API V1 (Legacy)
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GET /industry_benchmark

GET /industry_benchmark

Industry benchmark comparisons endpoint.

Description

Returns benchmark comparisons for a ticker against its industry peers.

For each metric, returns:

  • Current value and previous value
  • Delta (percentage change)
  • Benchmark score (0-1, where 1 means leading the industry)
  • Peer comparison data

Metrics include social followers, mentions, sentiment, job postings, web traffic, app downloads, and more.

Endpoint

GET https://api.altindex.com/industry_benchmark/

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
apikeystringYesYour API key. apiKey also works.
symbolstringYesStock ticker symbol (e.g., TSLA).

Example Request

curl "https://api.altindex.com/industry_benchmark/?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY&symbol=TSLA"

Example Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "symbol": "TSLA",
  "data": {
    "twitter_followers": {
      "date": "2026-01-15",
      "value": 25400000,
      "previous_value": 24800000,
      "delta": 2.42,
      "benchmark": 0.95,
      "peers": [
        {
          "id": "2",
          "name": "Ford Motor",
          "ticker": "F",
          "domain": "ford.com",
          "logo": "https://altindex.com/assets/images/tickers/F.jpg",
          "value": 5200000,
          "previous_value": 5150000,
          "delta": 0.97
        }
      ]
    },
    "reddit_mentions": {
      "date": "2026-01-15",
      "value": 245,
      "previous_value": 198,
      "delta": 23.74,
      "benchmark": 0.88,
      "peers": [...]
    }
  }
}

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
statusintegerHTTP status code
symbolstringTicker symbol
dataobjectObject containing benchmark metrics

Metric Fields

Each metric in the data object contains:

FieldTypeDescription
datestringDate of the data point
valuenumberCurrent metric value
previous_valuenumberPrevious period value
deltanumberPercentage change from previous value
benchmarknumberScore from 0-1 indicating position vs industry peers (1 = leading)
peersarrayArray of peer company data

Peer Fields

FieldTypeDescription
idstringPeer entity ID
namestringPeer company name
tickerstringPeer ticker symbol
domainstringPeer company domain
logostringURL to peer logo
valuenumberPeer's current metric value
previous_valuenumberPeer's previous period value
deltanumberPeer's percentage change