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Balance Sheet Skill

Get a Company Balance Sheet by Ticker

OperationalCredits 6 per callp50 199msFinance

Overview

Balance Sheet works by projecting the balance-sheet section of normalized SEC EDGAR filings (10-Q and 10-K) for US public companies. On top of the filed assets, liabilities and equity it derives solvency ratios - current ratio, quick ratio, cash ratio, working capital, debt-to-equity, debt-to-assets and equity multiplier - so you get a decision-ready view of financial health. Data is refreshed continuously from official SEC filings.

The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as BalanceSheetSkill. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call
{
  "name": "BalanceSheetSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "ticker": "AAPL"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about AAPL in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for BalanceSheetSkill on its own — naming it explicitly also works, and is the way to force the call.

Connecting

One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervekit": {
      "url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Per-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

ArgumentTypeDescription
tickerRequiredstringStock ticker symbol (e.g. AAPL, MSFT, ADBE)
length 1–6
yearOptionalPremiumintegerFiscal year to retrieve. Defaults to latest available.
range 2000–2030
quarterOptionalPremiumintegerFiscal quarter to retrieve. Defaults to latest available.
range 1–4

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "ticker": "AAPL",
    "company": "Apple Inc.",
    "cik": "0000320193",
    "fiscalYear": 2025,
    "fiscalQuarter": 4,
    "filingType": "10-K",
    "filingDate": "2025-10-31",
    "periodEnd": "2025-09-27",
    "balance": {
      "totalAssets": 359241000000,
      "currentAssets": 147957000000,
      "cash": 35934000000,
      "receivables": 39777000000,
      "inventory": 5718000000,
      "propertyAndEquipment": 49834000000,
      "goodwill": null,
      "intangibles": null,
      "totalLiabilities": 285508000000,
      "currentLiabilities": 165631000000,
      "accountsPayable": 69860000000,
      "longTermDebt": 78328000000,
      "equity": 73733000000,
      "retainedEarnings": -14264000000
    },
    "ratios": {
      "currentRatio": 0.89,
      "quickRatio": 0.86,
      "cashRatio": 0.22,
      "workingCapital": -17674000000,
      "debtToEquity": 3.87,
      "debtToAssets": 0.79,
      "longTermDebtToEquity": 1.06,
      "equityMultiplier": 4.87
    },
    "formatted": {
      "totalAssets": "$359.24B",
      "totalLiabilities": "$285.51B",
      "equity": "$73.73B",
      "workingCapital": "-$17.67B"
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

FieldTypeExampleDescription
tickerstringAAPLStock ticker symbol for the company
companystringApple Inc.Official registered name of the company
cikstring0000320193SEC Central Index Key unique identifier
fiscalYearnumber2025Fiscal year of the reporting period
fiscalQuarternumber4Fiscal quarter number (1-4)
filingTypePremiumstring10-KSEC filing type (10-Q, 10-K)
filingDatestring2025-10-31Date the SEC filing was submitted
periodEndstring2025-09-27End date of the reporting period
balanceobject{…}
balance.totalAssetsPremiumnumber359241000000All assets owned by the company
balance.currentAssetsnumber147957000000Assets convertible to cash within a year
balance.cashnumber35934000000Cash and cash equivalents balance
balance.receivablesnumber39777000000Amounts customers owe the company
balance.inventorynumber5718000000Unsold goods available for sale
balance.propertyAndEquipmentnumber49834000000Net property, plant and equipment
balance.goodwillPremiumobjectnullIntangible value from acquisitions
balance.intangiblesobjectnullIntangible assets excluding goodwill
balance.totalLiabilitiesPremiumnumber285508000000All obligations owed by the company
balance.currentLiabilitiesnumber165631000000Liabilities due within twelve months
balance.accountsPayablenumber69860000000Amounts the company owes suppliers
balance.longTermDebtPremiumnumber78328000000Debt obligations due after one year
balance.equitynumber73733000000Total shareholders' equity
balance.retainedEarningsnumber-14264000000Cumulative profits retained in the business
ratiosobject{…}
ratios.currentRatioPremiumnumber0.89Current assets divided by current liabilities
ratios.quickRatioPremiumnumber0.86Current assets less inventory over current liabilities
ratios.cashRatioPremiumnumber0.22Cash over current liabilities
ratios.workingCapitalPremiumnumber-17674000000Current assets minus current liabilities
ratios.debtToEquityPremiumnumber3.87Total liabilities over shareholders' equity
ratios.debtToAssetsPremiumnumber0.79Total liabilities over total assets
ratios.longTermDebtToEquityPremiumnumber1.06Long-term debt over shareholders' equity
ratios.equityMultiplierPremiumnumber4.87Total assets over shareholders' equity
formattedobject{…}
formatted.totalAssetsPremiumstring$359.24BTotal assets formatted with a T/B/M suffix
formatted.totalLiabilitiesPremiumstring$285.51BTotal liabilities formatted with a T/B/M suffix
formatted.equityPremiumstring$73.73BEquity formatted with a T/B/M suffix
formatted.workingCapitalPremiumstring-$17.67BWorking capital formatted with a T/B/M suffix

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

StatusWhat it means
400 / 422The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one.
401The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
403Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity.
404This skill is not part of VerveKit. Check the catalog.
429Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart.

A call costs 6 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Other ways to use Balance Sheet Skill

Set up Balance Sheet Skill on VerveKit, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveKit account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

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