Index out of range: some Tickers

[ghost]

Some Tickers fail on get_info() due to the following error. Is there is a fail safe way to access info.

~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\yfinance\base.py in _get_fundamentals(self, kind, proxy) 284 holders = _pd.read_html(url) 285 self._major_holders = holders[0] --> 286 self._institutional_holders = holders[1] 287 if 'Date Reported' in self._institutional_holders: 288 self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'] = _pd.to_datetime(

IndexError: list index out of range

[rgex]

One example:

ticker = yf.Ticker("2222.SR")
print(ticker.info)

[rgex]

There are some PR with fixes such as this one: https://github.com/ranaroussi/yfinance/pull/179 @ranaroussi can you merge it into the master? it would be great! :+1:

[anonz322]

I tried a few of those PR, without any success (even the 168, which is a bit different than the others (using empty DF instead of just testing len), didn't work for me). Did you have positive results @rgex ? With what PR ?

284         holders = _pd.read_html(url)
285 
--> 286         self._major_holders = _pd.DataFrame()
287         self._institutional_holders = _pd.DataFrame()
288         if len(holders) >= 2:

IndexError: list index out of range

[rgex]

I didn't tried it, but a if len(holders) >= 2: should definitely do it.

[anonz322]

That’s what I thought too, and what is therefore puzzling me (see my error log, it should work). I tried commenting out the part with holders, but had still the IndexError (pointing to commented lines then 😅), maybe in the parsing (just before)?

Edit : to reproduce (I’m on my phone rn, but afaik, my whole env is up to date, can post versions later):

import yfinance as yf
tk=yf.Ticker(“HSBC”)
tk.info

(Since the interesting part for me was free floating cap, basically removing the rest of the api kinda worked, but quite suboptimal as a solution;)

[rgex]

pip3 install -e git+git://github.com/vonHacht/yfinance.git@master#egg=yfinance this worked for me!

[anonz322]

Oh yeah, now it works for me too! Thx!

[lefig]

I upgraded today to the latest version but still get this error. I trade UK LSE equities and symbols in my universe such as as msft = yf.Ticker("AAS.L") generate the exception on:

get stock info

msft.info

How wierd and annoying.

But this is a fabulous project. Thank you for all your hard work.

[lefig]

Ah, I think that I know why now, The exception gets thrown internally on attempting to get fundamentals. And I trade mostly funds such as AAS where there is no complete fundamental data sometimes. I will investigate further. Ta

[anonz322]

Did you try one of the other PR, like previously mentioned (since they are...well, PR and not (yet) merged;) ? Is the exception threw for holders too or another field from the fundamentals ?

[lefig]

Sorry, but what is PR?

[anonz322]

Sorry, "pull requests" (modifications not (yet) merged into the "official version"), try installing with the following command and post the error message if it's still not working for you !

pip3 install -e git+git://github.com/vonHacht/yfinance.git@master#egg=yfinance

[FrancescoJGrechi]

The above PR doesn't solve the issue when holders = _pd.read_html(url) fails (i.e. pandas cannot find tables in the returned data). My hacky fix was to completely wrap all the code included between the #headers comment to the #sustainability comment in a try-except block. I then correct the returned values in my project code. Would be curious to see if anyone else might have a smarter fix.

[Lachlan00]

Hey all. I also get this error when pulling data for smaller cap Australian stocks. I'm also using PR pip3 install -e git+git://github.com/vonHacht/yfinance.git@master#egg=yfinance.

ticker = yf.Ticker('MXC.AX')
ticker.info

Error:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
IndexError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-df50194bed9e> in <module>
      1 ticker = yf.Ticker('MXC.AX')
----> 2 ticker.info

~/anaconda3/envs/CEO_salary/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yfinance/ticker.py in info(self)
    136     @property
    137     def info(self):
--> 138         return self.get_info()
    139 
    140     @property

~/anaconda3/envs/CEO_salary/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yfinance/base.py in get_info(self, proxy, as_dict, *args, **kwargs)
    413 
    414     def get_info(self, proxy=None, as_dict=False, *args, **kwargs):
--> 415         self._get_fundamentals(proxy)
    416         data = self._info
    417         if as_dict:

~/anaconda3/envs/CEO_salary/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yfinance/base.py in _get_fundamentals(self, kind, proxy)
    284         holders = _pd.read_html(url)
    285         self._major_holders = holders[0]
--> 286         self._institutional_holders = holders[1]
    287         if 'Date Reported' in self._institutional_holders:
    288             self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'] = _pd.to_datetime(

IndexError: list index out of range

[Lachlan00]

Creating a conditional statement for the offending code (line 286-292 in base.py) fixed the issue for me.

if len(holders) > 1:
    self._institutional_holders = holders[1]
    if 'Date Reported' in self._institutional_holders:
        self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'] = _pd.to_datetime(
            self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'])
    if '% Out' in self._institutional_holders:
        self._institutional_holders['% Out'] = self._institutional_holders[
            '% Out'].str.replace('%', '').astype(float)/100

Works as expected

In [5]: ticker = yf.Ticker('MXC.AX') 
   ...: ticker.info['marketCap']                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Out[5]: 23309042

[zxc477181]

Lachlan00's method works for me too. I am now able to visit the "marketCab" value for "MMM".

In [176]: ticker = yf.Ticker('MMM')
     ...: ticker.info["marketCap"]
Out[176]: 76964167680

[Dave-DigiMim]

I get an error list index out of range for the following tick=yf.Ticker(NED.JO) on yahoo finance page Nedbank is NED,JO

tick=yf.Ticker(AAPL) works fine

[scsanty]

Creating a conditional statement for the offending code (line 286-292 in base.py) fixed the issue for me.

if len(holders) > 1:
    self._institutional_holders = holders[1]
    if 'Date Reported' in self._institutional_holders:
        self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'] = _pd.to_datetime(
            self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'])
    if '% Out' in self._institutional_holders:
        self._institutional_holders['% Out'] = self._institutional_holders[
            '% Out'].str.replace('%', '').astype(float)/100

Works as expected

In [5]: ticker = yf.Ticker('MXC.AX') 
   ...: ticker.info['marketCap']                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Out[5]: 23309042

@Lachlan00 : Code changes works for me too. Thank you.

[j-legit]

Creating a conditional statement for the offending code (line 286-292 in base.py) fixed the issue for me.

if len(holders) > 1:
    self._institutional_holders = holders[1]
    if 'Date Reported' in self._institutional_holders:
        self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'] = _pd.to_datetime(
            self._institutional_holders['Date Reported'])
    if '% Out' in self._institutional_holders:
        self._institutional_holders['% Out'] = self._institutional_holders[
            '% Out'].str.replace('%', '').astype(float)/100

Works as expected

In [5]: ticker = yf.Ticker('MXC.AX') 
   ...: ticker.info['marketCap']                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Out[5]: 23309042

@Lachlan00 : Works for me as well. Many thanks.

[gerardsyd]

@Lachlan00 solution worked for me too