HCL Tech Q1 dividend: India’s third-largest IT company, HCL Technologies’ board of directors after their quarterly board meeting on Monday, July 13, declared an interim dividend of ₹12 per share for the financial year ending 2026-27.
As per the NSE filing, HCL Tech’s board will issue a ₹12 apiece interim dividend with a face value of ₹2 per share for all eligible shareholders up to one day ahead of the pre-determined record date of the corporate action.
“The board of directors has declared an interim dividend of ₹12 per equity share of ₹2 each of the company for the financial year 2026-27,” the company informed the stock exchanges on Monday.
When is the record date of HCL Tech dividend?
HCL Tech also disclosed that the board of directors have fixed the official record date for the interim dividend payment on Friday, July 17, 2026, to determine the eligibility of the shareholders for the corporate action.
This means that every shareholder who holds HCL Tech shares up to 24 hours ahead of the record date will be eligible for the ₹12 per share dividend payment.
The IT company also disclosed that it will be paying the interim dividend to shareholders on Monday, July 27, 2026, according to the NSE filing.
HCL Tech dividend history
| Corporate Action | Amount | Record Date |
|---|---|---|
| Interim dividend | ₹24 per share | April 24, 2026 |
| Interim dividend | ₹12 per share | January 17, 2026 |
| Interim dividend | ₹12 per share | October 17, 2025 |
| Interim dividend | ₹12 per share | July 18, 2025 |
How did HCL Tech perform in Q1?
As per the NSE filings, HCL Tech reported a 20% rise in consolidated net profits to ₹4,624 crore in the April to June quarter of the financial year ending 2026-27, compared year-on-year (YoY) with ₹3,843 crore in the same quarter of the previous year.
On a sequential basis, the IT company’s net profits advanced 3% from ₹4,488 crore in the previous quarter.
On the revenue front, HCL Tech’s revenue from core operations surged nearly 14% to ₹34,579 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, compared with ₹30,349 crore in the same period a year ago.
Data further showed that although HCL Tech’s ‘IT and Business Services’ and ‘software’ business witnessed YoY growth, the company’s ‘engineering and R&D service’ business recorded a contracting in revenues in the first quarter.
The company’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) margin expanded 56 basis points YoY to 16.9%, and a 39 basis point growth sequentially from the previous quarter.
HCL Tech share price
HCL Tech shares have given more than 26% returns to investors in the last five years, and have delivered over 10% gains to investors in the last three years, according to the data collected from NSE website.
However, in the last one year period, the IT company shares have lost 25%, and were down 25.11% on a year-to-date (YTD) basis in the calendar year 2026.
The NSE data also showed that HCL Tech’s stock gained 10% in the last one-month period and was trading 8% higher over the last five market sessions.
HCL Tech shares surged to their 52-week high of ₹1,780.10 on February 3, 2026, while the 52-week low was at ₹1,030 on July 1, 2026, according to the exchange data. The IT firm’s market capitalisation (m-cap) was at over ₹3.32 lakh crore as of the trading session on Monday, July 13, 2026.