Feature Proposal: Support Sector and Industry data from Markets Tab

[ericpien]

The following data is available on: https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/:

• sector / industry overview
• sector / industry top companies
• sector / industry research reports
• sector top ETFs
• sector top Mutual Funds
• industries within sector
• industry's sector
• industry's top performing companies
• industry's top growth companies

Resolves:

• get top gainers for a specific index: Is the package able to extract top gainers via Yahoo API? #154
• get index components: Index Components #935
• get top companies by sector/industry: Get top 5 tickers by sector #2047
• find peers in the same industry: [Feature Request] Include Stock Peers Dictionary #2054

Sample code:

import yfinance as yf
tech = yf.Sector('technology')
software = yf.Industry('software-infrastructure')

# Common information
tech.key
tech.name
tech.symbol
tech.ticker
tech.overview
tech.top_companies
tech.research_reports

# Sector information
tech.top_etfs
tech.top_mutual_funds
tech.industries

# Industry information
software.sector_key
software.sector_name
software.top_performing_companies
software.top_growth_companies

# Ticker to Sector and Industry
msft = yf.Ticker('MSFT')
tech = yf.Sector(msft.info.get('sectorKey'))
software = yf.Industry(msft.info.get('industryKey'))

# Sector and Industry to Ticker
tech_ticker = tech.ticker
tech_ticker.info
software_ticker = software.ticker
software_ticker.history()

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Thank you @ericpien 🙌