Dividend Stocks: Next week is going to be special for stock market investors because in this week starting from 17th November, many companies are going to shower dividends on their investors. These include the names of companies like Asian Paints, Info Edge, Oil India, Ashok Leyland, IRCTC, Cochin Shipyard and MRF. During this period, investors can earn profits from dividends by keeping an eye on their portfolio.

Asian Paints

The country’s largest paint company Asian Paints has declared a dividend of Rs 4.50 on every share for its investors. The record date for this is November 18, while the payment date has been fixed as November 27. That means by this date the dividend money will be transferred to the demat account of the investors. Earlier, the company had made profit to the investors by giving a dividend of Rs 20.55 on every share in FY25.

Ashok Leyland

Ashok Leyland, a big company in the auto sector, is also going to give dividend to its investors. The company will pay a dividend of Re 1 on every share of face value of Re 1. The record date for this also is 18th November, while the payment to the investors will be made on or before 11th December.

Info Edge

Naukri.com’s parent company Info edge (India) Limited has announced a dividend of Rs 2.40 on every share. Its record date has been kept as 21st November. The company is continuously providing profits to its investors through dividends. Earlier, it had given a dividend of Rs 3.60 per share on July 25, 2025. Dividend of Rs 12 per share was also given on 19 November 2024 and Rs 12 per share on 29 July 2024.

IRCTC

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is going to give a dividend of Rs 5 on every share. Its record date will also be on 21st November. IRCTC earned bumper profits during the July to September quarter. The company’s net profit increased from Rs 305 crore in the same quarter last year to Rs 345 crore this year, hence the board of directors of the company decided to distribute some part of this profit to the investors as dividend.

MRF

Tire company MRF has announced a dividend of Rs 3 per share for its investors. For this, the date of ex-dividend has been fixed as 21st November.

Cochin Shipyard

Cochin Shipyard Ltd is going to pay a final dividend of Rs 4 on every share. November 18 is the record date and the amount will be transferred to the shareholders’ accounts by December 11.

Oil India

Government oil company Oil India is going to give a dividend of Rs 3.5 on every share. November 21 is the record date for this.

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Asian Paints Quarter 1 Results: Asian Paints released the first quarter results of FY 2025-26 on Tuesday 29 July 2025. There has been a decrease in the company’s revenue to profits. However, after this, the company’s stock climbed 2 percent, making a strong jump.

Profit decreased

The net profit of Asian Paints, a company associated with paint business, declined by 5.87 percent to Rs 1,117.05 crore during the June quarter. Its benefits have decreased due to decrease in demand for decorative paint. However, there was a rise of about 24 percent in the company’s other income.

Asian Paints, the country’s largest paint manufacturer, reported this financial result of the April-June quarter to the stock markets on Tuesday. The company earned a net profit of Rs 1,186.79 crore in the first (April-June) quarter of FY 2024-25.

Reduction in revenue

In the June quarter, the company’s sales revenue decreased marginally to Rs 8,924.49 crore. A year ago it was Rs 8,943.24 crore in the same period. The total expenditure of the company during the June quarter of the current financial year stood at Rs 7,658.95 crore, which is 1.32 percent more on an annual basis.

However, its total income in the June quarter remained stable at Rs 9,131.34 crore. On a single basis, the company’s sales revenue declined by 1.19 percent to Rs 7,848.83 crore. Asian Paints said that in the quarter under review, the sales quantity of its decorative paint business (India) recorded an increase of 3.9 percent but the revenue fell by 1.2 percent.

Amit Singley, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Asian Paints, said that despite the slowing of the monsoon in June, the paint industry saw a slight rise in urban demand.

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Mukesh Ambani, the country’s richest industrialist, has taken exit from an investment, which will be counted in India’s corporate world’s most strong long -term bets. In 2008, he has earned Rs 9,080 crore from the shares of Asian Paints purchased in 2008, that is, a return of about 2,200 percent.

How did this miraculous deal happen?

Reliance Industries (RIL) recently sold its remaining stake in Asian Paints, ie 87 lakh shares, on an average, Rs 2,207.65 per share to ICICI Prudential Life Mutual Fund. With this, the company got Rs 1,876 crore.

Earlier, RIL sold 3.5 crore shares last week, SBI Mutual Fund for Rs 7,704 crore at a price of Rs 2,201 per share. That is, overall Reliance has sold the entire stake by earning Rs 9,580 crore from Asian Paints.

Timing was amazing

The time of exit turns out to be perfect, as Asian Paints is currently going through its most difficult phase. In the last two years, its shares have lost more than 30 percent. And the market share has fallen from 59 percent to 52 percent. The reason behind this is the new entry of Aditya Birla Group, Birla Opus Paints.

At the same time, revenue growth has also been cold since four quarters and margins are also under pressure, despite cheap raw materials, the profit margin has decreased due to more discounts and increasing competition.

RIL’s strategic thinking gets the trust of investors

Mukesh Ambani has made it clear from the Asian Paints that now his eyes are on New Energy and AI Infrastructure. Morgan Stanley’s analysts believe that RIL is now in his fourth montage phase. In the next three years, the company will spend an average of $ 15 billion every year, but its cash flow will fully support it. The company’s rating is expected to be better by 2027, as now its return on Capital Employees can go above 9 per cent.

This ‘opposite thinking’ won in 2008

When the whole world was struggling with economic recession in 2008 and veteran companies like Lehman Brothers were collapsing, Ambani showed the opposite thinking and bought a 4.9 per cent stake of Asian Paints for Rs 500 crore. And now after 17 years, the same bet gave the benefit of more than Rs 9,000 crore.

5 years ago, when Reliance was lending debt from his balance sheet and bringing the rights issue, he did not sell the Asian Paints. Instead raised $ 25 billion in digital, retail and telecom and that too with global investors.

Asian Paints still strong in market

Even though the company is surrounded by difficulties at this time, it still runs India’s largest paint distribution network with more than 74,000 dealers and is present in more than 60 countries.

However, brokerage firms are now a little cautious. Nuwama has cut the earnings of up to 6-8 per cent for FY26 and FY27 and EPS growth estimates only 7.2 per cent. The target price has been reduced to Rs 2,200 and the rating has also been kept ‘neutral’.

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Stock market today: The market started with the Green Zone on the third trading day of the week. In the global market, the Sensex rose 160 points on BSE at around 9.15 am. While the Nifty is open above 24,550. However, Aditya Birla Fashion shares lost 8 percent. Today the shares on which there will be a special focus is AB Fashion, Tata Tech, Indegene and Alkem Lab.

Big fall a day before

A day ago, on Tuesday, there was a big decline in the stock market. The BSE Sensex fell 636 points to 81,000 level. This decline in the market showed all -round selling amidst the withdrawal of capital withdrawal and uncertainty of foreign institutional investors. Investors sold in energy, finance and IT shares. The Nifty closed at 24,542.50 points with a decline of 174.10 points, or 0.70 percent.

Global market boom

The Asian market has seen an increase on Wednesday due to the rise in Wall Street. Such especially the shares of Tech and the shift in the shares of companies making Nvidia Chasi chip. In the US market, Dow Jones climbed 200 points while Nascade also jumped one percent.

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