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The bars show the move over a week, a month, this year and 12 months, so you can see the trend at a glance. The trend label is based on the last month. Each card says which shares it matters for.
Close-of-play figures, not real-time prices. Commodity, currency and crypto prices can move sharply, and cryptoassets are largely unregulated in the UK. Not investment advice. Important information
Inflation, jobs (including US non-farm payrolls), growth, business surveys and central bank decisions over the next few weeks. Times are UK time. Red-edged rows are the big ones. "Last" is the previous reading; "Expected" is the market consensus where one is published.
Wall Street closes at 4:00pm New York. Right now that is in London, so US cut-offs fall in the UK evening.
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A simulation, not advice. It assumes you buy at the previous closing price in New York and hold through the record date. There is no stamp duty on US shares. All figures are in US dollars, with the sterling value alongside. UK brokers usually add a currency conversion charge, which is not included, and the sterling value of the dividend depends on the exchange rate on the payment date. Withholding depends on your own tax position and on whether your broker holds a valid W-8BEN for you.
Only companies whose qualifying cut-off has not passed. Dividend cover shows how many times earnings could pay the dividend: 2x or more is comfortable, below 1x means the company is paying out more than it earned.
Tap any company to see what you would be paid, when it lands, and the tax withheld.
Cover is trailing 12-month earnings per share divided by dividends per share, on reported earnings, from Bigdata.com (FMP data). Companies without 12-month data are left out of this ranking but appear in the ledger.
Projects, deals and targets the companies themselves have announced in results, filings and investor days, together with the next date that could move the story. These are company plans, not forecasts from The FOMO Dividend. Each one can slip or fail.
Cut-off is the close (16:00 New York) on the last trading day before the ex-date, because US trades settle in one business day. See the Stock Chess tab for the bigger moves in the S&P 500.
Third-quarter results season is under way, and the big banks report first. US companies usually announce dividends with or shortly after results, then go ex a few weeks later. Times are New York time, from the Bigdata.com events calendar.
| Company | Type | Dividend | In pounds | Payment | % of price | 12-month yield | Cover | Status | Source |
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Dividends are in US dollars per share. "In pounds" converts at the rate shown in the simulator. "% of price" divides this payment by the previous close. A dash means the figure has not been sourced, not that it is zero. Confirm each dividend against the company's own announcement or SEC filing before acting.
The first day a share trades without the dividend. US trades have settled one business day after the trade (T+1) since May 2024, so the ex-dividend date and the record date are normally the same day. To qualify, you must buy before the ex-date, by the 4:00pm New York close on the previous trading day. That is 9:00pm UK time for most of the year, and 8:00pm for a week or so when the clocks change on different dates.
A US tax form that confirms you are not a US person. Once your broker holds one for you, US tax withheld on dividends drops from 30% to 15% for UK residents under the UK–US tax treaty. It normally lasts until the end of the third calendar year after you sign it. Most UK brokers ask for it when you first buy US shares.
Tax taken from the dividend in the US before you receive it. With a W-8BEN it is 15%. UK tax then applies to the dividend as usual, and you can usually set the US tax against it. Some brokers can apply a lower rate inside a SIPP; check with yours.
Most large US companies pay four times a year. One payment is usually a quarter of the yearly total, so "this payment as % of price" is much smaller than the 12-month yield.
How many times earnings could pay the dividend: earnings per share ÷ dividend per share. Below 1x means the company paid out more than it earned. This page uses reported earnings, which can be dragged down by one-off charges.
A real estate investment trust. It must pay out most of its taxable income as dividends, so yields are high, but property depreciation lowers reported earnings, so earnings cover is not a useful test.
A dramatised interview with a host and two expert guests. The guests are fictional characters to be voiced by actors, so no real person is quoted. Every figure comes from this page.
The highest 12-month dividend yields from our screens of US companies worth more than $20bn, with Chevron and Philip Morris added for comparison. These aren't tied to this week's dates. Use them to build a watch list and catch the next ex-dividend date.
Tap any company to see what a sum invested today would pay over a year, if the last 12 months' dividends were repeated. Your investor setting from the simulator applies here too.
Cash yield is the dividends paid over the last 12 months (Bigdata.com company screen) divided by the closing price on 12 Oct 2026. Cover is trailing 12-month reported earnings divided by dividends (Bigdata.com, FMP data). Real estate investment trusts (REITs) must pay out most of their taxable income, and property depreciation depresses their reported earnings, so earnings cover is not shown for them. A high yield is often a sign that the market expects a cut. Not investment advice.
Every company is playing a game against the market. Interest rates, oil and tariffs set the board. But the biggest share price moves usually come from something the company itself controls: a deal, a sale, a listing, a debt repayment or a regulatory decision. Each card shows the position, the risks, what we want to see next, and the date of the next move.
A company with a problem it has to solve. If it gets out of check, the share price can recover sharply. If it doesn't, the pressure stays on.
A notable move already on the board: a takeover, a merger, a listing, a sale or a demerger. These have a clear win-or-lose outcome.
Stock Chess describes announced events and possible outcomes. It is not a forecast, rating or recommendation, and deals, listings and regulatory decisions can go either way. Important information
Positions as at 13 October 2026, from company results, SEC filings and news coverage via Bigdata.com. Deal timetables depend on regulators and can slip. "Date to confirm" means the company has not yet published the date; the usual timing is shown. Not investment advice.
Stockatonia was established on 5 February 2015. For 11 years it has created new investor introductions and published boutique, alpha-seeking stock market research. The FOMO Dividend publishes four editions every week before the ex-dividend dates: the UK, the US, India and Australia.
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