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Rs 80 Dividend: In a major announcement, Shree Cement Ltd has declared a massive interim dividend of Rs 80 per share (800 per cent) for the financial year 2025-26. This marks the highest-ever interim dividend in the company’s history, according to BSE data.

Shree Cement is India’s third-largest cement producer by capacity and owns popular brands such as Roofon, Bangur Power, Shree Jung Rodhak, Bangur Cement, Powermax, Magna, and Rockstrong.

In an exchange filing, the company said, “The Board declared interim dividend of Rs 80 per equity share of Rs 10 each for the financial year 2025-26.”

The company has fixed November 3, 2025 as the record date to determine eligible shareholders for the dividend. The payment of the Rs 80 dividend will begin from Friday, November 14, 2025, Shree Cement said in its filing.

Alongside the dividend announcement, Shree Cement reported a strong set of Q2 FY2026 earnings, with consolidated net profit rising over fourfold to Rs 309.82 crore, compared to Rs 76.64 crore in the same quarter last year.

The company attributed the surge in profit to higher sales volume and increased share of premium products. Revenue from operations grew 17.43 per cent year-on-year to Rs 4,761.07 crore, while total sales volume jumped 6.8 per cent YoY. Premium product contribution increased to 21.1 per cent of total trade sales.

So far in 2025, Shree Cements has paid Rs 50 per share in February and Rs 60 in July. In 2024, the company paid a total dividend of Rs 105 per share, while in previous years it rewarded shareholders with dividends of Rs 100 (2023), Rs 90 (2022) and Rs 60 (2021). Shree Cement has a dividend yield of 0.39 per cent.

On Tuesday (October 28), shares of Shree Cement closed 0.4 per cent lower at Rs 28,593.70 on the BSE.

Abhay Shukla is a Senior Sub-Editor at Zee Business, where he covers the stock markets, corporate news, personal finance, technology, and auto sectors.

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