For Income Investors

A portfolio of paychecks

Building income from dividends takes patience and constant monitoring. Tickerbot watches dividend changes, ex-dividend dates, yield thresholds, and distribution coverage across 12,000+ tickers — and tells you only when something actually changes.

What you actually want from an income alert

Yield isn't static. Coverage isn't safe forever. Income investing is monitoring.

Dividend hikes — the bread and butter

Companies raising their dividend are signaling confidence in cash flow. Dividend aristocrats build their reputations on hike streaks. Tickerbot fires the moment any stock in your watchlist or any dividend-paying stock at all raises by a threshold you set.

Example

Notify me when any S&P 500 stock raises its dividend by 5% or more

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JNJ raised dividend 6.2%. Now 62 consecutive years of hikes.

Yield thresholds that catch the dip

When a quality dividend stock sells off, the yield jumps. That's often the moment to add. Tickerbot fires when any stock in your watchlist crosses into a yield range you specify — without you having to check every day.

Example

Any of my watchlist stocks where the dividend yield just crossed above 4%

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VZ yield 4.12% (was 3.8% last week). Stock down 5%.

Dividend cuts — the silent risk

Dividend cuts are catastrophic for income portfolios. They also rarely happen quietly — there are usually warning signs in payout ratio and free cash flow. Tickerbot can fire on the warning signs before the cut.

Example

Any of my holdings where the payout ratio is now above 100% with free cash flow declining

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3 holdings flagged. Review payout coverage.

Ex-dividend calendar reminders

The ex-dividend date is the deadline to own the stock to receive the next payout. Tickerbot can ping you 3 days before any of your holdings goes ex-div, so you don't miss the cut-off.

Example

Remind me 3 days before any stock in my portfolio goes ex-dividend

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KO, PEP, JNJ all go ex-div this week. Heads up.

Alerts an income investor sets up once and forgets

Dividend hikes and special dividends across your portfolio
Dividend cuts on any holding (set up as risk alerts)
Yield thresholds: any high-quality stock crossing above 4% / 5% / 6%
Ex-dividend reminders 3 days out
Payout ratio > 100% on any current holding (cut warning)
REIT FFO surprises beating consensus by 5%+

Build your first income alert

Tickerbot watches the dividends. You collect the checks.