Ex-date opening gap by dividend size, US quarterly dividends 2024 to 2025
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 2026-08-22, from Can You Sell on the Ex-Dividend Date?.
| dividend_bucket | sample_size | avg_dividend_pct | avg_open_gap_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| under 0.25% | 929 | 0.146 | 0.045 |
| 0.25% to 0.50% | 1389 | 0.37 | 0.228 |
| 0.50% to 1.00% | 1907 | 0.734 | 0.569 |
| 1.00% to 2.00% | 1017 | 1.331 | 1.201 |
| over 2.00% | 270 | 3.047 | 2.651 |
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- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
dividend_bucket |
text | 5 distinct values | |
sample_size |
number | 270 to 1,907 | |
avg_dividend_pct |
number | 0.146 to 3.047 | percent |
avg_open_gap_pct |
number | 0.045 to 2.651 | 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.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH px AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
date,
toFloat64(open) AS open_px,
volume,
toFloat64(any(close) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING)) AS prior_close
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE date BETWEEN toDate('2023-12-15') AND toDate('2025-12-31')
),
ex AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
ex_dividend_date,
max(cash_amount) AS div_cash
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ex_dividend_date BETWEEN toDate('2024-01-01') AND toDate('2025-12-31')
AND frequency = 4
AND cash_amount > 0
AND currency = 'USD'
GROUP BY ticker, ex_dividend_date
)
SELECT
multiIf(
div_pct < 0.25, 'under 0.25%',
div_pct < 0.50, '0.25% to 0.50%',
div_pct < 1.00, '0.50% to 1.00%',
div_pct < 2.00, '1.00% to 2.00%',
'over 2.00%') AS dividend_bucket,
count() AS sample_size,
round(avg(div_pct), 3) AS avg_dividend_pct,
round(avg(open_gap_pct), 3) AS avg_open_gap_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
100 * toFloat64(ex.div_cash) / px.prior_close AS div_pct,
100 * (px.prior_close - px.open_px) / px.prior_close AS open_gap_pct
FROM px
INNER JOIN ex ON px.ticker = ex.ticker AND px.date = ex.ex_dividend_date
WHERE px.prior_close >= 10
AND px.open_px > 0
AND px.volume >= 1000000
)
GROUP BY dividend_bucket
ORDER BY avg_dividend_pct
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