Get dividend history for an NZX company. Includes ex-date, payment date, amount (DPS), imputation %, DRP availability, summary stats. Company pages also show Dividend Safety Score (0-100 with 5 components), Forward Dividend Cut Probability (0-100% with risk factors), and Payout Ratio Trend Charts...
AI agents call get_dividends to retrieve information from NZXplorer MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
type | string | — | Dividend type: final, interim, special |
year | string | — | Year or range (e.g. "2024" or "2020-2024") |
limit | number | — | Max results |
ticker | string | Yes | NZX ticker symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries and returns historical dividend data and derived financial metrics for NZX-listed companies. It performs no writes, deletes, code execution, or financial transactions. The data returned could inform financial decisions, but the tool itself only reads and aggregates existing market data without modifying state or executing operations.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves dividend history, ex-dates, payment dates, amounts, imputation percentages, DRP availability, and computed safety/probability scores.
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Get dividend history for an NZX company. Includes ex-date, payment date, amount (DPS), imputation %, DRP availability, summary stats. Company pages also show Dividend Safety Score (0-100 with 5 components), Forward Dividend Cut Probability (0-100% with risk factors), and Payout Ratio Trend Charts with sector benchmarks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the NZXplorer MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_dividends accepts 4 parameters: type, year, limit, ticker. Required: ticker. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the NZXplorer MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_dividends: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches NZXplorer MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_dividends is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_dividends rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_dividends. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_dividends is provided by the NZXplorer MCP Server MCP server (mambaventures/nzxplorer-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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