Dividend Record
SAILDividend History & Yield
Steel Authority of India Ltd.
Steel Authority of India Ltd. paid ₹2 a share over the last twelve months, a yield of 0.80%, and has now paid in 5 consecutive years.
- Trailing yield
- 0.80%
- Paid last year
- ₹2
- Unbroken years
- 5
- Yield on 10y cost
- 3.3%
Price vs Dividends
How much of SAIL's return came from dividends
A share price tells you only half the story for a company that pays. Over the last 20 years Steel Authority of India Ltd.'s quoted price moved +176.4%, but a holder who reinvested every dividend ended on +311.8% — which makes dividends 43% of everything the stock returned.
| Period | Price return | Dividends added | Total return | From dividends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +68.5% | +2.1 pts | +70.7% | 3% |
| 3 years | +120.5% | +7.4 pts | +128.0% | 6% |
| 5 years | +64.5% | +26.2 pts | +90.7% | 29% |
| 10 years | +314.9% | +81.7 pts | +396.6% | 21% |
| 15 years | +85.4% | +62.9 pts | +148.3% | 42% |
| 20 years | +176.4% | +135.3 pts | +311.8% | 43% |
“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
SAIL dividend history, year by year
Per share, by the calendar year the dividend went ex — 15 years on record.
| Year | Per share | Payments | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ₹2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | ₹5 | 2 | |
| 2021 | ₹7 | 3 | |
| 2019 | ₹1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2014 | ₹2 | 1 | |
| 2013 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | ₹3 | 2 | |
| 2009 | ₹3 | 2 | |
| 2008 | ₹4 | 2 | |
| 2007 | ₹3 | 2 |
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 SAIL 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 | ₹800 | ₹3,320 |
| ₹5.00L | ₹4,000 | ₹16,600 |
| ₹10.00L | ₹8,000 | ₹33,200 |
| ₹25.00L | ₹20,000 | ₹83,000 |
| ₹50.00L | ₹40,000 | ₹1,66,000 |
The right-hand column is the same dividend measured against what the shares cost a decade ago — a yield on cost of 3.3% against 0.8% 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
SAIL dividends — common questions
Everything you need to know about this page and the data presented.
How much dividend does SAIL pay?+
Steel Authority of India Ltd. paid ₹2 per share in dividends over the last twelve months, a yield of 0.80% against the current share price. It has paid in 15 separate calendar years across the history we hold, totalling ₹40 per share.
What is the dividend yield of SAIL?+
SAIL's trailing dividend yield is 0.80% — 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 SAIL paid dividends consistently?+
Steel Authority of India Ltd. has paid in 5 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 SAIL dividends pay on shares bought 10 years ago?+
Today's dividend measured against SAIL's price ten years ago is a yield on cost of 3.3%, against 0.8% for someone buying now. ₹10 lakh invested a decade ago would therefore be paying about ₹33,200 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 SAIL's return came from dividends?+
Over the last 20 years SAIL's share price moved +176.4% while a holder reinvesting dividends earned +311.8% — so dividends account for about 43% of the total return. Almost every site quotes only the price change, which understates what a dividend payer actually returned.
When did SAIL last pay a dividend?+
The most recent dividend on record went ex on 2025-09-08, at ₹2 per share. In 2025 it has paid 1 time, totalling ₹2 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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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.