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Three household payers at their last ex-date: prior close, ex-morning open, and the payment for scale

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 2026-08-25, from Upcoming Ex-Dividend Dates: Stocks This Week.

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Three household payers at their last ex-date: prior close, ex-morning open, and the payment for scale — 3 rows by 8 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
tickerlast_ex_datelast_ex_labeldividend_usdclose_before_ex_usdex_morning_open_usdopen_gap_pctdividend_pct_of_price
KO2026-06-15Jun 150.5382.681.08-1.840.64
VZ2026-07-10Jul 100.707542.2241.61-1.461.68
XOM2026-08-17Aug 171.03160.09160.10.010.64
Rows × columns
3 × 8
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Three household payers at their last ex-date: prior close, ex-morning open, and the payment for scale, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
ticker text 3 distinct values (KO, VZ, XOM)
last_ex_date date 2026-06-15 to 2026-08-17
last_ex_label text 3 distinct values (Aug 17, Jul 10, Jun 15)
dividend_usd number 0.53 to 1.03 US dollars
close_before_ex_usd number 42.22 to 160.09 US dollars
ex_morning_open_usd number 41.61 to 160.1 US dollars
open_gap_pct number -1.84 to 0.01 percent
dividend_pct_of_price number 0.64 to 1.68 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 last_ex AS (
    SELECT ticker,
           max(ex_dividend_date) AS ex_d,
           argMax(cash_amount, ex_dividend_date) AS div_amt
    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
    WHERE ticker IN ('KO', 'VZ', 'XOM')
      AND cash_amount > 0
      AND distribution_type = 'recurring'
      AND ex_dividend_date < today()
      AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 120
    GROUP BY ticker
),
daily AS (
    SELECT ticker,
           toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
           argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), window_start, (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959) AS close_px,
           argMinIf(toFloat64(open), window_start, (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959) AS open_px,
           countIf((toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959) AS bars
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('KO', 'VZ', 'XOM')
      AND window_start >= toDateTime(today() - 130)
    GROUP BY ticker, d
    HAVING bars > 200
),
seq AS (
    SELECT ticker, d, open_px, close_px,
           lagInFrame(close_px, 1) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS pre_close
    FROM daily
)
SELECT s.ticker AS ticker,
       toString(e.ex_d) AS last_ex_date,
       formatDateTime(e.ex_d, '%b %e') AS last_ex_label,
       round(e.div_amt, 4) AS dividend_usd,
       round(s.pre_close, 2) AS close_before_ex_usd,
       round(s.open_px, 2) AS ex_morning_open_usd,
       round(100 * (s.open_px - s.pre_close) / s.pre_close, 2) AS open_gap_pct,
       round(100 * e.div_amt / s.pre_close, 2) AS dividend_pct_of_price
FROM seq s
JOIN last_ex e ON e.ticker = s.ticker AND e.ex_d = s.d
WHERE s.pre_close > 0
ORDER BY ticker

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