# ex_dividend_date

Next ex-dividend date.

A date signal column on the Tickerbot computed state table (23,230+ ticker rows) — computed by the platform, queryable by bare name across the API. Values are NULL on rows the signal doesn't apply to.

- Group: Events
- Category: Dividends
- Type: date
- Update cadence: post-close daily
- Intervals: 1d
- Universe: all tickers
- History: full · since 2004
- Nullable: yes

## Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-10-06 and trimmed; your run's values and dates will differ.

### The whole market, filtered on it — `/v2/scan` (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/scan.md)

#### Live — the whole market, ranked by this column

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "ex_dividend_date IS NOT NULL", "order": "ex_dividend_date", "columns": "ex_dividend_date" }'
```

Response (sampled 2026-10-06, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-10-06T12:43:32.410Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "ex_dividend_date IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "ex_dividend_date",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "ex_dividend_date"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "GECCG",
   "name": "Great Elm Capital Corp. 7.75% Notes Due 2030",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 24.8,
   "change_1d_pct": null,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "ex_dividend_date": "2030-12-13T00:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
   "ticker": "METCI",
   "name": "Ramaco Resources, Inc. 8.250% Senior Notes due 2030",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 25.0968,
   "change_1d_pct": null,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "ex_dividend_date": "2030-07-15T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
 ]
}
```

#### As-of — the same scan at a past date

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "ex_dividend_date IS NOT NULL", "order": "ex_dividend_date", "columns": "ex_dividend_date", "asof": "2026-07-08" }'
```

Response (sampled 2026-10-06, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-07-08",
 "query": {
  "q": "ex_dividend_date IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-07-08",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "ex_dividend_date",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "ex_dividend_date"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 0,
 "results": []
}
```

### Its history — `/v2/series` (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/series.md)

#### History — the column on an aligned time grid

```bash
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,ex_dividend_date" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-10-06, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-10-06T12:43:36.564Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "ex_dividend_date"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-10-01",
    "close": 330.32,
    "ex_dividend_date": null
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-10-02",
    "close": 333.69,
    "ex_dividend_date": null
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-10-05",
    "close": 332.89,
    "ex_dividend_date": null
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-10-01",
    "close": 512.8,
    "ex_dividend_date": null
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-10-02",
    "close": 517.53,
    "ex_dividend_date": null
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-10-05",
    "close": 525.18,
    "ex_dividend_date": null
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## Related signals (Dividends)

- [dividend](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/dividend.md)
- [dividend_approaching](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/dividend_approaching.md)
- [dividend_date](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/dividend_date.md)
- [dividend_frequency](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/dividend_frequency.md)
- [dividend_payout_ratio](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/dividend_payout_ratio.md)
- [dividend_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/dividend_ttm.md)

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