HCL Tech Declares ₹12 Interim Dividend Alongside Q2FY26 Results — Record Date Set for October 17

HCL Technologies, one of the IT service leaders, has declared an interim dividend of ₹12 per share for the financial year 2025-26. The announcement comes soon after the company made public its Q2FY26 results on Monday, October 13.

The company has made this announcement in a regulatory filing:

“The Board of Directors has sanctioned an interim dividend of ₹12 per equity share of ₹2 each for the financial year 2025-26."

October 17, 2025, has been set as the cut-off date for the shareholders to be eligible for the dividend, and the payment date has been set as October 28, 2025.

💰 HCL Tech Dividend Details

Dividend Amount: ₹12 per equity share

Face Value: ₹2 per share

Record Date: October 17, 2025

Payment Date: October 28, 2025

This indicates that the shareholders, who will have their names registered with the company by the cut-off date will receive the interim dividend.

📊 Dividend History and Yield

As per data from Trendlyne, HCL Tech has announced a total of ₹60 per share in cash dividends in the last year, excluding the recently declared interim dividend.

At this rate, the yield of the dividend is around 4.01%.

The company’s most recent dividend payment of ₹12 per share was made to shareholders on July18, 2025.

Since May 2003, the company has declared a total of 92 dividends representing its loyalty towards rewarding shareholders consistently.

📈 HCL Tech Q2FY26 Financial Highlights

With the dividend declaration, HCL Tech announced a net profit of ₹4,235 crore for the quarter ending September which is the same as last year’s second quarter figure. The profit however, was 10.2% more than the previous quarter’s figure of ₹3,843 crore inQ1FY26.

The company's revenue from operations were up 10.7% over the previous year to ₹31,942 crore and 5.25% over the previous quarter, which was mainly due to the digital and AI demand.

If the foreign currency is kept constant, revenue increased by 2.4% QoQ and 4.6% YoY while in dollar terms revenue has grown by 2.8% and 5.8% YoY to $3,644 million.

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for HCL Tech amounted to ₹5,550 crore which was an increase of 12.3% compared to the previous quarter and 3.5% higher YoY, with margins of 17.5% improving. The sum of the company’s total contract value (TCV) for newly awarded business reached $2.57 billion, which is 15.8% growth in the current year and 41.8% in the preceding quarter.

Attrition rates also got better with a decrease to 12.6% compared to last year's recorded 12.9%.

C. Vijayakumar, CEO & Managing Director, HCL Tech said, "This was a remarkable quarter characterized by the strong execution and power of our AI-driven solutions. For the first time, our new bookings were over $2.5 billion without any dependency on mega-deals."

Key Numbers — Q2FY26 at a Glance

Net Profit: ₹4,235 crore (flat YoY, up 10.2% QoQ)

Revenue: ₹31,942 crore (up 10.7% YoY)

EBIT Margin: 17.5%

Dividend: ₹12 per share

Record Date: October 17, 2025

Payment Date: October 28, 2025