{"slug":"us-dividend-frequency-for-japanese-investors","qid":"frequency_mix","label":"US dividend payers by payment schedule, trailing 12 months","post_title":"US Dividend Frequency: Quarterly vs Japan","post_url":"/blog/us-dividend-frequency-for-japanese-investors#q-frequency_mix","columns":["label","payer_count","share_pct"],"rows":[{"label":"Quarterly (4 a year)","payer_count":4930,"share_pct":36.6},{"label":"Monthly (12 a year)","payer_count":2005,"share_pct":14.9},{"label":"Semi-annual (2 a year)","payer_count":3107,"share_pct":23.1},{"label":"Annual (1 a year)","payer_count":2267,"share_pct":16.8},{"label":"Unscheduled or one-off","payer_count":1167,"share_pct":8.7}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"WITH payers AS\n(\n    SELECT\n        ticker,\n        argMax(frequency, ex_dividend_date) AS freq\n    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends\n    WHERE ex_dividend_date >= today() - 365\n      AND ex_dividend_date <  today()\n      AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')\n    GROUP BY ticker\n)\nSELECT\n    multiIf(sched = 4,  'Quarterly (4 a year)',\n            sched = 12, 'Monthly (12 a year)',\n            sched = 2,  'Semi-annual (2 a year)',\n            sched = 1,  'Annual (1 a year)',\n                        'Unscheduled or one-off')  AS label,\n    count()                                        AS payer_count,\n    round(100 * count() / sum(count()) OVER (), 1)  AS share_pct\nFROM\n(\n    SELECT if(freq IN (1, 2, 4, 12), freq, 0) AS sched\n    FROM payers\n)\nGROUP BY sched\nORDER BY multiIf(sched = 4, 1, sched = 12, 2, sched = 2, 3, sched = 1, 4, 5)","computed_at":"2026-10-05T15:08:42.045603+00:00","elapsed":0.051847193}