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About Dividend Predictor
Dividend Predictor forecasts the day a company's board is expected to declare its next dividend — the announcement, not the ex-dividend date. Unlike most dividend calendars, which only list a date once a company has already announced it, we estimate the announcement date ahead of the board meeting itself, from that company's own history of declarations. Once a company has actually declared, we show that confirmed ex-dividend date instead — a fact, never an estimate.
What makes it different
We measure a company's declaration rhythm three independent ways: the typical gap between past declarations, the same declaration one year earlier carried forward exactly 52 weeks, and the board's usual calendar slot (say, the third Thursday of the month). We only publish a date when those readings agree with each other — all three for the top rating, or the two that don't depend on the calendar for the lower one. Agreement between independently-computed estimates turns out to be a stronger signal than a ticker's own past predictability. Every estimate carries a quality rating (high or medium) depending on how many of the three routes agreed, and we simply don't publish one for every stock we cover — some pages carry the company's own declared date instead, or the payment record alone. Read the full method on the How it works page.
Coverage and data
We cover US-listed equities with a dividend record: four or more payments, the most recent within the past year. Most pay quarterly, but monthly, semi-annual and annual payers are all here. An announcement estimate needs more than that — a quarterly cadence and roughly three years of declarations behind it — which is why most pages carry none. Estimates are derived from publicly available market data and are refreshed regularly. An announcement date that lands on a weekend is pushed to the next weekday, since boards don't meet on Saturdays or Sundays.
An important caveat
Everything here is a statistical estimate, not a confirmed date, until a company actually declares. A board can change, delay, or cancel a dividend at any time, and no estimate can see that coming. Nothing on this site is financial advice — always verify against the company's official announcement before making any decision.
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