The universe choice: sector means with and without non-payers
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-10-08, from Average Dividend Yield by Sector: 2026 Data.
| sector | dividend_payers | non_payers | payers_only_mean_pct | all_names_mean_pct | gap_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discretionary | 3 | 2 | 3.11 | 1.86 | 1.24 |
| Communication | 4 | 1 | 4.3 | 3.44 | 0.86 |
| Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.64 | 0.16 |
| Staples | 5 | 0 | 2.63 | 2.63 | 0 |
| Energy | 4 | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0 |
| Health Care | 5 | 0 | 2.33 | 2.33 | 0 |
| Financials | 5 | 0 | 2.03 | 2.03 | 0 |
| Industrials | 5 | 0 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 0 |
| Utilities | 5 | 0 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 0 |
| Real Estate | 4 | 0 | 4.12 | 4.12 | 0 |
| Materials | 4 | 0 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 0 |
- Rows × columns
- 11 × 6
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
sector |
text | 11 distinct values (Communication, Discretionary, Energy…) | |
dividend_payers |
number | 3 to 5 | |
non_payers |
number | 0 to 2 | |
payers_only_mean_pct |
number | 0.8 to 4.3 | percent |
all_names_mean_pct |
number | 0.64 to 4.12 | percent |
gap_pct |
number | 0 to 1.24 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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WITH
basket AS
(
SELECT
pair.1 AS ticker,
pair.2 AS sector
FROM
(
SELECT arrayJoin([
('XOM', 'Energy'), ('CVX', 'Energy'), ('COP', 'Energy'), ('SLB', 'Energy'),
('JPM', 'Financials'), ('BAC', 'Financials'), ('GS', 'Financials'), ('BLK', 'Financials'), ('AXP', 'Financials'),
('JNJ', 'Health Care'), ('ABBV', 'Health Care'), ('MRK', 'Health Care'), ('AMGN', 'Health Care'), ('GILD', 'Health Care'),
('KO', 'Staples'), ('PG', 'Staples'), ('PEP', 'Staples'), ('COST', 'Staples'), ('CL', 'Staples'),
('DUK', 'Utilities'), ('SO', 'Utilities'), ('AEP', 'Utilities'), ('NEE', 'Utilities'), ('XEL', 'Utilities'),
('AAPL', 'Tech'), ('MSFT', 'Tech'), ('AVGO', 'Tech'), ('CSCO', 'Tech'), ('ADBE', 'Tech'),
('CAT', 'Industrials'), ('HON', 'Industrials'), ('UNP', 'Industrials'), ('GE', 'Industrials'), ('LMT', 'Industrials'),
('HD', 'Discretionary'), ('MCD', 'Discretionary'), ('AMZN', 'Discretionary'), ('TSLA', 'Discretionary'), ('SBUX', 'Discretionary'),
('LIN', 'Materials'), ('SHW', 'Materials'), ('NEM', 'Materials'), ('DOW', 'Materials'),
('VZ', 'Communication'), ('T', 'Communication'), ('CMCSA', 'Communication'), ('GOOGL', 'Communication'), ('NFLX', 'Communication'),
('AMT', 'Real Estate'), ('PLD', 'Real Estate'), ('PSA', 'Real Estate'), ('SPG', 'Real Estate')
]) AS pair
)
),
price AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
argMax(toFloat64(close), date) AS last_close
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM basket)
AND date >= today() - 20
GROUP BY ticker
),
indicated AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
toFloat64(argMax(cash_amount, ex_dividend_date))
* toFloat64(argMax(frequency, ex_dividend_date)) AS annual_rate
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM basket)
AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 400
AND frequency > 0
AND cash_amount > 0
GROUP BY ticker
),
name_level AS
(
SELECT
b.sector AS sector,
b.ticker AS ticker,
round(100 * ifNull(i.annual_rate, 0) / p.last_close, 2) AS yield_pct
FROM basket AS b
INNER JOIN price AS p ON p.ticker = b.ticker
LEFT JOIN indicated AS i ON i.ticker = b.ticker
)
SELECT
sector,
countIf(yield_pct > 0) AS dividend_payers,
countIf(yield_pct = 0) AS non_payers,
round(avgIf(yield_pct, yield_pct > 0), 2) AS payers_only_mean_pct,
round(avg(yield_pct), 2) AS all_names_mean_pct,
round(avgIf(yield_pct, yield_pct > 0) - avg(yield_pct), 2) AS gap_pct
FROM name_level
GROUP BY sector
HAVING countIf(yield_pct > 0) > 0
ORDER BY gap_pct DESC
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