This means that investors must purchase these shares on August 28 to be eligible for the upcoming dividend payouts.
State-run NBCC (India) has declared a final dividend of 14% amounting to Rs 0.14 per share, reinforcing its consistent track record of rewarding shareholders. Meanwhile, Zee Entertainment Enterprises is giving away a hefty final dividend of 243% or Rs 2.43 per share, making it one of the most significant dividend announcements of the day.
Beyond NBCC and Zee, a diverse set of companies across industries—from hotels and engineering to chemicals and diagnostics—are also rewarding shareholders. The ex-dividend list for August 29 includes:
- Alfred Herbert (India)– 50% @ Rs 5 per share
- Asian Hotels (East) – 10% @ Rs 1 per share
- Bikaji Foods International– 100% @ Rs 1 per share
- Black Box- 50% @ Rs 1 per share
- Cantabil Retail India– 25% @ Rs 0.5 per share
- Engineers India– 40% @ Rs 2 per share
- Ganesh Housing Corporation– 50% @ Rs 5 per share
- Harsha Engineers International– 10% @ Rs 1 per share
- Haryana Leather Chemicals– 10% @ Rs 1 per share
- IRB Infrastructure Developers– 7% interim @ Rs 0.07 per share
- Morepen Laboratories– 10% @ Rs 0.2 per share
- Nitin Spinners– 30% @ Rs 3 per share
- Premier Energies– 50% @ Rs 0.5 per share
- Protean e-Gov Technologies– 100% @ Rs 10 per share
- Royal Orchid Hotels– 25% @ Rs 2.5 per share
- Salzer Electronics– 25% @ Rs 2.5 per share
- Shetron– 10% @ Rs 1 per share
- Shilp Gravures – 21% @ Rs 2.1 per share
- SKP Securities– 20% @ Rs 2 per share
- Suyog Telematics– 18% @ Rs 1.8 per share
- Uniphos Enterprises– 25% @ Rs 0.5 per share
- Vijaya Diagnostic Centre– 200% @ Rs 2 per share
- Wealth First Portfolio Managers – 40% @ Rs 4 per share
- Whirlpool of India– 50% @ Rs 5 per share
- Yuken India – 15% @ Rs 1.5 per share
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Investors who miss today’s cut-off won’t get these payouts, but the announcements show that companies are confident and earnings remain strong across sectors.(Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times)