Cash distributions over the trailing year, by declared schedule

Name: Cash distributions over the trailing year, by declared schedule
Creator: Strasmore
Published: 2026-08-22
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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 Covered Call Closed-End Funds vs ETFs.

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Cash distributions over the trailing year, by declared schedule — 5 rows by 2 columns, computed 2026-08-22 from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
payout_schedule	payers
Quarterly	4988
Semiannual	3236
Annual	2433
Monthly	2084
Unscheduled	1858

Rows × columns: 5 × 2
Computed: 2026-08-22
Completeness: No missing values
Source: US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence: Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats: JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for Cash distributions over the trailing year, by declared schedule, derived from the stored result.
Column	Type	Range	Notes
`payout_schedule`	text	5 distinct values (Annual, Monthly, Quarterly…)
`payers`	number	1,858 to 4,988

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 2026-08-22, and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number

SELECT
    multiIf(frequency = 12, 'Monthly',
            frequency = 4,  'Quarterly',
            frequency = 2,  'Semiannual',
            frequency = 1,  'Annual',
            'Unscheduled')      AS payout_schedule,
    countDistinct(ticker)       AS payers
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ex_dividend_date >= today() - 365
  AND ex_dividend_date <  today()
  AND cash_amount > 0
GROUP BY payout_schedule
ORDER BY payers DESC

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