Grasim Industries Dividend 2026: Grasim Industries today reported its earnings for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2025-26. The flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group also declared a 500 per cent dividend for its shareholders.
Grasim Industries Dividend 2026
Grasim Industries' board has recommended a dividend of Rs 10 per equity share for the financial year ended March 31, 2026. The dividend, however, is subject to approval of shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the company.
The total cash outflow on account of the dividend would be Rs 681 crore.
"Recommended a dividend of 500% at the rate of Rs 10/- (Rupees Ten only) per equity share of face value of ₹ 2/- each (on fully paid-up shares and partly paid-up shares in proportion to their share in the paid-up share capital) for the financial year ended 31st March 2026, subject to approval of shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company," Grasim Industries said in a regulatory filing.
Grasim Q4 results FY26: Quarterly earnings details
Grasim 's standalone net loss stood at 163.5 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2026, compared with a loss of Rs 288 crore in the year-ago period.
The company's revenue from operations rose 31.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 11,774 crore from Rs 8,926 crore in the same period of the last financial year.
EBITDA reported a growth of 144.3 per cent YoY to come in at Rs 540 cr in Q4 FY26 against Rs 221 croe in Q4 FY25. EBITDA Margin was at 4.6 per cent in Q4 FY26 against 2.5 per cent in Q4 FY25, representing an increase of 210 bps YoY.
Grasim Industries' consolidated net profit grew 27.9 per cent to Rs 3,802.23 crore for the March quarter of FY2025-26, driven by its building materials, financial services and cellulosic fibres businesses.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 2,973.26 crore for the January-March quarter a year ago, according to a regulatory filing by Grasim Industries, the holding company for group companies such as UltraTech, Aditya Birla Capital and Aditya Birla Renewables.
The company's revenue from operations was up 15.43 per cent to Rs 51,101.11 crore in the January-March quarter of FY26 compared to Rs 44,267.20 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
Grasim Industries Q4 results FY26
- Loss - Rs 163.5 cr in Q4 FY26 vs Rs 288 cr in Q4 FY25
- Revenue - Rs 11,774 cr in Q4 FY26 vs Rs 8,926 cr in Q4 FY25, up 31.9% YoY
- EBITDA - Rs 540 cr in Q4 FY26 vs Rs 221 cr in Q4 FY25, up 144.3% YoY
- EBITDA Margin - 4.6% in Q4 FY26 vs 2.5% in Q4 FY25, up 210 bps YoY
- Recommends final dividend of Rs 10 per share
- Exceptional loss of Rs 81.9 cr in Q4 FY26 vs loss of Rs 114 cr
- To buy 26% stake in SPV for renewable hybrid energy
This is "highest-ever revenue" in a quarter, "driven by superior performance of Building Materials, Financial Services and Cellulosic Fibres segment," Grasim Industries said in an earnings statement.
Total expenses of Grasim Industries were 13.55 per cent higher in the March quarter to Rs 46,281.78 crore.
Its total income, which includes revenue from other sources, was at Rs 51,328.60 crore, up 14.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of FY26.
For the entire FY26, Grasim's net profit was up 32.8 per cent to Rs 10,300.29 crore. It was at Rs 7,756.33 crore in the year-ago period. Its total consolidated income was up 17.8 per cent to Rs 176,610.80 crore for the financial year ended on March 31, 2026.
Its annual revenue also "reached an all-time high... led by all-round performance across all business segments," it said.
In FY26, Grasim's EBITDA also stood at its highest-ever at Rs 25,872 crore, up 29 per cent YoY, led by scale, efficiency gains and improved profitability across all business segments.
During the March quarter, Grasim's revenue from its Cellulosic Fibre business was up 13.9 per cent to Rs 4,613.97 crore. Cellulosic Staple Fibre (CSF) volume grew 12 per cent YoY to 232 KT, driven by higher exports of specialty fibres.
"The business EBITDA grew 2x at Rs 588 crore led by volume growth, operating efficiencies, favourable product mix and benign pulp prices," said Grasim.
Building Material business's revenue grew 19 per cent to Rs 30,042.46 crore from Rs 25,232.01 crore in the January-March quarter a year ago. "The building materials segment reported its highest-ever quarterly revenue, led by robust performance across Cement, Paints and B2B E-commerce businesses," it said.
UltraTech, the country's leading cement maker, reported a 9 per cent increase in consolidated sales volumes to 44.7 MT (million tonnes).
The EBITDA of UltraTech Cement, whose total global capacity now at 205.5 MTPA becoming world's largest cement company, outside China, stood at Rs 5,688 crore up 20 per cent YoY as the company.
Its paints business, Birla Opus, delivered a sequential revenue growth of 19 per cent in Q4FY26 with volume growth of 17 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis.
The business took "strategic pricing actions" and continued in Q1FY27, narrowing the gap with the industry players and offsetting the raised input costs due to the volatile environment.
Its B2B ecommerce platform, Birla Pivot, which offers construction material online, reported "revenue more than doubling on a YoY basis" driven by new buyer acquisition, strong repeat orders, and increasing contributions from product category additions.
Its revenue from the chemicals business was up 6.78 per cent to Rs 2,457.70 crore in the March quarter, which, according to Grasim, was "led by better profitability in Caustic & Chlorine derivatives."
Similarly, revenue from the financial services segment -- Aditya Birla Capital Ltd (ABCL) -- was up 10 per cent to Rs 13,421.87 crore. This was driven by healthy growth across lending, housing finance and life & health insurance businesses, said Grasim.
"As on 31st March 2026, the overall lending portfolio (NBFC and HFC) stood at its highest-ever at Rs 2,07,368 crore, up 32 per cent YoY. Total AUM (AMC, life insurance and health insurance) stood at Rs 5,91,343 crore, up 16 per cent YoY," it said.
Revenue from its other business, which includes Textiles, Renewables and Insulators, was up 13.73 per cent to Rs 1,021.16 crore.
The growth was supported by a healthy performance in the Textiles and Renewables businesses. In Textiles, revenue was up by 14 per cent YoY to Rs 624 crore, reflecting steady demand in premium segments, it said.
"The renewables business continued to scale well, with revenue up 60 per cent YoY to Rs 251 crore, supported by higher installed capacity and improved generation," it said.
Grasim's standalone capex spent for FY26 stood at Rs 1,980 crore.
Grasim Industries Share Price
Shares of Grasim Industries today ended at Rs 2971.80, Rs 33.15 or 1.13 per cent higher from the previous close of Rs 2,938.65, on the BSE.
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