40 Companies Trade Ex-Dividend Today, Led by HAL, HPCL and Apollo Hospitals

Today, August 14, 2026, marks the record date for dividend payouts from around 40 listed Indian companies, spanning sectors from energy and defence to healthcare and banking. Under India's T+1 settlement cycle, investors needed to have bought the relevant shares by August 13 for their holdings to be credited in time and qualify for these payouts, making today the formal cut-off for eligibility.

The Biggest Names on Today's List

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) leads the group with the highest per-share payout among the companies fixing today as their record date, at ₹19.25 per share. Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has set a final dividend of ₹10 per share for the record date, while Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has fixed a final dividend of ₹1.25 per share, also with today as the qualifying date.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise has similarly fixed August 14 as the record date for its final dividend, announcing a payout of ₹10 per equity share of ₹5 face value for FY 2025-26. Other companies with today's record date include REC and RBL Bank, rounding out a list that spans public-sector energy majors, a defence PSU and private financial and healthcare names.

What a Record Date Actually Means

A record date determines exactly which shareholders on a company's books are eligible to receive a declared dividend — it is not the day the dividend is paid, but the cut-off for who qualifies. Because Indian markets settle trades on a T+1 basis, buying a stock on the record date itself is generally too late; shares need to be purchased at least one trading day earlier for the transaction to settle and the buyer's name to appear on the company's shareholder register in time.

Why This Batch of Announcements Stands Out

Dividend record dates cluster heavily around quarterly and annual results season, and today's list is a reminder of how much of that activity is concentrated in state-run energy and public-sector names alongside select private-sector payers. For investors and companies alike, record-date clusters like this one are also a useful signal of which sectors are currently generating enough free cash flow to prioritise shareholder payouts over reinvestment.

As always, a dividend announcement on its own is not investment advice — the underlying company's fundamentals, valuation and an investor's own objectives matter more than the payout itself.

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At www.elevatexstudios.com / ElevateX Studios, Corporate Announcements, part of our Corporate News coverage, tracks dividends, record dates, board decisions and other formal disclosures from India's listed companies as they happen.