Financial Insight Stock Analysis Tool

Overview

Financial Insight is a Python-based stock analysis tool that provides comprehensive insights into stock performance by combining financial data, news sentiment, and intelligent rating generation.

Features

• Fetch real-time stock data using Yahoo Finance
• Retrieve latest financial news articles
• Perform sentiment analysis on news articles
• Generate stock ratings (Buy/Sell/Hold)
• Detailed financial highlights
• JSON output for easy integration

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• NewsAPI API Key

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/fin_insight.git
cd fin_insight

2. Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up NewsAPI Key:

export NEWS_API_KEY='your_newsapi_key_here'  # On Windows use `set NEWS_API_KEY=your_key`

Usage

python fin_insight.py AAPL  # Replace AAPL with desired stock ticker

Example Output

{
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "latest_price": 175.23,
    "sentiment_summary": "Positive sentiment in news articles",
    "financialHighlights": {
        "revenueGrowthPercentage": "12.50%",
        "earningsGrowthPercentage": "15.75%",
        "forwardPERatio": "22.30",
        "debtToEquityRatio": "1.10"
    },
    "rating": "Buy"
}

Components

• get_stock_data(): Retrieves stock financial data
• get_financial_news(): Fetches recent news articles
• analyze_sentiment(): Performs sentiment analysis
• generate_rating(): Calculates stock recommendation

Configuration

Adjust rating thresholds and weights in generate_rating() function for custom analysis.

Error Handling

• Validates ticker symbols
• Checks for missing API keys
• Provides detailed error messages

Dependencies

• yfinance: Stock data retrieval
• requests: News article fetching
• vaderSentiment: Sentiment analysis
• pandas: Data manipulation

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a Pull Request

License

MIT License

Disclaimer

This tool provides financial insights for informational purposes only. Always conduct your own research and consult financial advisors before making investment decisions.