LIC shares advance over 1% ahead of Q4 earnings announcement; dividend likely

At around 11:08 AM, the scrip was trading 0.30% higher at ₹802.95 per equity share. The share has lost 3% over the month and 6% on a year-to-date basis.

While the stock hit a 52-week high of ₹980 per unit on June 30, 2025, it touched a year’s low of ₹721.50 on April 2, 2026.

LIC to declare Q4 results on May 21

The stock rose as the company’s board of directors is set to meet today to consider and approve LIC’s audited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2026.

Furthermore, the board of directors might also consider and recommend a final dividend, if any, for the 2025-26 financial year (FY26), according to a regulatory filing.

Bonus issue

In a regulatory filing dated April 13, LIC said its board of directors considered and approved the issuance of bonus equity shares in the ratio of 1:1.

This means people holding one fully paid-up equity share of ₹10 each will receive one fully paid-up equity share of ₹10 each.

The company will issue approximately 632,49,97,701 equity shares of face value ₹10 each, aggregating to around ₹6,324.99 crore.

LIC Q3 performance

LIC reported a 17.46% year-on-year (YoY) surge in its consolidated net profit to ₹12,930.44 crore in the third quarter of the 2025-26 financial year (Q3FY26), compared to ₹11,008.65 crore in the same period of the preceding fiscal year.

Its net premium income increased 17.76% YoY to ₹1.26 lakh crore during the quarter under review, compared to ₹1.07 lakh crore in the December quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year (Q3FY25).

The PSU’s first-year premium stood at ₹10,648.46 crore in Q3FY26, reflecting a 45.2% YoY rise from ₹7,333.59 crore in the year-ago period.

For the nine months ended December 31, 2025, the non-par share within the individual business increased to 36.46% on an Annualised Premium Equivalent (APE) basis, as compared to 27.68% for the same period last year.

Additionally, the value of new business (VNB) margin also improved to 18.8% for 9MFY26, as compared to 17.1% for the same period last year.

Life Insurance Corporation of India has a total market capitalisation of ₹5.08 lakh crore as of May 21, 2026, according to data on the NSE.