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FUNDAMENTALS / DIVIDENDS
DivPSNextQ
Full Description

DivPS adds or counts the dividends per share during a filing period. The data used is the corporate actions data which is per share (as opposed to DivPaid which uses cashflow statement data in absolute terms for all dividend types)

PreBuilt Factors:
DivPS5YAvg, DivPSNextQ, DivPSNextQCnt, DivPSQ, DivPSTTM

Function:
DivPS( offset, type [, div_type, div_dt, cnt_flag] )
By default it includes regular dividends with ex-dates during the specified period.

Parameters:
offset: 0-20 (for interim) 0-10 (for annual)
type: QTR (for interim), ANN (for annual), TTM (for trailing twelve months)
div_type: [#Regular], #Special, #AllDiv
div_dt: [#ExDate] , #PayDate, #AnnDate
count_flag: [FALSE] , TRUE. If TRUE it returns the number of dividends paid.

Examples:
To screen for stock that paid more dividends in the most recent twelve months vs the previous twelve months enter:

DivPS(0,TTM) > DivPS(4,TTM)