Vedanta will give a gift to 20 lakh retail investors, will the first dividend of the year be announced?

News Topical, Digital Desk : India's leading mining company Vedanta Limited is preparing to declare its first interim dividend for the financial year 2025-26. The company's board will meet on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in which this proposal will be considered and approved. The record date for the dividend has been fixed as June 24.

Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta had given a total dividend of ₹ 43.5 per share to its shareholders in the financial year 2025. Then the company had paid more than ₹ 17,000 crore as dividend.

In the last four years, the company has distributed dividends of more than ₹ 200 per share to its shareholders. During this period, Vedanta gave a total dividend of more than ₹ 80,000 crore, most of which went to promoter Vedanta Resources. Who has how much stake? Vedanta has about 20 lakh retail shareholders, who hold about 11.25% stake in the company. Recently, the company's subsidiary Hindustan Zinc declared an interim dividend of ₹ 10 per share, giving Vedanta a dividend of about ₹ 3,000 crore based on its stake. Brokerage firm JP Morgan has forecast a cut in Vedanta's dividend by almost half for the financial year 2026, which is estimated to be ₹ 25 per share. At the same time, it is likely to be ₹ 27 per share in the financial year 2027. The company's shares have risen 5% in the last one month and are currently trading at ₹ 463.1. Vedanta Resources held a 56.38% stake in the company at the end of the March quarter. The company aims to complete its demerger process by September this year, in which the current listed unit will be split into five separate businesses. Analysts believe that Vedanta has the potential to offer the highest dividend yield in the metal sector and the company's earnings will also improve.

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