BEL share price in focus as stock to trade ex-dividend today, bags orders worth ₹843 crore

Dividend Stocks 2025: BEL (Bharat Electronics) share price will remain in focus on Tuesday, as the stock will trade ex-dividend today. The company also announced receiving orders worth ₹843 crore, taking its order book for the ongoing financial year to ₹14,567 crore.

With respect to the dividend, BEL had fixed Tuesday, March 11, 2025, as the record date for the purpose of identifying the list of eligible shareholders for receiving the said dividend.

The record date implies that the investors who wanted to benefit from the dividend announcement had to buy Bharat Electronics shares at least one day prior to the record date, as per the T+1 Settlement procedure, for their names to appear on the list of eligible shareholders to receive the dividend.

Bharat Electronics Dividend Payout Details

The Board of Directors of BEL, at their meeting held on March 5, 2025, had declared an interim dividend of ₹1.50/- per equity share of face value of ₹1/- each fully paid up (150%) for the financial year 2024-25. The interim dividend as per Bharat Electronics will be paid within 30 days from the date of declaration of the dividend.

BEL Order Book Update

BEL share price will also remain in focus as it received orders worth ₹843 crore.

Bharat Electronics, on Monday, March 10, post-market hours, announced that Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has secured additional orders worth ₹843 crore since the last disclosure on March 6, 2025.

Major orders received by the company include RF seekers (radar-based sensor for detecting and tracking targets), vessel and air traffic management system, electro optic repair facility, radar upgradation, spares, services, etc.

With these, the total accumulated orders received by BEL during the current financial year stand at Rs.14,567 Crore.

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