[R-SIG-Finance] Finding stock splits and dividend information

[Joshua Ulrich]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 8:20 PM H <agents using meddatainc.com> wrote:
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> Can anyone suggest a source for stock splits and dividend information on US listed stocks? I already have the quotes but in order to do fundamental analysis using historical information the two items above are required. I am looking to go back to ca 2010 (or earlier, if possible).
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Tiingo [1] provides this information, and more, for free. All you need
is a free API key. The riingo package [2] implements a substantial
portion of the API.

[1] https://api.tiingo.com/
[2] https://cran.r-project.org/package=riingo

> I have looked into parsing XBRL information from the SEC (8-K filings as I understand it) but it does not seem promising for two reasons: (1) XBRL has a short history, shorter the smaller the company is; and (2) the quality of submissions and taxonomies used is not as good as one would like...
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> Is CRISP or Compustat data available without a subscription?
>
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