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Dividend Cash Amount

Dividend Cash Amount is the US dollar value per share of distributions resulting from cash dividends, spin-offs, mergers, exchanges, reorganizations, liquidations, and rights issues. Dividend Cash Amount includes the cash value of ordinary and non-ordinary (return of capital) dividends. When the distribution is paid in shares of a trading security, the Dividend Cash Amount is set to the exchange ratio times the price of the security at the close of the Ex-Distribution Date.

In a distribution where a limited percentage of shares are accepted in exchange for cash, the Dividend Cash Amount is set to the offer price, and the value must be adjusted using the Factor to Adjust Price. These are identified by a Distribution Code with the first digit 6 and a Factor to Adjust Price between -1 and 0. Note: regular income dividends for ADRs use the gross.

General Information
Primary ConceptsDistribution Event Array
Data Typereal number
Unit of Item USD
Date Range Availability
Daily 1925
Monthly 1925
Database Availability and Utility Usage
Database FormatsCRSPAccess
Product TypesSTK
ts_print Daily Usagen/a
ts_print Monthly Usagen/a
stk_print Option(s) /di
C Usage
Object dists_arr
Array dists[ ]
Element divamt
FORTRAN-95 Usage
Type or Subtype dists_arr
Member and/or Array dists()
Element divamt