Dividend paying stock: Coal India dividend declared in FY24 beats PPF, bank FD, SSY returns

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Dividend-paying stock: Coal India shares are one of the dividend-paying stocks in the Indian stock market. The dividend declared by this PSU stock in FY24 is ₹24.50 ( ₹4, ₹15.25, and ₹5.25). Coal India share price finished on 31st March 2023 at ₹213.65 apiece on the NSE.

This means, in FY24, dividend-paying stock Coal India shares declared dividends to the tune of 11.50 percent, outperforming the Public Provident Fund or PPF interest rate, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) interest rate, and bank FD returns during the recently ended financial year 2023-24. As per the information available on the official BSE website — bseindia.com, Coal India shares traded ex-dividend on 18th August 2023 for payment of ₹4 per share dividend to its eligible shareholders. Later, on 21st November 2023, Coal India shares once again traded ex-dividend to ascertain the list of eligible shareholders for the payment of ₹15.25 per share interim dividend payable in the financial year 2023-24.

On 20th February 2024, Coal India shares traded ex-dividend for the last time in FY24 for the payment of ₹5.25 per share interim dividend. So, the total dividend declared by Coal India Ltd in FY24 is ₹24.50 ( ₹4 + ₹15.25 + ₹5.25) per share in the entire FY24. As Coal India shares ended at ₹213.65 on 31st March 2023, Coal India dividend yield in financial 2024 is 11.50 percent [{( ₹4 + ₹15.25 + ₹5.25)/213.65} x 100].