About SmarterDividends
What we do
We maintain structured data on thousands of dividend-paying stocks, ETFs and funds — yields, payout ratios, growth streaks, full dividend histories and forward ex-dividend dates — refreshed every day. On top of that data we build tools and research:
- Dividend cut tracker: every dividend cut and raise across U.S.-listed stocks, logged daily with the safety grade each company held beforehand.
- Dividend safety tracker: an A–F dividend safety grade for every dividend stock, with a public track record against every cut.
- Dividend portfolio tracker: your holdings, projected dividend income and upcoming payments, with an email when a company you own raises or cuts its dividend.
- Dividend history and ex-dividend dates: every payment on record and the last day to buy for the next one.
- Free dividend calculators: a dividend calculator, a DRIP calculator and an ex-dividend date calculator, all with live data.
- Research: the quarterly State of Dividends report and monthly research notes, free to cite.
- Stock profiles with yield, payout coverage, safety and history for every payer we track.
- A dividend screener, ex-dividend calendar, and income/DRIP calculators.
- A dividend newsroom covering every material dividend increase, cut, initiation and special — each story tied to the underlying data.
Our Dividend Safety Score
At the core of our research is a proprietary Dividend Safety Score — a 0–100 estimate of how secure a company's dividend is. Unlike opinion-based ratings, ours is built from a cut-risk model whose weights were fit by backtesting which dividends were actually cut over 15+ years (validated at 0.78 AUC), then blended with current payout, cash-flow and balance-sheet measures. It powers our safety grades, comparisons and verdicts.
How our data and news are produced
Our market data is collected automatically from public sources and refreshed daily. Our news coverage is generated from confirmed dividend events in that dataset, with figures drawn directly from the data (never estimated), context researched from primary sources such as company investor-relations releases and filings, and produced under the standards described in our editorial policy.
Important
SmarterDividends is an information and research service. Nothing on this site is investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer to buy or sell any security. Data may contain errors or delays — always verify with primary sources before making decisions. See our disclaimer.
Contact
Questions, corrections or feedback? Email hello@smarterdividends.com.
SmarterDividends is operated by Ankan Systems. Postal address: 8 The Green, STE R, Dover, DE 19901, United States.