{"slug":"agent-native-quant-database-h5i-db","qid":"dividend_lead","label":"Days between a dividend declaration and its ex-date, by month","post_title":"h5i-db: Point-in-Time Data for Backtests","post_url":"/blog/agent-native-quant-database-h5i-db#q-dividend_lead","columns":["month","avg_days_announced_ahead","payers_count"],"rows":[{"month":"2024-08-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":62,"payers_count":3240},{"month":"2024-09-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":107.2,"payers_count":4833},{"month":"2024-10-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":95.1,"payers_count":2483},{"month":"2024-11-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":82.7,"payers_count":3058},{"month":"2024-12-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":143.9,"payers_count":5570},{"month":"2025-01-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":28.6,"payers_count":1800},{"month":"2025-02-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":37.6,"payers_count":2786},{"month":"2025-03-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":56.1,"payers_count":4749},{"month":"2025-04-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":50,"payers_count":2998},{"month":"2025-05-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":55.4,"payers_count":3915},{"month":"2025-06-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":85.3,"payers_count":5431},{"month":"2025-07-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":82.9,"payers_count":2780},{"month":"2025-08-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":75.7,"payers_count":3426},{"month":"2025-09-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":113.6,"payers_count":4681},{"month":"2025-10-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":103.1,"payers_count":2781},{"month":"2025-11-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":94.4,"payers_count":3230},{"month":"2025-12-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":143.8,"payers_count":6165},{"month":"2026-01-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":23.6,"payers_count":1975},{"month":"2026-02-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":33.3,"payers_count":3025},{"month":"2026-03-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":76.2,"payers_count":6035},{"month":"2026-04-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":53.2,"payers_count":3215},{"month":"2026-05-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":57.9,"payers_count":4081},{"month":"2026-06-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":84.6,"payers_count":5882},{"month":"2026-07-01","avg_days_announced_ahead":88.2,"payers_count":3091}],"shape":"series","sql":"SELECT\n    toString(toStartOfMonth(ex_dividend_date))                         AS month,\n    round(avg(dateDiff('day', declaration_date, ex_dividend_date)), 1) AS avg_days_announced_ahead,\n    countDistinct(ticker)                                              AS payers_count\nFROM global_markets.stocks_dividends\nWHERE ex_dividend_date >= toStartOfMonth(today() - 730)\n  AND ex_dividend_date <  toStartOfMonth(today())\n  AND declaration_date >= '1990-01-01'\n  AND declaration_date <= ex_dividend_date\nGROUP BY month\nORDER BY month","computed_at":"2026-08-22T04:01:18.662198+00:00","elapsed":0.041175822}