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CESC dividend history and dates

NSE: CESCBSE: 500084PowerSmall Cap

Last close ₹124.79down ₹5.17 (3.98%)BSE ₹124.55

Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹129.96.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹123.66Low, 23 Oct 2026₹204.50High, 4 May 2026
Market cap
₹16,542 Cr326th largest listed
P/E
10.7
P/B
1.3
Dividend yield
9.62%
ROE
12.6%
ROCE
6.6%
Debt to equity
1.62
Volume, NSE
28,37,90252.4% delivered

Next dividend, ex-date and record date

No dividend is announced. The last went ex on 19 Aug 2026: ₹6.00 a share.

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CESC dividend calendar

Each payment in the month it went ex, as declared, ₹ a share at the time. Years running counted to the year to Mar 2026.

  • Paid 19 years running, from the year to Mar 2008
  • Raised 1 years running
Dividends by the month each went ex
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecIn the year
2026₹6.00₹6.00
2025₹4.50₹6.00₹10.50
2024₹4.50₹4.50
2023₹4.50₹4.50
2022₹4.50₹4.50
2021₹45.00Not added up
2020₹20.00₹20.00
2019₹17.50₹17.50

Interim or final dividendSpecial dividendNone that month

Dividends by year

Per share, for the year it was paid for: a dividend declared with a year's results counts in that year, even when it goes ex after the year ends.CESC stock split history

Dividend per share, ₹, restated for later splits and bonuses

Highest ₹6.00 a share, year to Mar 2026 and year to Mar 2027 so far.

Share of profit paid out, %, where the year's results are on record

Highest 52% of profit, year to Mar 2026.The share paid out in the year to Mar 2019 is on a profit that includes one-off items of more than a tenth of it.

CESC dividend history

Every payment with its ex-date and record date, the latest years open.

2026

  • Aug19Wed

    ₹6.00Interim

    Ex-date and record date 19 Aug 2026 · announced 13 Aug 2026

    3.57%of the price

2025₹10.50 a share in 2 payments

  • Oct27Mon

    ₹6.00Interim

    Ex-date and record date 27 Oct 2025 · announced 17 Oct 2025

    3.25%of the price
  • Jan16Thu

    ₹4.50Interim

    Ex-date and record date 16 Jan 2025 · announced 10 Jan 2025

    2.92%of the price
Earlier, 2007 to 2024

2024

  • Feb1Thu

    ₹4.50Interim

    Ex-date and record date 1 Feb 2024 · announced 19 Jan 2024

    3.14%of the price

2023

  • Feb24Fri

    ₹4.50Interim

    Ex-date and record date 24 Feb 2023 · announced 14 Feb 2023

    5.81%of the price

2022

  • Jan24Mon

    ₹4.50Interim

    Ex-date 24 Jan 2022 · record date 25 Jan 2022 · announced 13 Jan 2022

    4.95%of the price

2021

  • Jan22Fri

    ₹45.00Interim

    Ex-date 22 Jan 2021 · record date 25 Jan 2021 · announced 13 Jan 2021

    6.35%of the price

2020

  • Feb18Tue

    ₹20.00Interim

    Ex-date 18 Feb 2020 · record date 20 Feb 2020

    2.85%of the price

2019

  • Feb14Thu

    ₹17.50Interim

    Ex-date 14 Feb 2019 · record date 15 Feb 2019 · announced 5 Feb 2019

    2.53%of the price

2018

  • Mar8Thu

    ₹12.00Interim

    Ex-date 8 Mar 2018 · record date 9 Mar 2018

    1.24%of the price

2017

  • Feb23Thu

    ₹10.00Interim

    Ex-date 23 Feb 2017 · record date 27 Feb 2017

    1.15%of the price

2016

  • Mar17Thu

    ₹10.00Interim

    Ex-date 17 Mar 2016 · record date 19 Mar 2016

    2.09%of the price

2015

  • Jul22Wed

    ₹9.00Final

    Ex-date 22 Jul 2015 · books closed to 31 Jul 2015

    1.52%of the price

2014

  • Jun18Wed

    ₹8.00Final

    Ex-date 18 Jun 2014 · books closed to 30 Jun 2014

    1.28%of the price

2013

  • Jul10Wed

    ₹7.00Final

    Ex-date 10 Jul 2013 · books closed to 26 Jul 2013

    1.93%of the price

2012

  • Jul11Wed

    ₹5.00Final

    Ex-date 11 Jul 2012 · books closed to 27 Jul 2012

    1.63%of the price

2011

  • Jul14Thu

    ₹4.00Final

    Ex-date 14 Jul 2011 · books closed to 29 Jul 2011

    1.18%of the price

2010

  • Jul8Thu

    ₹4.00Final

    Ex-date 8 Jul 2010 · books closed to 23 Jul 2010

    1.05%of the price

2009

  • Jul9Thu

    ₹4.00Final

    Ex-date 9 Jul 2009

    1.48%of the price

2008

  • Jul17Thu

    40% of face value (₹4.00 a share)Final

    Ex-date 17 Jul 2008 · books closed to 30 Jul 2008

    1.29%of the price

2007

  • Jul12Thu

    35% of face value (₹3.50 a share)Final

    Ex-date 12 Jul 2007 · books closed to 27 Jul 2007

    0.84%of the price

Grouped by the calendar year each went ex, so a year's total here can differ from the year it was paid for above. Of the price is the dividend as a share of the close on the session before its ex-date. A book closure is the run of days the company's register is frozen to settle who is paid; a record date is the one-day form of it.