What inputs does search_companies accept?

query (string, required): Company name, ticker symbol, or CIK. Partial matches are supported for names. limit (integer, optional): Maximum results to return (1–50). Defaults to 10.

Which Valuein plans include search_companies?

Available on: sample, sp500, full. Not point-in-time safe.

Discovery

Search Companies

search_companies

Free

Pro · Institutional

Search for US public companies by name, ticker symbol, CIK (SEC identifier), or SIC industry code. Returns ticker, company name, sector, industry, exchange, and current S&P 500 membership status. Use this tool to resolve a company name to ticker/CIK before calling `get_company...

Example Call

example_call.pypython

# Using the Valuein MCP server from Python (via MCP SDK)# Or call directly from Claude / Cursor after setup result = await client.call_tool(    "search_companies",    arguments={    "query": "EXAMPLE"})print(result)

Direct tool call:search_companies(query="Apple")

Try it now

No token required

Paste this in your terminal — the free tier returns real S&P500 data without authentication.

try-it.shbash

# No auth required — sample tier covers S&P500 with a 5-year window.# Add an Authorization: Bearer header for full universe and history.$ curl -X POST https://mcp.valuein.biz/mcp \    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \    -d '{        "jsonrpc": "2.0",        "id": 1,        "method": "tools/call",        "params": {          "name": "search_companies",          "arguments": {            "query": "Apple",            "limit": 3          }        }      }'

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	required	Company name, ticker symbol, or CIK. Partial matches are supported for names.
`limit`	integer	optional	Maximum results to return (1–50). Defaults to 10.

Output Fields

ciktickernamesectorindustrysic_codeexchangestatusis_sp500

Example Response

Illustrative

response.jsonjson

[  {    "cik": "0000320193",    "ticker": "AAPL",    "name": "Apple Inc.",    "sector": "Technology",    "industry": "Consumer Electronics",    "sic_code": "3674",    "exchange": "NASDAQ",    "status": "ACTIVE"  }]

Shape only — field names match the live schema; values are placeholders, not real filings. Returns Apple Inc. (AAPL, CIK 0000320193) in the Technology sector.