dividend data info on Portfolio data page is misleadingly incomplete
For instance the dividend data for JRS shows 0.81. This is correct for the TTM amount but the current distribution is 0.19 / quarter which would be 0.76 for the next 12 month. It'd be far more useful to have both the TTM value and the current (most recent) distribution amount in the table.
Hi,
For most stocks we do indeed show the forward dividend rate which is based on the most recent distribution. However, with ETFs and other funds, they tend to pay uneven distributions so extrapolating a forward rate based on the most recent payment can be very error prone. JRS happens to be a fund which pays more consistently. However, look at a fund like SPY which is more typical of ETFs: