Rolling 12 month dividend per share – datatype (DPS)
Rolling 12-month adjusted annualized Dividend Per Share timeseries, typically stored on the dividend announcement date.
DPS is calculated using dividend payments paid within the last 12 months.
For the US and Canada, the DPS reflects the 'indicated annual dividend' which is derived by multiplying the latest payment by the frequency of payment. A latest quarterly payment, for example, is multiplied by 4.
Special dividends are excluded from the DPS calculation.
Used in a static request the datatype will retrieve the latest dividend information relative to the request date.
DCUR displays the DPS currency in the form of the Datastream currency code, and DPCSD displays the period end date for the latest DPS value available.
DPS is the underlying measure used to calculate Dividend Yield, datatype DY
See below the full suite of dividend datatypes available :
DPS Dividend Per Share DPSCD Dividend Per Share Date DCUR Dividend Per Share Currency NDCUR Dividend Per Share Currency ISO Code DY Dividend Yield YN Dividend Yield (Net) DY1 Dividend Set - 1 Year DY5 Dividend Set - 5 Years DY10 Dividend Set - 10 Years ANDE Dividend Announcement Date (based on Ex-Date) XDDE Dividend Ex-Date (based on Ex-Date) DCRE Dividend Payment Currency (based on Ex-Date) PYDE Dividend Payment Date (based on Ex-Date) DDE Dividend Rate Adjusted (based on Ex-Date) UDDE Dividend Rate Unadjusted (based on Ex-Date) RCDE Dividend Record Date (based on Ex-Date) DTAXE Dividend Tax Marker (based on Ex-Date) DTE Dividend Type (based on Ex-Date) FRPE Dividend Franking Percentage (based on Ex-Date) TTE Dividend Franking Tax Type (based on Ex-Date) AND Dividend Announcement Date (based on Payment Date) XDD Dividend Ex-Date (based on Payment Date) DCR Dividend Payment Currency (based on Payment Date) PYD Dividend Payment Date (based on Payment Date) DD Dividend Rate Adjusted (based on Payment Date) UDD Dividend Rate Unadjusted (based on Payment Date) RCD Dividend Record Date (based on Payment Date) DTAX Dividend Tax Marker (based on Payment Date) DT Dividend Type (based on Payment Date) FRP Franking Percentage (based on Payment Date) TT Franking Tax Type (based on Payment Date) DCV Dividend Cover