distribution_lag
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 2026-09-26, from spy-vs-voo-vs-splg.
| ticker | distributions | avg_days_ex_to_pay | longest_days_ex_to_pay | shortest_days_ex_to_pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 13 | 42.5 | 47 | 40 |
| VOO | 12 | 3.8 | 6 | 2 |
| SPLG | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
- Rows × columns
- 3 × 5
- 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 | 3 distinct values (SPLG, SPY, VOO) | |
distributions |
number | 9 to 13 | |
avg_days_ex_to_pay |
number | 3 to 42.5 | |
longest_days_ex_to_pay |
number | 4 to 47 | |
shortest_days_ex_to_pay |
number | 2 to 40 |
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 payouts AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
id,
any(ex_dividend_date) AS ex_date,
any(pay_date) AS paid_on
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'VOO', 'SPLG')
AND ex_dividend_date >= '2023-09-01'
AND ex_dividend_date < '2026-09-20'
AND pay_date > ex_dividend_date
GROUP BY ticker, id
)
SELECT
ticker,
count() AS distributions,
round(avg(dateDiff('day', ex_date, paid_on)), 1) AS avg_days_ex_to_pay,
max(dateDiff('day', ex_date, paid_on)) AS longest_days_ex_to_pay,
min(dateDiff('day', ex_date, paid_on)) AS shortest_days_ex_to_pay
FROM payouts
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY avg_days_ex_to_pay DESC
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