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Payout schedules of recurring US dividend payers (trailing 12 months)

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Payout schedules of recurring US dividend payers (trailing 12 months) — 6 rows by 3 columns, computed 2026-08-22 from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
payout_schedule	payers	pct_of_payers
Quarterly	4402	49.4
Monthly	1915	21.5
Annual	1323	14.9
Semi-annual	1057	11.9
Weekly	190	2.1
Other	15	0.2

the exact SQL behind every number

SELECT multiIf(frequency = 4, 'Quarterly',
               frequency = 12, 'Monthly',
               frequency = 1, 'Annual',
               frequency = 2, 'Semi-annual',
               frequency = 52, 'Weekly',
               'Other') AS payout_schedule,
       uniqExact(ticker) AS payers,
       round(100.0 * uniqExact(ticker) / sum(uniqExact(ticker)) OVER (), 1) AS pct_of_payers
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE currency = 'USD'
  AND distribution_type = 'recurring'
  AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - INTERVAL 12 MONTH
  AND ex_dividend_date <= today()
GROUP BY payout_schedule
ORDER BY payers DESC

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