Nestlé India shares in green as firm announces special dividend for FY26; check record date and other details

Nestlé India shares were trading higher as the FMCG firm announced a special dividend for the financial year 2025-26 (FY26) on Friday, July 3.

The company, in a regulatory filing, announced a special dividend of ₹2 per equity share of face value ₹1 each for 2026, payable on its entire issued, subscribed, and paid-up equity share capital comprising 1,928,314,320 shares. The dividend will be paid out of the company’s retained earnings.

Nestlé India further said that as per the standalone audited financial statements for FY26, the company’s retained earnings stood at ₹5,107.07 crore. Sanctioned by the National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi Bench, through its order dated September 15, 2023, and effective from October 19, 2023, an amount of ₹837.43 crore was reclassified from general reserve to retained earnings.

Out of the reclassified amount under the scheme, ₹96.42 crore was capitalised through the issuance of bonus equity shares in the ratio of 1:1 in August 2025. The special dividend 2026 will be paid out of the remaining reclassified amount of ₹741.01 crore, which forms part of the total retained earnings of the company as of March 31, 2026, Nestlé added.

The special dividend 2026 will be paid on and from July 30, 2026, along with the final dividend for the financial year 2025-26, as recommended by the Board of Directors and subject to the approval of the members at the Annual General Meeting of the Company scheduled to be held later on Friday, 03 July 2026.

“The dividend shall be paid to those members whose names appear in the Register of Members of the Company or in the Register of Beneficial Owners maintained by the Depositories as on the Record Date, i.e., 10th July 2026, fixed for the said purpose and already intimated to the stock exchanges,” the regulatory filing added.

The company’s board had announced a final dividend of ₹5 per share for FY26.

The country's leading FMCG company had earned a net profit of ₹1,114 crore in Q4 FY26, marking an upside of 26% from ₹885 crore in the year-ago period. For financial year 2025-26, Nestlé India's net profit rose 7% to ₹3,545 crore.

The company's revenue from operations advanced 23% to ₹6,748 crore in Q4 compared with ₹5,504 crore in the same period last year.

The FMCG giant reported a strong operational performance as its operating profit, also known as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) jumped 28% to ₹1,772 crore and EBITDA margin improved by 100 basis points to 26.2% from 25.2% in the year-ago period.

Nestle India share price

At 1:14 PM, Nestlé India shares were seen at ₹1,448.8 apiece on the National Stock Exchange, rising 0.18%. The stock had jumped 1.2% to an intraday high of ₹1,463.60 per share.

For a month’s time, shares of the company have climbed over 4%, while they have surged 10.5% in the past six months. From the beginning of the year, Nestlé India shares have gained 12%.

Shares of the firm had hit a 52-week high of ₹1,498.10 on May 11, 2026, and a 52-week low of ₹1,084.70 on August 14, 2025.

According to NSE data, as of July 3, 2026, Nestlé India has a total market capitalisation of ₹2.81 lakh crore.