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From ex-dividend date to record date to the cash, in calendar days

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?.

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From ex-dividend date to record date to the cash, in calendar days — 8 rows by 6 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
tickerex_dividendrecord_bookscash_arrivesrecord_gappayout_wait
AAPLAug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026Aug 13, 202603
JNJMay 26, 2026May 26, 2026Jun 9, 2026014
KOJun 15, 2026Jun 15, 2026Jul 1, 2026016
MSFTAug 20, 2026Aug 20, 2026Sep 10, 2026021
CVXAug 19, 2026Aug 19, 2026Sep 10, 2026022
PGJul 24, 2026Jul 24, 2026Aug 17, 2026024
XOMAug 17, 2026Aug 17, 2026Sep 10, 2026024
PEPJun 5, 2026Jun 5, 2026Jun 30, 2026025
Rows × columns
8 × 6
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for From ex-dividend date to record date to the cash, in calendar days, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
ticker text 8 distinct values (AAPL, CVX, JNJ…)
ex_dividend text 8 distinct values (Aug 10, 2026, Aug 17, 2026, Aug 19, 2026…)
record_books text 8 distinct values (Aug 10, 2026, Aug 17, 2026, Aug 19, 2026…)
cash_arrives text 6 distinct values (Aug 13, 2026, Aug 17, 2026, Jul 1, 2026…)
record_gap number every row is 0
payout_wait number 3 to 25

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 
SELECT
    ticker,
    formatDateTime(max(ex_dividend_date), '%b %e, %Y')                            AS ex_dividend,
    formatDateTime(argMax(record_date, ex_dividend_date), '%b %e, %Y')            AS record_books,
    formatDateTime(argMax(pay_date, ex_dividend_date), '%b %e, %Y')               AS cash_arrives,
    dateDiff('day', max(ex_dividend_date), argMax(record_date, ex_dividend_date)) AS record_gap,
    dateDiff('day', max(ex_dividend_date), argMax(pay_date, ex_dividend_date))    AS payout_wait
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'JNJ', 'KO', 'PG', 'XOM', 'CVX', 'PEP')
  AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 200
  AND ex_dividend_date <= today()
  AND dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, record_date) BETWEEN 0 AND 7
  AND dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, pay_date) BETWEEN 0 AND 120
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY payout_wait

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