Dividend Yield vs Payout Ratio: Key Differences
Dividend yield vs payout ratio: one divides the payout by the share price, the other by earnings. Only one of the two speaks to dividend sustainability.
Dividends
Dividend dates and mechanics: ex-dates, record dates, payment timelines, and what actually happens to the price, measured across thousands of US payouts.
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What Does XD Mean on a Stock Quote?
XD on a stock quote means ex-dividend. Decode XD, CD, XR, XW and WI, see where each marker comes from, how long it lasts, and why it is not the ticker.
Monthly Dividend ETFs: Who Actually Pays
Monthly dividend ETFs pay 12 times a year. See which fund families actually do it, why the headline yield is not comparable, and when the cash lands.
How Annual Dividend Per Share Is Calculated
Annual dividend per share is calculated four different ways, and they rarely match. Compare trailing, calendar, fiscal and indicated totals side by side.
Why stocks drop on the ex-dividend date
Why do stocks drop on the ex-dividend date? The drop is a mechanical price adjustment. See how far real payers actually opened below the prior close.
Street Name vs Holder of Record: Cede & Co
Street name vs holder of record: your broker holds the position at DTC and Cede & Co is the registered owner. What that means for dividends and proxies.
Dividend Yield vs APY: What's the Difference?
Dividend yield vs APY: one is a bank rate with a legal formula and compounding, the other a payout over a moving price. See why 4% and 4% are not the same.
Who Sets the Ex-Dividend Date? Not the Board
Who sets the ex-dividend date? The listing exchange does, under FINRA uniform practice rules, working from the record date and the T+1 settlement cycle.
How ADRs Work: Ratios, Fees and Dividends
How ADRs work, from the ratio that sets the US price to the depositary custody fee taken out of your dividend, with the payout data behind each step.
Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) Explained
How a dividend reinvestment plan works: the three kinds of DRIP, why you buy at the pay date price, and the tax lot each reinvestment quietly creates.
How Preferred Stock Dividends Work
Preferred stock dividends are a stated rate on par value, with rules common shares never carry. Cumulative terms, arrears, stoppers and call risk, explained.
Qualified Dividend Holding Period: 61 Days
The qualified dividend holding period is more than 60 days inside a 121-day window around the ex-dividend date. See the exact count, with worked dates.
Fully Paid Securities Lending Explained
Fully paid securities lending, explained: how a broker lends your shares to short sellers, who posts collateral, and why a dividend arrives as cash in lieu.
Dividends vs Buybacks: Shareholder Yield
Dividends vs buybacks, measured the same way: how to compute buyback yield, total shareholder yield, the 1% excise tax, and why share count settles it.
Can You Sell on the Ex-Dividend Date?
Can you sell on the ex-dividend date and keep the dividend? Yes, if you owned the shares at the open. Here is the record date and settlement chain behind it.
Is a Dividend Safe? Free Cash Flow Test
Is a dividend safe? Learn the free cash flow coverage test: operating cash flow minus capex versus dividends paid, plus the filing checks that catch trouble.
Payment in Lieu of Dividends, Explained
A payment in lieu of dividends arrives when your broker lends your shares out. Here is the full mechanic, and why the tax character differs from a dividend.
Stock Dividend vs Cash Dividend, Explained
A stock dividend adds shares and cuts the price to match. A cash dividend moves money out of the company. See what each does to yield and to cost basis.
Put-Call Parity Explained, With Real Numbers
Put-call parity is the fixed link between a call, a put, the stock, and cash. Worked on a real option chain, plus the implied dividend and borrow rate.
Dividend Withholding Tax for Non-US Investors
Dividend withholding tax takes a cut at source, before US payouts reach a foreign account. See the 30% rate and what a valid W-8BEN treaty claim changes.
Dividend Yield Traps: How to Spot One
A dividend yield trap is a high yield produced by a falling price. See what the top yield decile did next, and the four checks that flag one early.
Price Return vs Total Return: The Real Gap
Price return vs total return: the S&P 500 headline index leaves out dividends. See the compounding gap measured over 20 years and where each version is used.
When Do Mutual Funds Pay Dividends?
Mutual funds pay dividends monthly, quarterly or annually, and hand out capital gains once in December. See the calendar, the NAV drop and the tax trap.
When Companies Announce Dividend Raises
Dividend raises cluster in the same fiscal month year after year. See which month each dividend grower declares, how tightly that month holds, and why.
Highest Dividend Yield US Stocks in 2026
The highest dividend yield US stocks are mostly prices that fell. See the screen, the payout ratios beside each yield, and how often the payout gets cut.
Trailing vs Forward Dividend Yield Explained
Trailing dividend yield counts the last twelve months of payouts; forward yield annualizes the latest declared one. See why two screeners can disagree.
Verizon's Dividend Increase History
Verizon's dividend increase history: a long streak of raises, and why it is not a dividend king. See the per share record and the size of each raise.
S&P 500 Dividend Yield: How It's Measured
The S&P 500 dividend yield is cap weighted dividends over total market value, not an average of member yields. See the arithmetic and eleven years of readings.
SCHD vs VOO: Why the Dividend Yields Differ
SCHD screens for dividends, VOO holds the whole S&P 500. See how far apart their yields sit, what the screen selects, and how the SEC yield differs.
How to Calculate Dividend Yield: 3 Ways
Dividend yield is annual dividends per share divided by price. Work the formula on Coca-Cola, see trailing vs forward vs yield on cost, and when it misleads.
What Is a Good Dividend Yield in 2026?
There is no single good dividend yield. See where US payers actually cluster, and how sector norms and the 10-year Treasury reset the bar for income.
Dividend Payout Ratio: How to Calculate It
The dividend payout ratio is dividends divided by earnings. See both formulas, what counts as normal by sector, and why cash flow tells a steadier story.
What $1,000 a Month in Dividends Takes
$1,000 a month in dividends is one division: $12,000 divided by yield. See the capital each yield level asks for, and what reaching for an 8% yield costs.
Does Dividend Capture Actually Work?
Dividend capture buys before the ex dividend date and sells after. See how far prices really open down, and what stacks up against the dividend collected.
Monthly Dividend Stocks Explained
Monthly dividend stocks pay twelve times a year. See why quarterly is the US standard, which structures pay monthly, and how the two yields compare.
Dividend Increases & Cuts This Week
Dividend increases and cuts this week: which US companies just raised their regular payout, which just cut it, and the stock-split trap that fakes a cut.
Monthly Dividend Stocks: The Full List
Monthly dividend stocks screened from real payment history: which US-listed names actually pay twelve times a year, and what each one yields today.
Free Stock Market Data API, No Key Required
A free stock market data API with no key and no signup: seven curated JSON queries over US equities and options, cached at the edge and open to AI agents.
Two Decades of Rising Dividends
The companies that raised their dividend every year across our two-decade record, ranked by how many times over the payout grew. See the compounding.
Which Companies Cut Their Dividends?
Dividend cuts are the income investor's core risk. Here are notable cuts among major US companies over the past six years, from the 2020 wave to recent resets.
XOM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
XOM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
WMT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
WMT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
WFC Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
WFC dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
Verizon (VZ) Ex-Dividend Date 2026 & Yield
VZ's latest ex-dividend date and the next once declared, plus Verizon's per-share payout, current dividend yield, and history by year, refreshed weekly.
V Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
V dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
USB Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
USB dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
UNP Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
UNP dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
UNH Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
UNH dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
TXN Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
TXN dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
TMO Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
TMO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
TGT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
TGT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
T Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
T dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
SPGI Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
SPGI dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
SO Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
SO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
SBUX Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
SBUX dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
RTX Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
RTX dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
QCOM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
QCOM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
PM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
PM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
PG Dividend Yield & Ex-Dividend Date 2026
PG ex-dividend date and dividend yield: next and most recent ex-dates, per-share payout, and Procter & Gamble's dividend history by year, refreshed weekly.
PFE Ex-Dividend Date 2026: Pfizer Schedule
When PFE goes ex-dividend: the 2026 ex-dates, the next one Pfizer declares, the quarterly per-share payout and the dividend yield, updated weekly.
PEP Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
PEP dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ORCL Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
ORCL dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
O Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
O dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
NKE Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
NKE dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
NEE Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
NEE dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MSFT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MSFT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MS Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MS dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MRK Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MRK dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MO Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MMM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MMM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
META Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
META dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MDT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MDT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MDLZ Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MDLZ dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MCD Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MCD dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MA Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
MA dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
LOW Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
LOW dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
LMT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
LMT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
LLY Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
LLY dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
LIN Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
LIN dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
KO Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
KO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
KMB Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
KMB dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
JPM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
JPM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
JNJ Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
JNJ dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
IBM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
IBM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
HON Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
HON dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
HD Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
HD dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
GS Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
GS dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
GOOGL Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
GOOGL dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
GIS Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
GIS dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
GILD Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
GILD dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
GE Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
GE dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
DUK Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
DUK dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
DHR Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
DHR dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
DE Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
DE dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
CVX Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
CVX dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
CSCO Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
CSCO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
CRM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
CRM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
COST Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
COST dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
COP Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
COP dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
CMCSA Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
CMCSA dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
CL Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
CL dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
CAT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
CAT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
C Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
C dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
BMY Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
BMY dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
BLK Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
BLK dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
BAC Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
BAC dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
AXP Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
AXP dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
AVGO Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
AVGO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
AMGN Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
AMGN dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ADP Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
ADP dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ACN Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
ACN dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ABT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
ABT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ABBV Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
ABBV dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
Apple (AAPL) Dividend 2026: Per Share & Yield
Apple pays a quarterly dividend: AAPL's latest per-share amount, annual rate, current yield, ex-dividend date history, and payouts by year, refreshed weekly.
How Ex-Dividend Dates Affect Options
How ex-dividend dates affect options: why ordinary dividends don't move strikes, when to exercise a call early, and how a liquid option's greeks glide through.
What Is a Special Dividend? (With Examples)
A special dividend is a one-time payout outside a company's regular schedule. Why Costco and National Beverage pay them, and what they mean for options.
Upcoming Ex-Dividend Dates: Stocks This Week
See which stocks have upcoming ex-dividend dates this week and next: the biggest names, per-share payouts and pay dates, plus what the ex-day price drop does.
What Is Dividend Yield? What's Normal in 2026
Dividend yield is annual dividends per share divided by price. See the median payer's yield, what's normal by sector, and when a high yield is a trap.
How Monthly Stock Returns Are Measured
A monthly stock return depends on which two prices you pick, whether dividends count, and whether the series is split-adjusted. Each one measured on real data.
Ex-Dividend Date vs. Record Date: Same Day?
Is the ex-dividend date the same as the record date? Since the T+1 switch in May 2024, yes, they fall on the same day for nearly every US dividend, measured.
What Is an Ex-Dividend Date? How It Works
The ex-dividend date decides who gets paid: buy before it and the dividend is yours, buy on it and it isn't. See the four key dates on real US timelines.