Fama-French US portfolio returns
US-equity sorted/industry portfolio returns from the Ken French Data Library. Pick a portfolio file (e.g. portfolios_formed_on_me, 6_portfolios_2x3, 25_portfolios_5x5, 49_industry_portfolios), a measure (value / equal weighted returns, number_of_firms, firm_size) and a frequency (monthly / annual). Daily and weekly portfolio files return their native frequency. See /fama-french/portfolio-catalog for the 119 valid portfolio labels.
Query parameters
US portfolio label.
US portfolio label.
value, equal, number_of_firms, firm_size
value, equal, number_of_firms, firm_size
monthly, annual (ignored for daily/weekly files)
monthly, annual (ignored for daily/weekly files)
Number of most-recent periods.
Number of most-recent periods.
Response
Wide records: one row per period with a column per portfolio formation.
Example response
{
"meta": {
"endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
"data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
"response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
"provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
"source": "sugra_crypto",
"attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
"fallback_chain": [
"sugra_crypto",
"sugra_finance"
]
}
}