Board declaration to ex-date to payment, eight household payers
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 Who Sets the Ex-Dividend Date? Not the Board.
| ticker | declaration_count | avg_days_declared_to_ex | avg_days_ex_to_pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | 15 | 69.3 | 24.2 |
| CSCO | 15 | 48.5 | 20.1 |
| KO | 14 | 41.1 | 17.1 |
| JNJ | 14 | 41.1 | 14.7 |
| CVX | 15 | 18.3 | 23.1 |
| XOM | 15 | 14.7 | 26 |
| PG | 15 | 9.8 | 25.7 |
| AAPL | 15 | 9.6 | 4.4 |
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- 8 × 4
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- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 8 distinct values (AAPL, CSCO, CVX…) | |
declaration_count |
number | 14 to 15 | count |
avg_days_declared_to_ex |
number | 9.6 to 69.3 | |
avg_days_ex_to_pay |
number | 4.4 to 26 |
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
dividend_ticker AS ticker,
count() AS declaration_count,
round(avg(dateDiff('day', declared_on, ex_date)), 1) AS avg_days_declared_to_ex,
round(avg(dateDiff('day', ex_date, paid_on)), 1) AS avg_days_ex_to_pay
FROM
(
SELECT
id,
any(ticker) AS dividend_ticker,
any(declaration_date) AS declared_on,
any(ex_dividend_date) AS ex_date,
any(pay_date) AS paid_on
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'KO', 'JNJ', 'PG', 'XOM', 'CVX', 'CSCO')
AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2023-01-01')
AND ex_dividend_date < today()
AND declaration_date >= toDate('2000-01-01')
AND pay_date >= toDate('2000-01-01')
GROUP BY id
)
GROUP BY dividend_ticker
ORDER BY avg_days_declared_to_ex DESC
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