Dividend at 120% declared by hospital stock, record date next week
Live MintWhile announcing its earnings for the third quarter ended December 2022, Apollo Hospitals also declared an interim dividend of 6 rupees per share, amounting to a pay-out of ₹86 crore, for the financial year ending 31st March 2023 with record date fixed next week on Friday February 24, 2023. "The board of directors declared an interim dividend of ₹6 per share for the financial year ending 31st March 2023, on the paid up equity shares, out of the profits of the company," it informed in an exchange filing yesterday. The board has fixed the record date as 24th February 2023 for the purpose of payment of interim dividend and the said interim dividend will be paid to the equity shareholders, whose names appear in the Registrar of Members/Beneficial Owners of the company as on the close of business hours of 23rd February. Apollo Hospitals Enterprise's consolidated net profit declined by 33% to ₹153 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2022 as against ₹228 crore in the October-December period of last fiscal.