HDFC Bank To Consider Bonus Share Issue, Special Interim Dividend On July 19

HDFC Bank Ltd. said on Wednesday that it plans to consider its first-ever bonus share issue and a special interim dividend during its board meeting on July 19.

India's largest private lender will also announce the results for the first quarter of the financial year ending March 2026 on that date.

The bank paid a final dividend of Rs 22 for fiscal 2025 last month. The last time it paid a special dividend was in 2019, rewarding shareholders Rs 5 per share.

HDFC Bank has a dividend yield of 1.1% and trades at 21.7 times price-to-earnings.

Foreign institutions own a 48.84% stake in the private lender, and over 36 lakh retail investors holding nominal share capital up to Rs 2 lakh have a combined equity stake of 10.3% as of June, according to BSE shareholding data.

HDFC Bank recently sold stake worth Rs 10,000 crore in its NBFC unit HDB Financial Services Ltd. as part of the Offer For Sale (OFS) component during its IPO.

A bonus issue is the distribution of free shares to eligible shareholders. The share price falls in the ratio of the bonus allotment at the ex-date. However, this does not affect the overall value of holdings.

After the HDFC Bank board makes the announcement, it will issue the record date to determine eligible shareholders. The ex-date and the bonus share allotment date will also be declared through a stock exchange filing.