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# ScreenerDividendState

> Selected dividend record, trailing dividend total, and current dividend yield. Dividend amounts are split-adjusted per-share values. Startup and live paths use different selected-record cutoffs and differ on whether a dividend at the trailing window's lower boundary is included.

Message
fields**4**
used by[StockScreenerState](https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs/kafka/types/StockScreenerState.md)

**Proto definition**

```protobuf schema.proto theme={null}
message ScreenerDividendState {
  Decimal latest_dividend = 1;
  Date latest_dividend_date = 2;
  Date latest_dividend_payment_date = 3;
  Decimal ttm_dividend = 4;
}
```

## Fields

The number on the right of each row is the protobuf field number.

latest\_dividend
[Decimal](https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs/kafka/types/Decimal.md)
1

Split-adjusted dividend per share from the selected dividend record.

latest\_dividend\_date
[Date](https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs/kafka/types/Date.md)
2

Ex-dividend date of the selected record. Absent when unavailable.

latest\_dividend\_payment\_date
[Date](https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs/kafka/types/Date.md)
3

Payment date of the selected record. Absent when unavailable.

ttm\_dividend
[Decimal](https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs/kafka/types/Decimal.md)
4

Sum of split-adjusted dividends per share during the 12 months ending on the source snapshot's as-of date. The as-of date is not included. Startup excludes the lower boundary, while live snapshots include it.