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raises

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 2026-09-12, from mo-dividend-increase-history.

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raises — 21 rows by 7 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
ex_dividend_dateannouncedfirst_exstepprior_quarterlynew_quarterlyraise_pct
2008-09-11n/aSep 11, 2008$0.28 to $0.320.290.3210.3
2009-09-11n/aSep 11, 2009$0.32 to $0.340.320.346.3
2010-03-11n/aMar 11, 2010$0.34 to $0.350.340.352.9
2010-09-13n/aSep 13, 2010$0.35 to $0.380.350.388.6
2011-09-13n/aSep 13, 2011$0.38 to $0.410.380.417.9
2012-09-12n/aSep 12, 2012$0.41 to $0.440.410.447.3
2013-09-12Aug 23, 2013Sep 12, 2013$0.44 to $0.480.440.489.1
2014-09-11Aug 21, 2014Sep 11, 2014$0.48 to $0.520.480.528.3
2015-09-11n/aSep 11, 2015$0.52 to $0.5650.520.5658.7
2016-09-13Aug 25, 2016Sep 13, 2016$0.565 to $0.610.5650.618
2017-09-14Aug 24, 2017Sep 14, 2017$0.61 to $0.660.610.668.2
2018-03-14Mar 1, 2018Mar 14, 2018$0.66 to $0.70.660.76.1
2018-09-13Aug 23, 2018Sep 13, 2018$0.7 to $0.80.70.814.3
2019-09-13Aug 22, 2019Sep 13, 2019$0.8 to $0.840.80.845
2020-09-14Jul 28, 2020Sep 14, 2020$0.84 to $0.860.840.862.4
2021-09-14Aug 26, 2021Sep 14, 2021$0.86 to $0.90.860.94.7
2022-09-14Aug 25, 2022Sep 14, 2022$0.9 to $0.940.90.944.4
2023-09-14Aug 24, 2023Sep 14, 2023$0.94 to $0.980.940.984.3
2024-09-16Aug 22, 2024Sep 16, 2024$0.98 to $1.020.981.024.1
2025-09-15Aug 21, 2025Sep 15, 2025$1.02 to $1.061.021.063.9
2026-09-15Aug 27, 2026Sep 15, 2026$1.06 to $1.111.061.114.7
Rows × columns
21 × 7
Period covered
to
Computed
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 raises, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
ex_dividend_date date 2008-09-11 to 2026-09-15
announced text 15 distinct values (Aug 21, 2014, Aug 21, 2025, Aug 22, 2019…)
first_ex text 21 distinct values (Mar 11, 2010, Mar 14, 2018, Sep 11, 2008…)
step text 21 distinct values
prior_quarterly number 0.29 to 1.06
new_quarterly number 0.32 to 1.11
raise_pct number 2.4 to 14.3 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.

the exact SQL behind every number
WITH paid AS
(
    SELECT
        ex_dividend_date      AS ex_date,
        max(declaration_date) AS declared,
        max(cash_amount)      AS amount
    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
    WHERE ticker = 'MO'
      AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2008-04-01')
    GROUP BY ex_dividend_date
),
labelled AS
(
    SELECT
        ex_date,
        declared,
        amount,
        if(toInt64(amount * 1000) % 10 = 0,
           toString(toDecimal64(toFloat64(amount), 2)),
           toString(toDecimal64(toFloat64(amount), 3))) AS amount_label
    FROM paid
),
steps AS
(
    SELECT
        ex_date,
        declared,
        amount,
        amount_label,
        lagInFrame(amount)       OVER (ORDER BY ex_date ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prior,
        lagInFrame(amount_label) OVER (ORDER BY ex_date ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prior_label
    FROM labelled
)
SELECT
    toString(ex_date)                                                          AS ex_dividend_date,
    if(declared > toDate('2000-01-01'),
       concat(formatDateTime(declared, '%b'), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(declared)), ', ', toString(toYear(declared))),
       'n/a')                                                                  AS announced,
    concat(formatDateTime(ex_date, '%b'), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(ex_date)), ', ', toString(toYear(ex_date))) AS first_ex,
    concat('$', prior_label, ' to $', amount_label)                            AS step,
    round(toFloat64(prior), 3)                                                 AS prior_quarterly,
    round(toFloat64(amount), 3)                                                AS new_quarterly,
    round(100 * (toFloat64(amount) - toFloat64(prior)) / toFloat64(prior), 1)  AS raise_pct
FROM steps
WHERE prior > 0
  AND amount > prior
ORDER BY ex_date

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