13/04/2020 List of 30 Highest Dividend Paying Stocks in India

List of 30 Highest Dividend Paying Stocks in India

Harsh Singh

If you’re searching for stock market on internet then probably you’re ahead of 96% Indians the reason being that only 4% Indians invest in
stock market. And if you’re are searching for what is dividend, dividend yield or highest dividend paying stocks in Indian Market then you’re
again in a better position compared other types of investors and traders in the market.

This following article will try to elaborate on following terms and questions which are much of investors’ interests when it comes to dividend
and other dividend related query.

The article will highlight on:-

1. What is dividend and its definition.

What is Dividend and dividend definition:

In layman’s language, dividend is the money shared by a company to its shareholders on regular basis depending on the profits earned
(or reserves).

As per law in India, there is procedure laid down in the Companies Act and the rules framed there under regulate the dividend payment
which are as under:

1. Dividend can be paid only out of profits of the company from its ordinary operations in the relevant year or in the previous years after
making provision for depreciation and amortisation in all such years
2. Capital profits resulting out of sale of assets can be utilised for payment of dividend if and only if the same is realised.
3. Dividend can be declared only after the minimum percent of the profits as prescribed in the Companies Act is transferred to
reserves.

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After complying the above referred conditions, the Board of Directors can recommend the dividend to shareholders for approving at the
annual general meeting

What is dividend yield and dividend yield calculation:

Dividend yield is the dividend given by the company upon the market price of the share. It is also referred as the total dividend payouts
done by the company upon the total market capitalization of the company , where the number of shares of the company is constant. It’s
usually expressed in as a percentage. It is also to be noted that the dividend is usually declared on the face of the company’s share,
meaning if any company declares that it is going to pay 250% dividend then it means that the dividend would be 250% of the face value of
the share. So if the face value of the company is Rs 1 then the dividend payout would become 2.5 Rs per share. If anyone is holding let’s
say 100 share of the company then the payout to the investor would become 2.5*100=250 Rs.

The dividend yield would become as Dividend paid upon the current share price.

Let say if the share price of the company in consideration is 250 Rs then the dividend yield would become as,

Current dividend yield = Most Recent Full year dividend / Current share price

= 2.5/250
= 0.01
= 1%

Other dividend related terms and terminology:

Cash Dividend : The money paid to shareholders from company’s earnings or profits.

Dividend: It’s the dividend which the company will payout to its shareholders. It is usually in %age and declared against the face value of
the share.

Dividend Declaration Date: The date on which the next dividend payouts would be done, is announced by the directors of the company.
This usually have information on the size of the dividend payout, ex-dividend date, record date and payout date.

Ex-Dividend Date: It’s the time between the announcement done and the payment of the dividend. It usually precedes the record date. At
times it is one business day before the record date.

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Record Date: Record date is the date which is used to payout dividend to investors. For getting dividend, investor’s name should be
present on records of the company as the holder of shares. So basically this date decides which all investors are eligible for dividend
payouts.

Why investors should looking out for dividend paying out stocks?

Investors should always see the dividend yield and the dividend payout history of the company for following reasons.

1. In general, if any company is paying dividend then its a proxy of the good financial health of the company
2. It’s in one way of getting a return without actually exiting the position in the company. It’s more of a way of earning fixed income.
3. In general, regular dividend payouts will keep the interests of investors up, therefore more investors would become interested in the
company

List of highest dividend paying stocks in India :

The following table highlights the highest dividend paying stocks in India as of 2017-2018.

S.No Company Dividend Per Share (Last 5Yr Avg.) Dividend Yield (Last 5yr Avg.) %

1 Coal India Limited (CIL) 21.68 7.85%

2 HCL Tech 53.11 6.25%

3 HPCL 22.38 5.44%

4 REC 8.51 5.31%

5 NMDC 6.36 5.07%

6 SBI 13.83 4.20%

7 ONGC 7.23 3.97%

8 BPCL 19.19 3.89%

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S.No Company Dividend Per Share (Last 5Yr Avg.) Dividend Yield (Last 5yr Avg.) %

9 Hindustan Zinc 10.92 3.53%

10 Infosys 32.69 3.44%

11 ICICI Bank 9.51 3.03%

12 IOCL 9.3 2.40%

13 Vedanta 7.09 2.30%

14 ITC Ltd. 5.12 2.00%

15 Axis Bank 10.52 1.97%

16 Wipro 5.84 1.95%

17 Hero Motocorp 68.81 1.90%

18 NTPC Ltd. 3.26 1.84%

19 Tata Steel 12.52 1.82%

20 GAIL 8.03 1.73%

21 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 36.93 1.36%

22 Bajaj Auto 41 1.28%

23 L&T 12.41 1.03%

24 HUL 12.91 1.01%

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S.No Company Dividend Per Share (Last 5Yr Avg.) Dividend Yield (Last 5yr Avg.) %

25 M&M 12.52 0.89%

26 Power Grid 1.74 0.84%

27 Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) 5.76 0.65%

28 HDFC 10.27 0.62%

29 HDFC Bank 4.84 0.27%

30 Maruti Suzuki 18.45 0.23%

(Note: the actual return and yield may vary in line with the actual share price of companies, therefore, readers should consider the actual
share price and other information before making investment in stocks.)

Also Read : The Best Dividend Paying Stocks in India 2018

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