Days from the ex-dividend date to the pay date, past two years
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 How Preferred Stock Dividends Work.
| ex_to_pay_gap | declarations | securities |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 7 days | 53999 | 6483 |
| 8 to 14 days | 17667 | 4097 |
| 15 to 21 days | 16694 | 3669 |
| 22 to 28 days | 3868 | 1523 |
| 29 to 42 days | 4281 | 1440 |
| More than 42 days | 3223 | 1596 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 3
- 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_to_pay_gap |
text | 6 distinct values | |
declarations |
number | 3,223 to 53,999 | |
securities |
number | 1,440 to 6,483 |
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
SELECT
multiIf(gap_days <= 7, '0 to 7 days',
gap_days <= 14, '8 to 14 days',
gap_days <= 21, '15 to 21 days',
gap_days <= 28, '22 to 28 days',
gap_days <= 42, '29 to 42 days',
'More than 42 days') AS ex_to_pay_gap,
count() AS declarations,
countDistinct(ticker) AS securities
FROM
(
SELECT
ticker,
ex_dividend_date,
dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, any(pay_date)) AS gap_days
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ex_dividend_date >= today() - 730
AND ex_dividend_date <= today()
AND pay_date >= ex_dividend_date
AND pay_date <= ex_dividend_date + 180
GROUP BY ticker, ex_dividend_date
)
GROUP BY ex_to_pay_gap
ORDER BY min(gap_days)
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