How long after the ex-date the cash arrives (trailing 12 months)
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 2026-09-26, from What Is an Ex-Dividend Date? How It Works.
| wait_from_ex_to_pay | dividends | pct_of_dividends |
|---|---|---|
| 1 week or less | 29945 | 65.3 |
| 8-14 days | 6388 | 13.9 |
| 15-30 days | 7986 | 17.4 |
| 31+ days | 1512 | 3.3 |
- Rows × columns
- 4 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
wait_from_ex_to_pay |
text | 4 distinct values (1 week or less, 15-30 days, 31+ days…) | |
dividends |
number | 1,512 to 29,945 | |
pct_of_dividends |
number | 3.3 to 65.3 | 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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SELECT multiIf(dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, pay_date) <= 7, '1 week or less',
dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, pay_date) <= 14, '8-14 days',
dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, pay_date) <= 30, '15-30 days',
'31+ days') AS wait_from_ex_to_pay,
count() AS dividends,
round(100.0 * count() / sum(count()) OVER (), 1) AS pct_of_dividends
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE currency = 'USD'
AND distribution_type = 'recurring'
AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - INTERVAL 12 MONTH
AND ex_dividend_date <= today()
AND pay_date IS NOT NULL
AND pay_date >= ex_dividend_date
GROUP BY wait_from_ex_to_pay
ORDER BY min(dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, pay_date))
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