forward_sales

Get forward sales estimates.

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.equity.estimates.forward_sales(symbol='AAPL', provider='intrinio')
obb.equity.estimates.forward_sales(fiscal_year=2025, fiscal_period=fy, provider='intrinio')

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Parameters

• standard
• intrinio
• seeking_alpha

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): intrinio, seeking_alpha.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): intrinio, seeking_alpha.	None	True
fiscal_year	int	The future fiscal year to retrieve estimates for. When no symbol and year is supplied the current calendar year is used.	None	True
fiscal_period	Literal['fy', 'q1', 'q2', 'q3', 'q4']	The future fiscal period to retrieve estimates for.	None	True
calendar_year	int	The future calendar year to retrieve estimates for. When no symbol and year is supplied the current calendar year is used.	None	True
calendar_period	Literal['q1', 'q2', 'q3', 'q4']	The future calendar period to retrieve estimates for.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): intrinio, seeking_alpha.	None	True
period	Literal['annual', 'quarter']	The reporting period.	quarter	True

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Returns

OBBject
    results : List[ForwardSalesEstimates]
        Serializable results.

    provider : Optional[Literal['intrinio', 'seeking_alpha']]
        Provider name.

    warnings : Optional[List[Warning_]]
        List of warnings.

    chart : Optional[Chart]
        Chart object.

    extra : Dict[str, Any]
        Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• intrinio
• seeking_alpha

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the entity.
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
fiscal_year	int	Fiscal year for the estimate.
fiscal_period	str	Fiscal quarter for the estimate.
calendar_year	int	Calendar year for the estimate.
calendar_period	str	Calendar quarter for the estimate.
low_estimate	int	The sales estimate low for the period.
high_estimate	int	The sales estimate high for the period.
mean	int	The sales estimate mean for the period.
median	int	The sales estimate median for the period.
standard_deviation	int	The sales estimate standard deviation for the period.
number_of_analysts	int	Number of analysts providing estimates for the period.

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the entity.
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
fiscal_year	int	Fiscal year for the estimate.
fiscal_period	str	Fiscal quarter for the estimate.
calendar_year	int	Calendar year for the estimate.
calendar_period	str	Calendar quarter for the estimate.
low_estimate	int	The sales estimate low for the period.
high_estimate	int	The sales estimate high for the period.
mean	int	The sales estimate mean for the period.
median	int	The sales estimate median for the period.
standard_deviation	int	The sales estimate standard deviation for the period.
number_of_analysts	int	Number of analysts providing estimates for the period.
revisions_1w_up	int	Number of revisions up in the last week.
revisions_1w_down	int	Number of revisions down in the last week.
revisions_1w_change_percent	float	The analyst revisions percent change in estimate for the period of 1 week.
revisions_1m_up	int	Number of revisions up in the last month.
revisions_1m_down	int	Number of revisions down in the last month.
revisions_1m_change_percent	float	The analyst revisions percent change in estimate for the period of 1 month.
revisions_3m_up	int	Number of revisions up in the last 3 months.
revisions_3m_down	int	Number of revisions down in the last 3 months.
revisions_3m_change_percent	float	The analyst revisions percent change in estimate for the period of 3 months.

Name	Type	Description
symbol	str	Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.
name	str	Name of the entity.
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
fiscal_year	int	Fiscal year for the estimate.
fiscal_period	str	Fiscal quarter for the estimate.
calendar_year	int	Calendar year for the estimate.
calendar_period	str	Calendar quarter for the estimate.
low_estimate	int	The sales estimate low for the period.
high_estimate	int	The sales estimate high for the period.
mean	int	The sales estimate mean for the period.
median	int	The sales estimate median for the period.
standard_deviation	int	The sales estimate standard deviation for the period.
number_of_analysts	int	Number of analysts providing estimates for the period.
actual	int	Actual sales (revenue) for the period.
period_growth	float	Estimated (or actual if reported) EPS growth for the period.