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 Concepts | Distribution Event Array |
| Data Type | real number |
| Unit of Item | USD |
Date Range Availability
| Daily | 1925 |
| Monthly | 1925 |
Database Availability and Utility Usage
| Database Formats | CRSPAccess |
| Product Types | STK |
| ts_print Daily Usage | n/a |
| ts_print Monthly Usage | n/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 |