Ex-divs, splits, SEC filings, news attention
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 2026-07-26, from Market Recap: July 8, 2026, The Day in Numbers.
ex dividend records
81
splits executed
1
reverse splits
0
forward splits
1
fil 424b2
527
fil form4
775
fil 8k
163
fil total
3,731
news articles
192
news publishers
3
top news ticker
MU
top news n
17
top news lead over next
0
- Rows × columns
- 1 × 13
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ex_dividend_records |
number | every row is 81 | |
splits_executed |
number | every row is 1 | |
reverse_splits |
number | every row is 0 | |
forward_splits |
number | every row is 1 | |
fil_424b2 |
number | every row is 527 | |
fil_form4 |
number | every row is 775 | |
fil_8k |
number | every row is 163 | |
fil_total |
number | every row is 3,731 | |
news_articles |
number | every row is 192 | |
news_publishers |
number | every row is 3 | |
top_news_ticker |
text | 1 distinct value (MU) | |
top_news_n |
number | every row is 17 | count |
top_news_lead_over_next |
number | every row is 0 |
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
(
SELECT (count(), uniqExact(publisher))
FROM global_markets.stocks_news
WHERE toDate(toTimeZone(published_utc, 'America/New_York')) = '2026-07-08'
) AS news,
(
SELECT (argMax(t, (n, t)), max(n), max(n) - arraySort(x -> -x, groupArray(n))[2])
FROM (
SELECT t, count() AS n
FROM (
SELECT arrayJoin(tickers) AS t
FROM global_markets.stocks_news
WHERE toDate(toTimeZone(published_utc, 'America/New_York')) = '2026-07-08'
)
WHERE t != 'SPCX'
GROUP BY t
)
) AS top_news
SELECT
(SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends WHERE ex_dividend_date = '2026-07-08') AS ex_dividend_records,
(SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE execution_date = '2026-07-08') AS splits_executed,
(SELECT countIf(toFloat64(split_from) > toFloat64(split_to)) FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE execution_date = '2026-07-08') AS reverse_splits,
(SELECT countIf(toFloat64(split_to) > toFloat64(split_from)) FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE execution_date = '2026-07-08') AS forward_splits,
(SELECT countIf(form_type = '424B2') FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index WHERE filing_date = '2026-07-08') AS fil_424b2,
(SELECT countIf(form_type = '4') FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index WHERE filing_date = '2026-07-08') AS fil_form4,
(SELECT countIf(form_type = '8-K') FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index WHERE filing_date = '2026-07-08') AS fil_8k,
(SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index WHERE filing_date = '2026-07-08') AS fil_total,
news.1 AS news_articles, news.2 AS news_publishers,
top_news.1 AS top_news_ticker, top_news.2 AS top_news_n, top_news.3 AS top_news_lead_over_next
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