# US Stock Cash Dividend History

> US Stock Cash Dividend History is a paid API for AI agents from marketdata.use.x402atlas.com, paid per call via x402, $0.015/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns cash dividend history for a US stock ticker, including ex-dividend dates, pay dates, record dates, per-share amounts, and payout frequency.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://marketdata.use.x402atlas.com/dividends
- Price: $0.015/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/us-stock-cash-dividend-history-2e322bf4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_86FRZP3k0ok-Aatc0DsB2

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability us-stock-cash-dividend-history-2e322bf4
```

Example prompt: Pull up the full cash dividend history for AAPL — I want to see the ex-dividend dates, pay dates, record dates, per-share amounts, and how often they pay out.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need historical cash dividend data for a US-listed stock, including income analysis, yield calculations, dividend growth tracking, or identifying ex-dividend and pay dates for trading strategies. Prefer this over general reference endpoints when dividend-specific corporate action data is the primary need.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unknown ticker symbol returns empty result or error
- Non-US ticker symbols may not be supported
- limit parameter exceeding 5000 returns a validation error
- Payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Rate limiting if too many requests are made in quick succession

## How this service works

Cash dividend history for a US stock — ex-dividend/pay/record dates, per-share amount and payout frequency.

## Output

A list of historical cash dividend records for the specified US stock ticker, each containing the ex-dividend date, pay date, record date, dividend amount per share, and payout frequency (e.g. quarterly, annual). Up to 100 records by default, up to 5000 with the limit parameter.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "ticker"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 50000,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Max results returned"
      },
      "ticker": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "US stock ticker, e.g. AAPL"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "queried_at",
      "ticker",
      "count",
      "dividends"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "count": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Number of dividends returned."
      },
      "ticker": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Echo of the requested ticker."
      },
      "dividends": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
         "cash_amount",
         "currency",
         "frequency"
        ],
        "properties": {
         "currency": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "ISO currency code."
         },
         "pay_date": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date"
         },
         "frequency": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Payouts per year (e.g. 4 for quarterly)."
         },
         "cash_amount": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Per-share cash amount."
         },
         "record_date": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date"
         },
         "declaration_date": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date"
         },
         "ex_dividend_date": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date"
         },
         "distribution_type": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "e.g. recurring, special."
         }
        }
       },
       "description": "Cash dividend history, most recent first."
      },
      "queried_at": {
       "type": "string",
    
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "dividends": [
   {
    "currency": "USD",
    "pay_date": "2025-08-14",
    "frequency": 4,
    "cash_amount": 0.26,
    "ex_dividend_date": "2025-08-11",
    "distribution_type": "recurring"
   }
  ],
  "queried_at": "2026-07-06T12:00:00Z"
 }
}
```

## More

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