Dividend year - datatypes (DY10)

Composite datatype to retrieve core data for dividends paid in the last 10 years.

The data displayed starts from the dividend payment date that is most recent to the user request date. Please note, dividend payment announcements are typically forward looking in nature, to ensure any future dividends are captured the request should have a future end date.

The number of years retrieved can be modified up to 10 years, available datatypes: DY1, DY5, and DY10

The table below lists the dividend fields retrieved, the number indicates the chronological order of the dividend- 1 = latest dividend paid, 2 = second latest dividend paid etc.

Field HeaderField Description
DT001Dividend Type
DD001Adjusted Dividend Rate
UD001Unadjusted Dividend Rate
TX001Dividend Tax Indicator
XD001Dividend Ex-Date
PD001Dividend Payment Date

Listed below are the possible Dividend Type values:

CMBCombination
CPGCapital Gains
CPLLong Term Capital Gains
CPSShort Term Capital Gains
CPUUndefined Capital Gains
FINFinal
HYRHalf yearly
INTInterim
MTHMonthly
QTRQuarterly
RSTRestricted dividend, not payable to all shareholders
SPLExtraordinary payment
UNDUndefined
YRYearly

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.

The number of dividends displayed per year can be restricted to a specified number\ by appending D* to the datatype, for example to retrieve the last 3 dividends paid for the period requested the datatype becomes DY10D3.

Dividend payment information is also available as a timeseries in 2 possible formats, 1) timeseries based on dividends where the payment date is most recent to the user's request date, 2) timeseries based on dividends where the ex-date is most recent to the user's request date. The annualised Dividend Per Share is also available as a timeseries. See below the full suite of dividend datatypes available:

DPSDividend Per Share
DPSCDDividend Per Share Date
DCURDividend Per Share Currency
NDCURDividend Per Share Currency ISO Code
DYDividend Yield
YNDividend Yield (Net)
DY1Dividend Set - 1 Year
DY5Dividend Set - 5 Years
DY10Dividend Set - 10 Years
ANDEDividend Announcement Date (based on Ex-Date)
XDDEDividend Ex-Date (based on Ex-Date)
DCREDividend Payment Currency (based on Ex-Date)
PYDEDividend Payment Date (based on Ex-Date)
DDEDividend Rate Adjusted (based on Ex-Date)
UDDEDividend Rate Unadjusted (based on Ex-Date)
RCDEDividend Record Date (based on Ex-Date)
DTAXEDividend Tax Marker (based on Ex-Date)
DTEDividend Type (based on Ex-Date)
FRPEDividend Franking Percentage (based on Ex-Date)
TTEDividend Franking Tax Type (based on Ex-Date)
ANDDividend Announcement Date (based on Payment Date)
XDDDividend Ex-Date (based on Payment Date)
DCRDividend Payment Currency (based on Payment Date)
PYDDividend Payment Date (based on Payment Date)
DDDividend Rate Adjusted (based on Payment Date)
UDDDividend Rate Unadjusted (based on Payment Date)
RCDDividend Record Date (based on Payment Date)
DTAXDividend Tax Marker (based on Payment Date)
DTDividend Type (based on Payment Date)
FRPFranking Percentage (based on Payment Date)
TTFranking Tax Type (based on Payment Date)
DCVDividend Cover