pay_days
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 2026-09-18, from upcoming-dividend-payment-dates.
| payment_date | paying_on | payers | large_cap_payers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | Fri Sep 18 | 308 | 7 |
| 2026-09-19 | Sat Sep 19 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-09-20 | Sun Sep 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-09-21 | Mon Sep 21 | 75 | 2 |
| 2026-09-22 | Tue Sep 22 | 141 | 4 |
| 2026-09-23 | Wed Sep 23 | 76 | 6 |
| 2026-09-24 | Thu Sep 24 | 98 | 8 |
| 2026-09-25 | Fri Sep 25 | 146 | 21 |
| 2026-09-28 | Mon Sep 28 | 76 | 4 |
| 2026-09-29 | Tue Sep 29 | 178 | 8 |
| 2026-09-30 | Wed Sep 30 | 529 | 43 |
| 2026-10-01 | Thu Oct 1 | 218 | 20 |
- Rows × columns
- 12 × 4
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
payment_date |
date | 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-01 | |
paying_on |
text | 12 distinct values (Fri Sep 18, Fri Sep 25, Mon Sep 21…) | |
payers |
number | 1 to 529 | |
large_cap_payers |
number | 0 to 43 |
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
toString(d.pay_date) AS payment_date,
concat(formatDateTime(d.pay_date, '%a %b '), toString(toDayOfMonth(d.pay_date))) AS paying_on,
count() AS payers,
countIf(toFloat64(r.latest_market_cap) >= 1e10) AS large_cap_payers
FROM
(
SELECT
ticker,
pay_date,
max(ex_dividend_date) AS ex_dividend_date
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE pay_date >= today()
AND pay_date < today() + 14
AND cash_amount > 0
AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY ticker, pay_date
) AS d
LEFT JOIN
(
SELECT
ticker,
argMax(market_cap, date) AS latest_market_cap
FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios
WHERE date >= today() - 200
AND market_cap > 0
GROUP BY ticker
) AS r ON r.ticker = d.ticker
WHERE d.ex_dividend_date < d.pay_date
GROUP BY d.pay_date
ORDER BY d.pay_date
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