# SEC Peer Comparison by CIK

> SEC Peer Comparison by CIK is a paid API for AI agents from sec.multyplylabs.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns financial metrics for a US public company side-by-side with industry cohort percentiles, showing where it stands relative to sector peers.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://sec.multyplylabs.com/compare/:cik
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/sec-peer-comparison-by-cik-2ec30682
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wXtrOh7KMkUn4tjVU8xJ-

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability sec-peer-comparison-by-cik-2ec30682
```

Example prompt: How does Apple (CIK 320193) stack up against its industry peers — are its margins, growth, and leverage above or below sector norms?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to contextualize a single company's financial metrics relative to its industry sector — e.g. determining if margins or growth rates are exceptional or lagging. Prefer this over raw financial statements when the goal is competitive benchmarking rather than absolute numbers. Better than a generic screener when you already know the target company's CIK and want peer context.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent CIK returns a 404 or empty result
- CIK for a non-US or non-public company yields no data
- Payment not completed results in 402 response requiring x402 payment
- Stale filing data if the company has not filed recent 10-K/10-Q
- Private company CIK with insufficient XBRL data returns partial metrics

## How this service works

Peer comparison for any US public company: its financial metrics side by side with industry cohort percentiles, so agents can judge whether margins, growth or leverage are above or below sector norms.

## Output

A structured response containing the target company's key financial metrics (e.g. gross margin, revenue growth, debt-to-equity) alongside industry cohort percentile rankings (p10, p25, median, p75, p90), enabling direct judgment of whether the company is above or below sector norms on each dimension.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "cik"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "cik": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "SEC CIK number as string, e.g. '320193' for Apple"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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