One real dividend: AAPL's most recent completed payout, all four dates
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 Ex-Dividend Date vs. Record Date: Same Day?.
ticker
AAPL
declared
2026-07-30
ex date
2026-08-10
record
2026-08-10
paid
2026-08-13
dividend per share
0.27
declared to ex days
11
ex to record days
0
record to pay days
3
- Rows × columns
- 1 × 9
- Period covered
- 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 | 1 distinct value (AAPL) | |
declared |
date | 2026-07-30 | |
ex_date |
date | 2026-08-10 | |
record |
date | 2026-08-10 | |
paid |
date | 2026-08-13 | |
dividend_per_share |
number | every row is 0.27 | |
declared_to_ex_days |
number | every row is 11 | |
ex_to_record_days |
number | every row is 0 | |
record_to_pay_days |
number | every row is 3 |
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 ticker,
formatDateTime(declaration_date, '%Y-%m-%d') AS declared,
formatDateTime(ex_dividend_date, '%Y-%m-%d') AS ex_date,
formatDateTime(record_date, '%Y-%m-%d') AS record,
formatDateTime(pay_date, '%Y-%m-%d') AS paid,
cash_amount AS dividend_per_share,
dateDiff('day', declaration_date, ex_dividend_date) AS declared_to_ex_days,
dateDiff('day', ex_dividend_date, record_date) AS ex_to_record_days,
dateDiff('day', record_date, pay_date) AS record_to_pay_days
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND currency = 'USD'
AND distribution_type = 'recurring'
AND ex_dividend_date <= today()
AND record_date IS NOT NULL
AND pay_date IS NOT NULL
AND declaration_date IS NOT NULL
ORDER BY ex_dividend_date DESC
LIMIT 1
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