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The data behind SmarterDividends as five CSV files, rebuilt every night: 265,450 dividend payments back to 1970, every raise and cut, a snapshot of 2,950 payers with safety grades and fair values, the Aristocrats list and upcoming ex-dates. Open them in Excel, Google Sheets, Python or R.
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Every dividend raise and cut
Each change in a company's regular dividend, back to 1970 for the longest-listed payers: old and new amount, percent change and ex-dividend date. Companies with a steady regular dividend; funds and variable payers are in the payments file.
dividend-changes.csv · 37,411 rows · 3.9 MB · 10 columns · built Oct 18, 2026
A raise is a regular payment more than 0.1% above the comparable earlier one; a cut is more than 1% below it. One-off payments (well above the recent median and not repeated) are treated as specials and excluded, so a special doesn't register as a raise followed by a cut. Companies whose amount changes on most payments (royalty trusts, many ADRs paid in a foreign currency) are left out; their full record is in the payments file.
| ex_date | ticker | company | kind | previous_amount | amount | pct_change | +3 more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | GGN | GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Res… | raise | 0.03 | 0.035 | 0.166667 | … |
| 2026-10-16 | KWR | Quaker Chemical Corporation | raise | 0.508 | 0.53 | 0.043307 | … |
| 2026-10-15 | AFG | American Financial Group, Inc. | raise | 0.88 | 0.97 | 0.102273 | … |
| 2026-10-15 | BCAT | BlackRock Capital Allocation T… | cut | 0.254 | 0.25 | -0.015748 | … |
| 2026-10-15 | BMN | Blackrock 2037 Municipal Targe… | raise | 0.094 | 0.099 | 0.053191 | … |
All 10 columns
- ex_date
- Ex-dividend date of the changed payment (YYYY-MM-DD)
- ticker
- Ticker symbol
- company
- Company name
- sector
- Sector
- kind
- raise or cut
- previous_amount
- Comparable earlier regular dividend per share, USD (the previous payment; for semiannual payers, the same half a year earlier)
- amount
- New regular dividend per share, USD
- pct_change
- Change as a fraction (0.05 = +5%)
- frequency
- Current payment frequency
- pay_date
- Pay date of the changed payment
Full dividend payment history
Every dividend paid by every active U.S.-listed stock, ETF and fund we track: ex-date, pay date, amount, regular or special, and the change from the previous regular payment.
dividend-payments.csv · 265,450 rows · 20.4 MB · 8 columns · built Oct 18, 2026
| ticker | ex_date | pay_date | amount | kind | pct_change | +2 more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KO | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-01 | 0.53 | same | 0 | … |
| KO | 2026-06-15 | 2026-07-01 | 0.53 | same | 0 | … |
| KO | 2026-03-13 | 2026-04-01 | 0.53 | raise | 0.039216 | … |
| KO | 2025-12-01 | 2025-12-15 | 0.51 | same | 0 | … |
| KO | 2025-09-15 | 2025-10-01 | 0.51 | same | 0 | … |
All 8 columns
- ticker
- Ticker symbol
- company
- Company or fund name
- type
- stock or etf
- ex_date
- Ex-dividend date
- pay_date
- Pay date (blank when not reported)
- amount
- Dividend per share, USD
- kind
- first, same, raise, cut, special, or pending (newest payment moved 30%+ with no pay date yet)
- pct_change
- Change from the previous regular payment (blank for specials and first payments)
Dividend stock snapshot
One row per active dividend payer with today's yield, annual dividend, payout ratio, growth streak, five-year growth, cut history, A–F safety grade, next ex-date and fair-value estimate.
dividend-stocks.csv · 2,950 rows · 521 KB · 23 columns · built Oct 18, 2026
| ticker | company | forward_yield | growth_streak_years | safety_grade | valuation | next_ex_date | +16 more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 0.0047 | 2 | A | fair | … | |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | 0.0031 | 14 | A | overvalued | … | |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | 0.0026 | 1 | B | fair | … | |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | 0.0026 | 1 | B | fair | … | |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 0.0074 | 20 | A | overvalued | 2026-11-19 | … |
All 23 columns
- ticker
- Ticker symbol
- company
- Name
- type
- stock or etf
- sector
- Sector
- industry
- Industry
- price
- Last price, USD
- market_cap
- Market capitalization, USD
- forward_yield
- Forward dividend yield as a fraction
- annual_dividend
- Annualized regular dividend per share, USD
- frequency
- Payment frequency
- payout_ratio
- Dividends / earnings, trailing 12 months
- growth_streak_years
- Consecutive calendar years of dividend increases
- five_year_growth
- Five-year dividend growth rate, annualized
- ever_cut
- Whether an annual cut is on record
- last_cut_year
- Year of the most recent annual cut
- safety_score
- Dividend Safety Score, 0–100
- safety_grade
- A–F grade
- next_ex_date
- Next declared ex-dividend date
- next_pay_date
- Next pay date
- fair_value
- Blended fair-value estimate, USD
- valuation
- undervalued, fair or overvalued
- upside
- Fair value vs price as a fraction
- as_of
- Date the row's figures were last refreshed
Dividend Aristocrats and Kings
Every U.S.-listed stock with 25 or more consecutive years of dividend increases by our count, with its tier (Aristocrat 25+, King 50+), yield, safety grade, growth rate and latest raise.
dividend-aristocrats.csv · 106 rows · 11 KB · 12 columns · built Oct 18, 2026
Streaks are counted from our payment history in completed calendar years and can differ from S&P's official Dividend Aristocrats index, which also requires S&P 500 membership.
| ticker | company | tier | growth_streak_years | forward_yield | safety_grade | last_raise_pct | +5 more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | king | 55 | 0.021 | A | 0.030769 | … |
| KO | The Coca-Cola Company | king | 55 | 0.0226 | A | 0.039216 | … |
| EMR | Emerson Electric Co. | king | 53 | 0.0137 | A | 0.051136 | … |
| PEP | PepsiCo, Inc. | king | 53 | 0.045 | A | 0.040056 | … |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | king | 52 | 0.0225 | A | 0.019231 | … |
All 12 columns
- ticker
- Ticker symbol
- company
- Name
- sector
- Sector
- tier
- aristocrat (25+ years) or king (50+ years)
- growth_streak_years
- Consecutive years of increases
- forward_yield
- Forward yield as a fraction
- annual_dividend
- Annual dividend per share, USD
- five_year_growth
- Five-year dividend growth rate
- payout_ratio
- Payout ratio
- safety_grade
- A–F safety grade
- last_raise_date
- Ex-date of the most recent raise
- last_raise_pct
- Size of the most recent raise as a fraction
Upcoming ex-dividend dates
Every declared dividend with an ex-date in the next 90 days: amount, pay date, the last day to buy, and the change from the previous payment.
upcoming-ex-dividends.csv · 479 rows · 46 KB · 10 columns · built Oct 18, 2026
| ex_date | last_day_to_buy | ticker | company | amount | pay_date | +4 more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-16 | CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | 1.63 | 2026-11-02 | … |
| 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-16 | DOC | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 0.102 | 2026-11-02 | … |
| 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-16 | GGG | Graco Inc. | 0.295 | 2026-11-02 | … |
| 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-16 | UDR | UDR, Inc. | 0.145 | 2026-11-02 | … |
| 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-16 | OC | Owens Corning | 0.79 | 2026-11-02 | … |
All 10 columns
- ex_date
- Ex-dividend date
- last_day_to_buy
- Last trading day to buy and receive the dividend
- ticker
- Ticker symbol
- company
- Name
- type
- stock or etf
- amount
- Declared dividend per share, USD
- pay_date
- Pay date
- previous_amount
- Previous regular dividend
- pct_change
- Change vs previous as a fraction
- forward_yield
- Forward yield
Need one ticker, not the whole file?
The free dividend API returns any single ticker, ex-dividend date or week of changes as JSON, no key needed.
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What do I get with Pro?
All five CSV files, in full, rebuilt every night from the same data that powers the site, plus everything else in Pro (safety grades on your holdings, dividend change alerts, the 12-month income forecast). Pro is $99 a year.
Can I try the data before paying?
Yes. Start the 7-day free trial (no card needed) and you can download a 200-row sample of every file to check the format and columns. The full files unlock once your subscription starts, and the 14-day money-back guarantee still applies.
How often is the data updated?
Every night, after the day's dividend, price and calendar updates finish. Each file carries the date it was built in its name, and the snapshot file has an as_of date on every row.
How far back does the history go?
Back to 1970 for the longest-listed payers, such as Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson. Younger companies and funds start from their first dividend. The payments file covers every active U.S.-listed dividend payer we track.
How are raises and cuts identified?
Each regular payment is compared with the comparable earlier one: the previous payment, or for semiannual payers the same half a year before, since interim and final dividends differ by design. More than 0.1% higher is a raise, more than 0.1% lower a cut. A one-off payment 2.5 times the recent median that isn't repeated is a special and is left out, while a jump that persists (such as a dividend resumed after years away) starts a new regular level. The same rules drive the raise and cut history on every stock page.
What can I do with the files?
Use them for your own research, models, spreadsheets and internal business work. Please don't resell or republish the files themselves. Quoting individual figures with a link to SmarterDividends is fine.
Is there an API?
Yes. A free JSON API returns one ticker, one ex-dividend date or one week of dividend changes per request, with no key. The datasets are the bulk version.
Data is provided as is, for information only, and is not investment advice. Figures are computed by SmarterDividends from exchange and company dividend data and may contain errors; report any to corrections@smarterdividends.com.