Dividend type, based upon ex–date – datatype (DTE)

The dividend payment type stored as a timeseries on the ex-date. 

Listed below are the possible dividend type values: 

CMB	Combination
CPG	Capital Gains
CPL	Long Term Capital Gains
CPS	Short Term Capital Gains
CPU	Undefined Capital Gains
FIN	Final
HYR	Half yearly
INT	Interim
MTH	Monthly
QTR	Quarterly
RST	Restricted dividend, not payable to all shareholders
SPL	Extraordinary/Special payment
UND	Undefined
YR	Yearly

Where two or more payments fall on the same day for a security and the dividend types are different then the dividend type will be CMB to indicate a combination of types. 

Dividend payment announcements are typically forward looking in nature, to ensure any future dividends are captured the request should have a future end date. 

Used in a static request the datatype will retrieve the latest dividend information relative to the request date. 

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Dividend payment information is available in three formats: 
  • timeseries datatypes stored on the dividend ex-date
  • timeseries datatypes stored on the dividend payment date
  • composite static datatypes displaying a key set of dividend fields

An annualized dividend per share (DPS) timeseries is also derived using the underlying dividend payment information. 

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