Dividend Record
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.
| Period | Price return | Dividends added | Total return | From 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.
| Year | Per share | Payments | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ₹11 | 1 | |
| 2025 | ₹23 | 2 | |
| 2024 | ₹44 | 4 | |
| 2023 | ₹63 | 4 | |
| 2022 | ₹82 | 4 | |
| 2021 | ₹32 | 2 | |
| 2020 | ₹13 | 2 | |
| 2019 | ₹2 | 1 | |
| 2018 | ₹38 | 2 | |
| 2017 | ₹18 | 1 | |
| 2016 | ₹2 | 1 | |
| 2015 | ₹6 | 2 | |
| 2014 | ₹4 | 2 | |
| 2013 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | ₹4 | 2 | |
| 2011 | ₹4 | 1 | |
| 2010 | ₹3 | 1 | |
| 2009 | ₹2 | 1 | |
| 2008 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2007 | ₹2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | ₹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 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.
| Invested | A year at today's price | If 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.
HELP CENTER
VEDL dividends — common questions
Everything you need to know about this page and the data presented.
How much dividend does VEDL pay?+
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?+
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?+
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?+
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?+
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?+
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.