recommendation snapshot.
- buyintegerrequired
  Number of buy recommendations.
- strongBuyinteger
  Number of strong buy recommendations.
- holdintegerrequired
  Number of hold recommendations.
- sellintegerrequired
  Number of sell recommendations.
- strongSellinteger
  Number of strong sell recommendations.
metaResponseMeta
Response envelope metadata. Always present on a 200: time is set by core/response.py on every successful response. Errors carry the same block, built by the same code, so a client parses one meta shape whether the call succeeded or failed.
- timeinteger
  Server-side processing time in milliseconds
  Example 17
- parametersobject
  Echo of the request parameters the endpoint resolved

Errors

400Invalid request parameters. Returned when required query parameters are missing, have invalid types, or violate constraints (e.g., providing both symbol and isin when they are mutually exclusive).
401Missing or invalid API key.
404Resource not found.
429Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the `Retry-After` header interval.
500An unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.
502Upstream data provider returned an error or is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.
504The request timed out waiting for a response from the upstream data provider. This may occur for complex queries or during peak load.
defaultAn unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.