In addition to market data, financial statements, and fundamental ratios, I find it very valuable to have up-to-date websites and data sources with clean information on a listed company’s dividends, both upcoming and historical. Dividend yields on many stock information pages can be unreliable, as it is not always clear when trailing 12 months or forward looking dividends are being used, or if the time window has been properly accounted for, so for now, actually knowing the dollar (or pound) amount and schedule of dividends is important.
As a handy reference, here are some links to sites with dividend data for companies listed in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore (which I sometimes refer to as the “Anglo 6” equity markets):
- NASDAQ dividend history (for AAPL as an example)
- NASDAQ dividend calendar
- Farmer’s Ex-dividend site for upcoming Canadian dividends
- DividendData.co.uk upcoming ex-dividends
- DividendData.co.uk FTSE 250 dividend history
- ASX dividend history (using CBA as an example)
- Dividends.com.au dividend history (also using CBA as an example)
- MarketIndex.com.au upcoming dividends
- AAStocks upcoming dividends for Hong Kong stocks
- AAstocks dividend history (using AIA = 1299.HK as an example)
- Dividends.sg dividend history (using DBS Bank as an example)