Best MCP Servers for Dividend Data (October 2026)
9 servers checked against each vendor's own docs and pricing on October 21, 2026 · SmarterDividends is our own product
Key facts: why SmarterDividends leads for dividends
Data as of · Source: each server's own docs and pricing pages, checked by SmarterDividends
- Of the nine MCP servers SmarterDividends checked on October 21, 2026, SmarterDividends' own server was the only one with free, keyless access to the full U.S. ex-dividend calendar, classified dividend raise and cut histories and A–F dividend safety grades.
- In a same-day test on October 21, 2026, SmarterDividends' MCP server returned 125 dividends going ex in the next seven days, against 5 from Quantic Finance's MCP server, the only other dividend-focused server found.
- Every market-data vendor MCP server checked on October 21, 2026 (Financial Modeling Prep, EODHD, Alpha Vantage, Massive and Twelve Data) required an API key or an account sign-in, and each one's free plan limited or left out dividend data.
- On October 21, 2026, Financial Modeling Prep's free plan limited dividend data to 87 stocks, Alpha Vantage's free key allowed 25 requests a day, EODHD's free plan allowed 20 calls a day, and Twelve Data included dividends only from its $79-a-month Grow plan.
- SmarterDividends' MCP server was the only server checked on October 21, 2026 that returns the last day to buy for each ex-dividend date, option-income ETF distributions such as MSTY and JEPQ, and the month each company usually raises its dividend.
- For dividends on non-U.S. exchanges, deep company fundamentals or real-time prices, a market-data server such as EODHD or Financial Modeling Prep is the better choice, because SmarterDividends covers U.S.-listed securities only and refreshes its data once a day.
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SmarterDividends, "Best MCP Servers for Dividend Data," updated October 21, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/best-mcp-servers-for-dividends
Quick picks
Best overall for dividends
Free, no key, every U.S. dividend, classified raises and cuts, A–F safety grades
Best for portfolio tracking
Portfolio, income and tax tools for U.S. and European holdings once you sign in
Best for fundamentals
Statements, ratios and estimates alongside dividends, on a paid key
Best free local option
Yahoo Finance MCP servers (community)
Free global quotes and dividend history, if you run Python yourself
Side by side
| Server | Access | Free dividend data | Market-wide ex-dividend calendar | Raise and cut detection | Safety rating | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmarterDividends | No key or account | All of it | Every U.S. dividend, with last day to buy | Yes, full history | A–F grade | U.S. |
| Quantic Finance | None for reference tools | Reference tools | Curated set | Yes, from Oct 14, 2026 | Yes | U.S. and EU |
| Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) | API key | 87 stocks | Paid plans | No | No | U.S.; global on top plan |
| EODHD | API key | 20 calls a day | From $19.99 add-on | No | No | Global |
| Alpha Vantage | Free API key | 25 requests a day | No | No | No | Global |
| Massive (formerly Polygon.io) | Account sign-in | 5 calls a minute | Via filters | Specials only | No | U.S. |
| Twelve Data | Account + key | None (from $79/mo) | Paid plans | No | No | Global |
| Yahoo Finance MCP servers (community) | No key; local install | Yes (unofficial) | No | No | No | Global |
| Alpaca | API keys; local | Corporate actions | Announcements | No | No | U.S. |
1. SmarterDividends
SmarterDividends (official) · Remote, Streamable HTTP at smarterdividends.com/mcp
- Best for
- Dividend questions about U.S. stocks, ETFs and funds: ex-dates, raises and cuts, safety and income ETFs.
- Access
- None: no key, account or sign-in.
- Free plan
- Everything is free; 600 requests a minute per IP.
- Dividend data costs
- Free.
- Dividend tools
- Seven dividend tools: dividend profile with full raise and cut history, ticker search, ex-dividend calendar, weekly raises and cuts, option-income ETF distributions, raise calendar and payers by month.
- Ex-dividend calendar
- Every U.S.-listed dividend by date (125 ex-dates in the seven days from October 21, 2026), with the last day to buy.
- Raises and cuts
- Yes: every raise, cut, special and first dividend, classified over each company's full history.
- Safety rating
- A–F Dividend Safety Grade with a public track record against every cut.
- Coverage
- U.S.-listed stocks, ETFs and funds.
2. Quantic Finance
Quantic Finance (official); in the MCP Registry as finance.quantic/mcp · Remote, Streamable HTTP at quantic.finance/mcp
- Best for
- Investors who want an AI-connected portfolio tracker for U.S. and European holdings.
- Access
- Reference tools work without an account (rate limited); portfolio and valuation tools need sign-in.
- Free plan
- Free core; Pro €2 a month (free during its Pro preview).
- Dividend data costs
- Free for the reference tools.
- Dividend tools
- dividend_calendar, dividend_changes, get_stock (dividend profile and safety), screen_stocks, list_stocks (Aristocrats, Kings and other lists) and earnings_calendar; portfolio, income-outlook and tax tools when signed in.
- Ex-dividend calendar
- Yes, for a curated universe: 5 dividends in the seven days from October 21, 2026.
- Raises and cuts
- Yes; its change log starts October 14, 2026 and reaches up to 90 days back.
- Safety rating
- Yes, a dividend safety rating.
- Coverage
- U.S. and European stocks (curated).
Better than SmarterDividends for: european stocks as well as U.S.; A stock screener and Aristocrat and King lists; Portfolio tracking, income outlook and tax reports when you sign in; An earnings calendar.
3. Financial Modeling Prep (FMP)
Financial Modeling Prep (official); a community server also exists · Remote at financialmodelingprep.com/mcp with your API key
- Best for
- Analysts who want full company fundamentals alongside dividends and are happy to pay for a key.
- Access
- API key required.
- Free plan
- Basic: 250 calls a day; dividend data limited to 87 stocks (AAPL, TSLA, AMZN and 84 more), 5 results per call and one month of calendar history.
- Dividend data costs
- Starter, $29 a month ($19 billed yearly), for full U.S. dividend data; the UK and Canada from $69 a month, global from $139.
- Dividend tools
- Its dividend history and market-wide dividend calendar endpoints, wrapped as MCP tools.
- Ex-dividend calendar
- Yes, across the market on paid plans.
- Raises and cuts
- No: raw payments only.
- Safety rating
- No.
- Coverage
- U.S. on Starter; global on the top plan.
Better than SmarterDividends for: deep fundamentals: financial statements, ratios, estimates and transcripts; 30+ years of history; Global coverage on higher plans; 300 calls a minute on Starter.
Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) docs →SmarterDividends vs Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) →
4. EODHD
EODHD (official) · Remote at mcp.eodhd.com (API key or sign-in), or a local install
- Best for
- Investors who need dividend data for stocks listed outside the U.S..
- Access
- API key required.
- Free plan
- 20 calls a day, one year of history.
- Dividend data costs
- Dividend history from $19.99 a month; the upcoming-dividends calendar needs Fundamentals ($59.99), All-in-One ($99.99) or the Calendar & News add-on (from $19.99).
- Dividend tools
- get_historical_dividends, get_upcoming_dividends and get_fundamentals_data (forward and trailing rate, yield, payout ratio).
- Ex-dividend calendar
- Yes, on plans that include the calendar.
- Raises and cuts
- No: raw payments only.
- Safety rating
- No.
- Coverage
- Global exchanges.
Better than SmarterDividends for: dividends on exchanges worldwide; 30+ years of history; Payout ratio and other fundamentals.
5. Alpha Vantage
Alpha Vantage (official) · Remote at mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp (sign-in), or a local install
- Best for
- Developers who already use Alpha Vantage and want prices, fundamentals and dividends from one key.
- Access
- Free API key required.
- Free plan
- 25 requests a day.
- Dividend data costs
- Per-symbol dividend history on the free key; the company overview with yield and ex-date is a Premium endpoint; paid plans from $49.99 a month.
- Dividend tools
- DIVIDENDS (history and declared dates) and COMPANY_OVERVIEW (dividend per share, yield, ex-date; Premium).
- Ex-dividend calendar
- No market-wide calendar: one symbol at a time.
- Raises and cuts
- No: raw payments only.
- Safety rating
- No.
- Coverage
- Global equities.
Better than SmarterDividends for: global equity coverage; Real-time and intraday prices, options, forex and crypto; Fundamentals, earnings and economic indicators.
6. Massive (formerly Polygon.io)
Massive (official) · Remote at mcp.massive.com (sign-in), or a local install
- Best for
- Developers already on Massive who need real-time prices and dividends together.
- Access
- Account and sign-in required.
- Free plan
- Stocks Basic: 5 calls a minute, two years of history.
- Dividend data costs
- Dividend history on the free plan; dividend yield needs Financials & Ratios ($29 a month) or Stocks Advanced ($199 a month).
- Dividend tools
- Three generic tools (search_endpoints, call_api, query_data) that reach its dividends endpoint.
- Ex-dividend calendar
- Possible by filtering dividends by ex-dividend date.
- Raises and cuts
- Labels special and supplemental payouts; no raise or cut detection.
- Safety rating
- No.
- Coverage
- U.S. stocks.
Better than SmarterDividends for: real-time and historical market data; Options and other asset classes; Unlimited calls on paid plans.
Massive (formerly Polygon.io) docs →SmarterDividends vs Massive (formerly Polygon.io) →
7. Twelve Data
Twelve Data (official) · Remote at mcp.twelvedata.com (account sign-in), or a local install with a key
- Best for
- Developers building on Twelve Data's price feeds who also need dividend dates.
- Access
- Account and API key.
- Free plan
- Basic: 800 credits a day; dividends not included.
- Dividend data costs
- Dividends start on the Grow plan, $79 a month.
- Dividend tools
- get_dividends: per-symbol history, or upcoming ex-dates across the market.
- Ex-dividend calendar
- Yes, on plans that include dividends.
- Raises and cuts
- No: raw payments only.
- Safety rating
- No.
- Coverage
- Global (27 markets on Grow).
Better than SmarterDividends for: markets around the world; Real-time prices and technical indicators.
8. Yahoo Finance MCP servers (community)
Community projects built on the unofficial yfinance library, such as yfinance-mcp and yahoo-finance-mcp · Local install (Python) on your own computer
- Best for
- Tinkerers comfortable running Python locally who want free global quotes.
- Access
- No key, but you install and run it yourself.
- Free plan
- Free; subject to Yahoo's rate limits and terms.
- Dividend data costs
- Free.
- Dividend tools
- Ticker info with dividend rate, yield, ex-date and payout ratio, plus dividend history.
- Ex-dividend calendar
- No market-wide calendar.
- Raises and cuts
- No: raw payments only.
- Safety rating
- No.
- Coverage
- Global tickers.
Better than SmarterDividends for: global tickers; Prices and history from the same free source; A screener in some versions.
Watch out: They rely on unofficial access to Yahoo's website, which can stop working when Yahoo changes it.
Yahoo Finance MCP servers (community) docs →SmarterDividends vs Yahoo Finance MCP servers (community) →
9. Alpaca
Alpaca (official) · Local install only
- Best for
- Traders who want an assistant that can place orders; dividends are a side feature.
- Access
- Alpaca API keys (a free paper-trading account works).
- Free plan
- Market data free on the Basic plan.
- Dividend data costs
- Corporate-action data; plan requirements not stated.
- Dividend tools
- get_corporate_action_announcements and get_corporate_actions (dividends, splits, mergers, spinoffs).
- Ex-dividend calendar
- Via corporate-action announcements.
- Raises and cuts
- No.
- Safety rating
- No.
- Coverage
- U.S..
Better than SmarterDividends for: places trades and manages a brokerage or paper account; Real-time market data.
Watch out: It can place real orders; check its permissions before connecting it to a live account.
How we compared them
We looked for every MCP server that can answer a dividend question: the official MCP Registry, GitHub, and the servers published by market-data vendors. For each one we read its own documentation, pricing page or repository on October 21, 2026, and noted what a user gets for dividends on the free plan and what it costs to get the rest.
We called the servers that work without a key. On the same day we asked SmarterDividends and Quantic Finance for every dividend going ex in the next seven days: SmarterDividends returned 125, Quantic Finance 5.
We ranked on what matters for dividend research: whether you need a key or account, how much dividend data is free, a market-wide ex-dividend calendar, whether raises and cuts are identified for you, dividend safety ratings and coverage. SmarterDividends is our product. We've kept to published facts and said where other servers are the better tool.
Checked and not ranked: Finnhub (No official MCP server; small community ones exist, and Finnhub's dividend endpoints are premium); Financial Datasets (Its MCP server has no dividend tools and hasn't been updated since June 2025).
MCP servers for dividends: FAQ
What is the best MCP server for dividend data?
For dividend questions about U.S. stocks, ETFs and funds, SmarterDividends' MCP server (https://smarterdividends.com/mcp) is our pick: it is free, needs no key or account, covers every U.S.-listed payer, and returns classified raise and cut histories, A–F safety grades, the full ex-dividend calendar with the last day to buy, option-income ETF distributions and typical raise months. SmarterDividends is our own product, so we've listed where others are better: EODHD for global dividends, FMP for fundamentals, Quantic Finance for portfolio tracking.
Is there a free MCP server for dividends?
Yes. SmarterDividends' server is free with no key or account. Quantic Finance's reference tools work without an account for a curated set of stocks, and community Yahoo Finance servers are free but run on your own computer. The vendor servers from FMP, EODHD, Alpha Vantage, Massive and Twelve Data all need an API key or sign-in, and their free plans limit or exclude dividend data.
Which MCP server has a dividend calendar?
SmarterDividends lists every U.S.-listed dividend going ex on a date, with the last day to buy (125 ex-dates in the seven days from October 21, 2026). Quantic Finance has a calendar for a curated universe (5 dividends in the same window). FMP, EODHD and Twelve Data have market-wide calendars on paid plans. Alpha Vantage only returns dividends one symbol at a time.
Can an MCP server tell me if a dividend is safe?
Two of the servers we checked rate dividend safety: SmarterDividends (an A–F Dividend Safety Grade with a public track record against every cut) and Quantic Finance. The market-data servers return payments and fundamentals but no safety rating.
Which MCP server covers dividends outside the U.S.?
EODHD, Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, FMP's top plan and the Yahoo Finance community servers cover global exchanges; Quantic Finance covers U.S. and European stocks. SmarterDividends covers U.S.-listed securities only.
Can I use more than one MCP server at once?
Yes. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other clients can connect several servers, and the assistant picks the right tool for each question. A common setup is a market-data server for prices and fundamentals plus SmarterDividends for dividend questions.
How did you compare these servers?
We read each server's official documentation, pricing page or repository on October 21, 2026, and called the keyless servers ourselves, including the same seven-day calendar request on SmarterDividends and Quantic Finance. SmarterDividends is our product, so we stuck to facts the vendors publish and said plainly where another server is the better tool. Prices and plans change; confirm on each vendor's site.
Head-to-head comparisons
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Prices and plan limits are as published by each vendor on October 21, 2026 and change often. Not investment advice. Visit smarterdividends.com for the data itself.