---
layout: page
title: "Yahoo Finance"
description: "Instructions how to setup Yahoo Finance within Home Assistant."
date: 2016-09-18 21:00
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sharing: true
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logo: yahoo_finance.png
ha_category: Finance
ha_iot_class: "Cloud Polling"
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ha_release: 0.29
---

The `yahoo_finance` platform uses [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/) to monitor the stock market.

To enable the `yahoo_finance` platform, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: yahoo_finance
    name: Red Hat Inc.
    symbol: RHT
```

Configuration variables:

- **name** (*Optional*): The name of the sensor. If not specified, it defaults to *Yahoo Stock*.
- **symbol** (*Optional*): The stock market symbol for a given company. If not specified, it defaults to *Yahoo (YHOO)*.

Example configuration:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: yahoo_finance
    name: Red Hat Inc.
    symbol: RHT

  - platform: yahoo_finance
    name: Google
    symbol: GOOGL
```