Consensus Ratings

Returns aggregated consensus analyst ratings data for a given ticker symbol. This endpoint provides consensus price targets, aggregate ratings distribution, and analyst counts based on recent analyst ratings.

GET /api/v1/consensus-ratings

Returns analyst ratings consensus data

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.benzinga.com/api/v1/consensus-ratings?token=' \
  --header 'accept: <accept>'

import requests

url = "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v1/consensus-ratings?token="

headers = {"accept": "<accept>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {accept: '<accept>'}};

fetch('https://api.benzinga.com/api/v1/consensus-ratings?token=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v1/consensus-ratings?token=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: <accept>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.benzinga.com/api/v1/consensus-ratings?token="

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("accept", "<accept>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v1/consensus-ratings?token=")
  .header("accept", "<accept>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.benzinga.com/api/v1/consensus-ratings?token=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = '<accept>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Response (200 OK)

{
  "aggregate_ratings": {
    "strong_buy": 7,
    "buy": 12,
    "hold": 5,
    "sell": 2
  },
  "aggregate_type": "number",
  "low_price_target": 200,
  "high_price_target": 350,
  "consensus_price_target": 293.69192307692305,
  "consensus_rating_val": 3.923076923076923,
  "consensus_rating": "BUY",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-05T19:42:36Z",
  "total_analyst_count": 50,
  "unique_analyst_count": 26
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

Response (200 OK)

{
  "aggregate_ratings": {
    "strong_buy": 7,
    "buy": 12,
    "hold": 5,
    "sell": 2
  },
  "aggregate_type": "number",
  "low_price_target": 200,
  "high_price_target": 350,
  "consensus_price_target": 293.69192307692305,
  "consensus_rating_val": 3.923076923076923,
  "consensus_rating": "BUY",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-05T19:42:36Z",
  "total_analyst_count": 50,
  "unique_analyst_count": 26
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "auth_failed",
      "id": "unauthorized",
      "value": "Invalid or missing authentication token"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "no_data_found",
      "id": "not_found",
      "value": "No data found for the specified parameters"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "internal_server_error",
      "id": "server_error",
      "value": "An unexpected error occurred while processing your request"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

token · string · query · required

Headers

accept · enum<string> · default: application/json · required

Specifies return format. Query parameters work the same for both formats

Available options: application/json

Query Parameters

pagesize · integer

Number of results returned. Limit 1000

parameters[date_from] · string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query from point in time

parameters[date_to] · string<YYYY-MM-DD>

Date to query to point in time

parameters[tickers] · string

One ticker symbol to query the aggregate for. Maximum 1 ticker

simplify · boolean · default: false

To simplify the aggregate ratings to only BUY, SELL, HOLD, default will return all ratings (STRONG_BUY, BUY, HOLD, SELL, STRONG_SELL)

aggregate_type · enum<string> · default: number

To aggregate the ratings by either number or percentage

Available options: number, percentage

Response

200

application/json

success

aggregate_ratings · object

Show child attributes

aggregate_type · string

Example:

"90D"

consensus_price_target · number

Example:

195.5

consensus_rating · string

Example:

"Buy"

consensus_rating_val · number

Example:

4.2

high_price_target · number

Example:

225

low_price_target · number

Example:

150

total_analyst_count · integer

Example:

19

unique_analyst_count · integer

Example:

15

updated_at · string

Example:

"2024-01-09T16:00:00Z"