Dividend Record
BHARTIARTLDividend History & Yield
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
Bharti Airtel Ltd. paid ₹24 a share over the last twelve months, a yield of 1.27%, and has now paid in 4 consecutive years.
- Trailing yield
- 1.27%
- Paid last year
- ₹24
- Unbroken years
- 4
- Yield on 10y cost
- 8.0%
Price vs Dividends
How much of BHARTIARTL's return came from dividends
A share price tells you only half the story for a company that pays. Over the last 20 years Bharti Airtel Ltd.'s quoted price moved +916.3%, but a holder who reinvested every dividend ended on +1019.5% — which makes dividends 10% of everything the stock returned.
| Period | Price return | Dividends added | Total return | From dividends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | -0.3% | +1.3 pts | +0.9% | 100% |
| 3 years | +119.8% | +5.9 pts | +125.7% | 5% |
| 5 years | +188.8% | +10.4 pts | +199.2% | 5% |
| 10 years | +529.8% | +40.8 pts | +570.6% | 7% |
| 15 years | +416.2% | +47.8 pts | +464.0% | 10% |
| 20 years | +916.3% | +103.2 pts | +1019.5% | 10% |
“Dividends added” is in percentage points of total return, with dividends treated as reinvested at the time they were paid — which is why it compounds and grows faster than the raw cash paid out. “From dividends” is shown only where the total return was positive; against a loss it would be a share of a negative number and would mean nothing.
Payout Record
BHARTIARTL dividend history, year by year
Per share, by the calendar year the dividend went ex — 16 years on record.
| Year | Per share | Payments | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ₹24 | 1 | |
| 2025 | ₹16 | 1 | |
| 2024 | ₹8 | 1 | |
| 2023 | ₹4 | 1 | |
| 2022 | ₹3 | 1 | |
| 2020 | ₹2 | 1 | |
| 2018 | ₹7 | 3 | |
| 2017 | ₹1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | ₹1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | ₹2 | 1 | |
| 2014 | ₹3 | 1 | |
| 2013 | ₹1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | ₹1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | ₹1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | ₹1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | ₹1 | 1 |
Grouped by calendar year rather than financial year, because that is how the ex-dates arrive in the data. A year with an unusually large figure often contains a special dividend rather than a raised regular one.
Dividend Income
What BHARTIARTL would pay on your holding
Based on the last twelve months of declared dividends. A company can cut or raise its payout at any time, so this is a record of what it recently paid, not an income you can count on.
| Invested | A year at today's price | If you had bought 10 years ago |
|---|---|---|
| ₹1.00L | ₹1,270 | ₹8,030 |
| ₹5.00L | ₹6,350 | ₹40,150 |
| ₹10.00L | ₹12,700 | ₹80,300 |
| ₹25.00L | ₹31,750 | ₹2,00,750 |
| ₹50.00L | ₹63,500 | ₹4,01,500 |
The right-hand column is the same dividend measured against what the shares cost a decade ago — a yield on cost of 8.0% against 1.3% today. It is what a long holder is actually earning, and it is the reason a low headline yield on a growing payer is not the whole story.
HELP CENTER
BHARTIARTL dividends — common questions
Everything you need to know about this page and the data presented.
How much dividend does BHARTIARTL pay?+
Bharti Airtel Ltd. paid ₹24 per share in dividends over the last twelve months, a yield of 1.27% against the current share price. It has paid in 16 separate calendar years across the history we hold, totalling ₹76 per share.
What is the dividend yield of BHARTIARTL?+
BHARTIARTL's trailing dividend yield is 1.27% — the last twelve months of declared dividends divided by the current share price. Yield moves inversely with the price, so a falling share price raises the yield without the company paying a rupee more. That is why the payout record below matters more than the headline number.
Has BHARTIARTL paid dividends consistently?+
Bharti Airtel Ltd. has paid in 4 consecutive years, counting back from the last complete calendar year. A streak is a better guide to a company's intent than a single year's yield, which can be inflated by a one-off special dividend. It is still a record of the past — a payout can be cut at any time, and several long-running Indian payers have done exactly that.
What would BHARTIARTL dividends pay on shares bought 10 years ago?+
Today's dividend measured against BHARTIARTL's price ten years ago is a yield on cost of 8.0%, against 1.3% for someone buying now. ₹10 lakh invested a decade ago would therefore be paying about ₹80,300 a year at the current payout. That gap is what a growing dividend does over time, and it is invisible in the headline yield.
How much of BHARTIARTL's return came from dividends?+
Over the last 20 years BHARTIARTL's share price moved +916.3% while a holder reinvesting dividends earned +1019.5% — so dividends account for about 10% of the total return. Almost every site quotes only the price change, which understates what a dividend payer actually returned.
When did BHARTIARTL last pay a dividend?+
The most recent dividend on record went ex on 2026-07-24, at ₹24 per share. In 2026 it has paid 1 time, totalling ₹24 per share. Dates are ex-dividend dates from our price data, not the credit date — the money reaches a shareholder some weeks later.
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Methodology
Exactly how every figure on this page is calculated.
Dividend figures come from our price data provider's recorded ex-dates and are per share, before tax. Dividends in India are taxed in the recipient's hands and TDS may apply — nothing here accounts for that. ReturnScreener is an educational research platform and is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. A payout can be cut or suspended at any time; past dividends are not a forecast of future ones. See our methodology and disclaimer.