GET /companies — List and Look Up Covered Companies

The /companies endpoints let you retrieve the full list of companies covered by the Insighthread News API, or look up a specific company by ticker symbol to validate coverage and retrieve its profile. Use these endpoints to build coverage maps, power search experiences, and verify that a given ticker is active in the Insighthread pipeline before subscribing to its event stream.

List All Companies

Retrieve a paginated list of all companies covered by the Insighthread News API.

GET https://api.insighthread.com/v1/companies

Query Parameters

string

Filter results by company name or ticker symbol. Partial matches are supported. Example: search=nvidia returns NVIDIA Corporation.

limit

integer

default:"50"

Number of companies to return per page. Default is 50; maximum is 500.

cursor

string

Pagination cursor from a previous response. Pass the next_cursor value to retrieve the next page.

Example Request

curl "https://api.insighthread.com/v1/companies?search=biotech&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Example Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "ticker": "REGN",
      "name": "Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.",
      "exchange": "NASDAQ",
      "sector": "Healthcare",
      "is_covered": true
    },
    {
      "ticker": "MRNA",
      "name": "Moderna, Inc.",
      "exchange": "NASDAQ",
      "sector": "Healthcare",
      "is_covered": true
    },
    {
      "ticker": "IOBT",
      "name": "IO Biotech, Inc.",
      "exchange": "NASDAQ",
      "sector": "Healthcare",
      "is_covered": true
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "eyJpZCI6IklPQlQiLCJkaXIiOiJuZXh0In0",
  "total": 312
}

Get a Single Company

Retrieve the full profile and most recent events for a specific company by its ticker symbol.

GET https://api.insighthread.com/v1/companies/{ticker}

Path Parameters

ticker

string

required

The company’s ticker symbol. Case-insensitive. Example: NVDA, AAPL, JPM.

Example Request

curl "https://api.insighthread.com/v1/companies/NVDA" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Example Response

{
  "ticker": "NVDA",
  "name": "NVIDIA Corporation",
  "exchange": "NASDAQ",
  "sector": "Technology",
  "description": "NVIDIA Corporation designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs), system-on-chip units, and related software for the gaming, professional visualization, data center, and automotive markets.",
  "is_covered": true,
  "recent_events": [
    {
      "id": "evt_8k101_nvda_apr14",
      "event_type": "Mergers and Acquisitions",
      "headline": "NVIDIA acquires Run:ai in $700M all-cash transaction",
      "impact": {
        "score": 4,
        "direction": "positive",
        "label": "Major",
        "bars": 4
      },
      "published_at": "2026-04-14T09:18:33Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "evt_10q_nvda_feb26",
      "event_type": "Corporate Earnings",
      "headline": "NVIDIA reports Q4 FY2026 revenue of $39.3B, beats estimates",
      "impact": {
        "score": 4,
        "direction": "positive",
        "label": "Major",
        "bars": 4
      },
      "published_at": "2026-02-26T21:05:14Z"
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

ticker

string

The company’s ticker symbol as listed on its primary exchange.

name

string

Full legal name of the company.

exchange

string

Primary exchange on which the company’s shares are listed. Example: NYSE, NASDAQ.

sector

string

Industry sector classification. Example: Technology, Healthcare, Financials.

description

string

Short business description summarizing the company’s primary operations.

is_covered

boolean

Whether the company is actively covered by the Insighthread pipeline. A value of true indicates the company’s SEC filings are being monitored and events will be generated. Always true for results returned by the /companies endpoints.

recent_events

array

Array of the most recent event objects associated with this company. For full event details, use the GET /events endpoint filtered by ticker, or fetch a specific event with GET /events/.

Show recent_events item fields

string

Unique event identifier. Pass to GET /events/{id} to retrieve the full event object.

event_type

string

Event category. One of 35+ possible values. See the Event Categories reference.

headline

string

Short, one-sentence headline summarizing the event.

impact

object

Impact signal for this event. See the Response Schema for full impact field documentation.

published_at

string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when Insighthread published this event.

Use GET /companies?search={ticker} to validate that a ticker is covered before subscribing to its events. If the ticker is not present in the results, it is not yet in the Insighthread pipeline. Contact your account manager to request coverage for a specific company.

​List All Companies

​Query Parameters

​Example Request

​Example Response

​Get a Single Company

​Path Parameters

​Example Request

​Example Response

​Response Fields

List All Companies

Query Parameters

Example Request

Example Response

Get a Single Company

Path Parameters

Example Request

Example Response

Response Fields