Historical Dividends API
Historical Dividends and Dividend Calendar API
Dividend-paying stocks have gained a huge popularity among investors who view them as a source of regular steady income. In case you are an investor with an intent to purchase shares in a company or an analyst who wants to track and compare historical dividends of companies, then Tradefeeds Historical Dividends and Dividend Calendar API is your valuable tool to examine big amounts of dividends data. The Historical Dividends API and Dividend Calendar API gives you access to our comprehensive database where dividends rates and dividend dates are collected for various companies worldwide.
When a company’s executive board holds their annual general meeting, the corporate executives present the financial performance of the company for the current fiscal year. They discuss the yearly financial statements and decide if the company is profitable enough to pay dividends to its shareholders. Once the announcements are made on dividends payments, in particular, the dividend rates and dividend dates are released, Tradefeeds ensures to update the data on the historical dividends and dividend calendar in the database.
For the moment, in Tradefeeds Historical and Dividend Calendar Database, you can find only the dividend data on the dividend dates (record dates) and the determined historical dividends payments. However, our team of data experts is working to deliver a few more dividend categories including ex-dividend date, declaration date and payment date. So far, you can get only historical data on the record date. The record date is the day on which a company checks if a shareholder is recorded on the company’s books to receive a dividend payment. By using Tradefeeds Historical Dividends and Dividend Calendar Database, you will be able to get the latest dividend data.
For example, if you are a passionate about tracking down Apple Inc.’s dividend history and calendar, you will be able to examine it all from December 1980 until May 2020. Recently, the company has reported the record date May 9, 2022 and the dividend amount of $0.23. When it comes to dividends, always keep in mind that different companies distribute dividend payments differently throughout the fiscal year. This happen annually, semi-annually or quarterly. The data on dividend rates and dividend dates is reliable and accurate as it is being sourced from SEC and official company websites.
Developer Documentation
Historical Dividends and Dividend Calendar (HDDC) API is available in a JSON format. Tradefeeds API also supports all programming languages, which satisfies the needs of our various customers. Check the other formats through which you can obtain dividend history data. Pay attention to the key filtering parameters as well as the input request and output response examples.