Extract unique value between two dates based on multiple occurrences of a unique ID

[undefeatedbrowns]

Hi,

I'm trying to extract the dividend rate for a stock(ticker) from a data spreadsheet but I only need the dividend rate if the dividend's ex date and pay date fall before and after a certain date.

In the "data" spreadsheet, in column A I have a list of tickers or unique IDs but there can be multiple instances of the unique ID if the stock paid multiple dividends during the year. In column C is the dividend rate, column D is the ex-date and column E is the pay date.

In my output spreadsheet I have a ticker and I'm trying to write a formula that would pull the dividend rate if the ex-date is less than or equal to a date in my output spread sheet (cell A3) and the pay date is greater the date in my output spreadsheet (cell A3).

 

[auto.pilot]

This formula assumes that the table on your 'data' sheet has headers in row 1 and that your data is in rows 2:30. On your output sheet, it assumes that your ticker is in cell A5 and your desired result is in cell B5. Put this formula in cell B5:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Data!$A$2:$A$30=Output!$A5),--(Data!$D$2:$D$30<=Output!$A$3),--(Data!$E$2:$E$30>Output!$A$3),Data!$C$2:$C$30)

To understand what this is doing... the first section references the column of tickers on your data sheet, which need to match cell A5 on your Output sheet. The second section references Ex Dates and the 3rd section references Pay Dates. Finally, the last section returns the SUM of values where all of the criteria are met.

Caution... If the ticker, dividend rate ex date and pay date are listed more than once on your data sheet, the formula will return the sum of them, not the dividend rate.

Hope this helps.

jim