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VEDLDividend History & Yield

Vedanta Ltd.

Vedanta Ltd. paid ₹11 a share over the last twelve months, a yield of 3.82%, and has now paid in 20 consecutive years.

Trailing yield
3.82%
Paid last year
₹11
Unbroken years
20
Yield on 10y cost
6.5%

Price vs Dividends

How much of VEDL's return came from dividends

A share price tells you only half the story for a company that pays. Over the last 20 years Vedanta Ltd.'s quoted price moved +503.7%, but a holder who reinvested every dividend ended on +2059.2% — which makes dividends 76% of everything the stock returned.

PeriodPrice returnDividends addedTotal returnFrom dividends
1 year-31.6%+1.1 pts-30.4%
3 years+24.0%+28.4 pts+52.4%54%
5 years-4.9%+103.3 pts+98.3%100%
10 years+69.4%+340.7 pts+410.1%83%
15 years+23.0%+281.4 pts+304.5%92%
20 years+503.7%+1555.5 pts+2059.2%76%

“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

VEDL dividend history, year by year

Per share, by the calendar year the dividend went ex — 21 years on record.

YearPer sharePaymentsRelative size
2026₹111
2025₹232
2024₹444
2023₹634
2022₹824
2021₹322
2020₹132
2019₹21
2018₹382
2017₹181
2016₹21
2015₹62
2014₹42
2013₹22
2012₹42
2011₹41
2010₹31
2009₹21
2008₹22
2007₹22
2006₹11

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 VEDL 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.

InvestedA year at today's priceIf you had bought 10 years ago
₹1.00L₹3,820₹6,470
₹5.00L₹19,100₹32,350
₹10.00L₹38,200₹64,700
₹25.00L₹95,500₹1,61,750
₹50.00L₹1,91,000₹3,23,500

The right-hand column is the same dividend measured against what the shares cost a decade ago — a yield on cost of 6.5% against 3.8% 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.

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VEDL dividends — common questions

Everything you need to know about this page and the data presented.

How much dividend does VEDL pay?
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Vedanta Ltd. paid ₹11 per share in dividends over the last twelve months, a yield of 3.82% against the current share price. It has paid in 21 separate calendar years across the history we hold, totalling ₹356 per share.

What is the dividend yield of VEDL?
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VEDL's trailing dividend yield is 3.82% — 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 VEDL paid dividends consistently?
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Vedanta Ltd. has paid in 20 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 VEDL dividends pay on shares bought 10 years ago?
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Today's dividend measured against VEDL's price ten years ago is a yield on cost of 6.5%, against 3.8% for someone buying now. ₹10 lakh invested a decade ago would therefore be paying about ₹64,700 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 VEDL's return came from dividends?
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Over the last 20 years VEDL's share price moved +503.7% while a holder reinvesting dividends earned +2059.2% — so dividends account for about 76% of the total return. Almost every site quotes only the price change, which understates what a dividend payer actually returned.

When did VEDL last pay a dividend?
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The most recent dividend on record went ex on 2026-03-27, at ₹11 per share. In 2026 it has paid 1 time, totalling ₹11 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.