High Dividend Yield Stocks (NSE)

Every Nifty 500 and F&O stock ranked by dividend yield over the past twelve months, with five-year payment consistency and special dividends flagged.

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Dividend yield is the cash a share paid out over the last year divided by its price. This page ranks every Nifty 500 and F&O stock that paid a dividend in the past twelve months, using NSE's own corporate action records.

A high trailing yield can mean a generous, steady payer, or a price that has fallen, or a one-off special dividend that will not repeat. The consistency column and the special-dividend flag help tell them apart; each stock links to its full dividend history.

How the yield is calculated

Trailing yield = dividends per share with an ex-date in the past twelve months / the last closing price. Dividends paid before a later split or bonus are restated per today's share, so a bonus issue does not make the yield look higher than it is. 'Years paid' counts the last five full calendar years in which the company paid at least one dividend.

Dividends in India are taxed in the shareholder's hands at their slab rate, and companies deduct TDS above a threshold; the yield here is before tax.

What a high yield does and doesn't tell you

Public-sector companies in oil, power, mining and finance dominate the top of the list, because the government, their largest shareholder, takes much of its return as dividends. A yield is backward-looking: it says what was paid, not what will be. Check the payment history and the company's earnings before reading a high yield as a promise.

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