The small-cap FMCG company BCL Industries Ltd. has announced the date of its upcoming dividend payment. The stock was the focus of attention today due to this announcement, as BCL Industries’ shares rose 4.82% to an intraday high of Rs 41.99 on Tuesday, September 2, after starting at Rs 40.26.
“The Board of Directors have recommended a dividend of Rs 26 paisa/ share on 29,51,63,340 equity shares of face value of Rs 1 each, aggregating to Rs 767.42 Lakhs in respect of F.Y 2024-25. Hence the Dividend, if any, approved by the Members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting shall be paid to all shareholders as on the record date. Subject to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, dividend as recommended by the Board of Directors, if declared at the Meeting, will be paid within 30 days of the declaration of same,” said BCL Industries in its annual report of FY25.
For the above purpose, the Board has fixed September 19, 2025 as the record date for the payment of dividend for the financial year 2024-25.
Additionally, stock exchanges have been notified by BCL Industries that the company’s 49th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday, September 25.
“We would further like to inform that the Company has fixed Thursday ,18th September,2025 as the cut-off date for ascertaining the name of the members holding shares either in physical form or in dematerialised form, who will be entitled to cast their votes electronically in respect of the businesses to be transacted as per the Notice of the AGM and to attend the AGM,” said BCL Industries in a stock exchange filing.
In Q1FY26, the company’s revenue from operations increased by 25% year on year to Rs 820 crore, up from Rs 658 crore in Q1FY25. In comparison to the same time the previous year, the total expenses increased 27% year on year to Rs 767 crore, while EBITDA remained unchanged at Rs 56 crore. As a result, the EBITDA margin decreased from 8.5% in Q1FY25 to 6.8%, a 170 bps drop. While profit after tax (PAT) climbed 32% YoY to Rs 33 crore from Rs 25 crore in the same quarter last year, profit before tax grew 12% YoY to Rs 38 crore. The PAT margin was 4.1% as against a 3.8% margin from the previous year. Diluted EPS increased 28% year on year to Rs 1.04 per share from Rs 0.81 in Q1FY25, indicating robust bottom-line performance in spite of margin headwinds.
In order to position the company for both forward and backwards integration in the biofuels value chain, Bathinda’s biodiesel facility started trial runs and is scheduled to be commissioned in early Q2FY26. BCL is well-positioned to maintain growth momentum through FY26 thanks to revenue data from ethanol blending objectives, robust regulatory tailwinds, and a pipeline of potential capacity expansions, including a 150 KLPD ethanol plant at Bathinda and biodiesel capacity expansions. In the current fiscal year, the company anticipates that its consolidated distillery revenues will surpass Rs 1,900 crore, solidifying its standing as one of the fastest-growing green energy companies in India.