Twelve months of dividends a short seller owes, per share
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 2026-10-06, from Is a Covered Put Actually Covered?.
| ticker | ttm_dividends_usd | ttm_dividend_pct_of_price | payment_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFE | 1.72 | 6.24 | 4 |
| F | 0.6 | 4.91 | 4 |
| T | 1.11 | 4.58 | 4 |
| XOM | 4.12 | 2.53 | 4 |
| KO | 2.1 | 2.43 | 4 |
| JNJ | 5.28 | 2.08 | 4 |
| MSFT | 3.64 | 0.69 | 4 |
| AAPL | 1.06 | 0.32 | 4 |
- Rows × columns
- 8 × 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 8 distinct values (AAPL, F, JNJ…) | |
ttm_dividends_usd |
number | 0.6 to 5.28 | US dollars |
ttm_dividend_pct_of_price |
number | 0.32 to 6.24 | percent |
payment_count |
number | every row is 4 | count |
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 divs AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
sum(cash_amount) AS ttm_cash,
count() AS payments
FROM
(
SELECT DISTINCT
ticker,
ex_dividend_date,
cash_amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('KO', 'T', 'PFE', 'XOM', 'F', 'MSFT', 'AAPL', 'JNJ')
AND ex_dividend_date >= '2025-10-01'
AND ex_dividend_date < '2026-10-01'
AND cash_amount > 0
)
GROUP BY ticker
),
px AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
argMax(toFloat64(close), date) AS last_close
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('KO', 'T', 'PFE', 'XOM', 'F', 'MSFT', 'AAPL', 'JNJ')
AND date >= '2026-09-01'
GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT
divs.ticker AS ticker,
round(divs.ttm_cash, 2) AS ttm_dividends_usd,
round(divs.ttm_cash / px.last_close * 100, 2) AS ttm_dividend_pct_of_price,
divs.payments AS payment_count
FROM divs
INNER JOIN px ON px.ticker = divs.ticker
ORDER BY ttm_dividend_pct_of_price DESC
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