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Historical Dividend Data

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Ex-Date Record Date Pay Date Declared Date Type Amount
Dec 16, 2025 Dec 15, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.725
Dec 17, 2024 Dec 16, 2024 Dec 17, 2024 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.072
Dec 14, 2023 Dec 13, 2023 Dec 14, 2023 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.888
Dec 15, 2022 Dec 14, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.9226
Dec 16, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Dec 16, 2021 -- Long Term Capital Gains 10.85
Dec 16, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Dec 16, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.6225
Dec 16, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Dec 16, 2021 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0993
Dec 17, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 Dec 17, 2020 -- Long Term Capital Gains 2.513
Dec 19, 2019 Dec 18, 2019 Dec 19, 2019 -- Long Term Capital Gains 1.661
Dec 19, 2019 Dec 18, 2019 Dec 19, 2019 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.0855
Dec 19, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 Dec 19, 2018 -- Long Term Capital Gains 4.353
Dec 19, 2017 Dec 18, 2017 Dec 19, 2017 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.718
Dec 15, 2016 Dec 14, 2016 Dec 15, 2016 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.0843
Dec 17, 2015 Dec 16, 2015 Dec 17, 2015 -- Long Term Capital Gains 5.206
Dec 18, 2014 Dec 17, 2014 Dec 18, 2014 -- Long Term Capital Gains 7.060
Dec 11, 2001 -- Dec 11, 2001 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.0393
Dec 08, 2000 Dec 07, 2000 Dec 08, 2000 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.5843
Dec 08, 1998 -- Dec 08, 1998 -- Long Term Capital Gains 3.089
Dec 16, 1997 -- Dec 16, 1997 -- Middle Term Capital Gains 0.2952
Dec 16, 1997 -- Dec 16, 1997 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.3807
Dec 12, 1996 -- Dec 12, 1996 -- Short Term Capital Gains 0.1986
Dec 12, 1996 -- Dec 12, 1996 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.61
Dec 19, 1995 -- Dec 19, 1995 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.1419
Dec 20, 1994 -- -- -- Non-qualified 0.0195
Dec 20, 1994 -- Dec 20, 1994 -- Long Term Capital Gains 0.0344

Dividend Definition

Dividends are payments per share reported as of the ex-dividend date. Profits can be allocated to retained earnings or paid to shareholders as dividends or stock buybacks. Shareholders receive dividends proportional to their shares. Dividends vary by company growth stage; rapidly growing companies often reinvest profits rather than pay dividends, while steady growth companies typically offer small, consistent dividends. Dividends can be qualified or non-qualified. Qualified dividends are taxed at the lower capital gains rate, while non-qualified dividends are taxed as regular income.

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Dividend Range, Past 5 Years

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Dividend Excel Add-In Codes

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Metric Code: dividend
Latest Data Point: =YCP("M:SSMGX", "dividend")
Last 5 Data Points: =YCS("M:SSMGX", "dividend", -4)
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