BEL revises FY26 interim dividend record date; what investors need to know

"In continuation to our letter dated 27th February, 2026, we wish to inform you that the revised record date for the purpose of payment of interim dividend on equity shares for the Financial Year 2025-26 is Friday, 6th March, 2026," the company said in an exchange filing on Monday, March 2.

The earlier record date was March 5.

BEL share price

Shares of Bharat Electronics Ltd are trading 1.73% higher at ₹452.40 apiece on the National Stock Exchange at 2:13 pm. Intraday, the stock rose as much as 2.69%.

The company's market capitalisation stands at ₹3,30,621.30 crore.

The scrip had hit its 52-week high of ₹461.65 per unit on February 1, 2026, while it had recorded a 52-week low of ₹243.5 apiece on February 28, 2025.

On February 25, the Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking had announced that it had bagged additional orders worth ₹733 crore. "Major orders received include TR modules, communication equipment, encryptors, radars, jammers, software solutions, test equipment," the firm said.

The company had reported a 20.45% increase in its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to ₹1,579.1 crore in the quarter ended December 31, 2026. In the year-ago period, it had posted a net profit of ₹1,310.95 crore.

Its revenue from operations advanced 23.96% to ₹7,153.85 crore in the third quarter of the financial year 2025-26, compared to ₹5,770.69 crore in the same period of the previous year.

The country's leading defence equipment manufacturer recorded stable operational performance in Q3 FY26, as its EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation), also known as operating profit, surged 27.3% to ₹2,127 crore as against ₹1,670 crore. The company;s operating profit margin expanded to 29.7% as against 28.9%.