HCL Tech Q1 Results Date Fixed: IT Giant To Pay 2nd Interim Dividend For FY27; Expectations & BUY HCL Stock?

HCL Technologies, one of India's IT giants, has announced the date of its Q1 results for FY27. Additionally, the tech player has also proposed to reward investors with a second interim dividend for the current financial year. HCL Tech is among the IT sector's largest dividend yield stocks.

HCL Tech's share price traded at Rs 1,167.85 apiece on the BSE in the opening bell of the June 17th trading session, registering an upside of nearly 1%. Currently, it has a market cap of Rs 316,942.51 crore.

HCL Technologies Q1FY27 Result Date:

As per the regulatory filing, HCL Tech is scheduled to deliver April-June 2026 quarterly earnings on July 13, 2026.

For the full year 2025-26, HCL posted net profit of Rs 17,361 crore, down by 0.2% YoY. While revenue stood at Rs 130,144 crore, registering a growth of 11.2%.

HCL Technologies Second Interim Dividend Date:

Apart from Q1 results, HCL Tech also said that its board of directors will consider second interim dividend for FY27 on July 13th as well. The dividend amount, record date and payment date will be announced accordingly.

Earlier, HCL Tech declared first interim dividend of Rs 24 per share for FY27, whose record date was April 5, 2026 and payment date was May 5, 2026.

HCL Tech has a solid history of delivering hefty dividends to its investors. In the fiscal FY26, the company delivered as much as Rs 60 dividend per share.

In FY26, the company paid five interim dividends in 2025-26 financial year. The first interim dividend of Rs 6 per share was in January 2025, followed by Rs 18 dividend per share in April 2025. Later on, the company paid three more dividends of Rs 12 each in July 2025, October 2025 and January 2026.

Since May 2003, HCL Tech has paid up to 95 dividends, as per Trendlyne data. Its current dividend yield is at 5.18%, which is strong.

HCL Technologies Share Price Recommendations:

Recently, HCL Tech announced an investment of Rs 1,427 crore in Sarvam AI, which is called the first of its kind. Brokerages like Nomura have announced a BUY rating on HCL Tech with a target price of Rs 1,600. Other global brokerages like Morgan Stanley have assigned an "Equal-Weight" rating on HCL with a target price of Rs 1,410.

HCL Technologies Q1FY27 Results Expectations:

For FY27, the Shiv Nadar-backed company has announced revenue growth guidance in the range of 1% to 4% in constant currency, while services revenue growth is expected between 1.5% to 4.5%. Also, EBIT margins are estimated between 17.5% to 18.5%.

Post Q4FY26 earnings, analysts at Geojit said, HCLTech remains resilient in its core IT services despite a challenging macro environment, driven by strong cost takeout initiatives and productivity execution, with AI/GenAI embedded across most client engagements. However, near-term growth visibility is tempered by AI-driven disruption in traditional service lines, which management estimates could translate into a 2-3% portfolio-level revenue drag over time, alongside client-specific budget cutbacks in the US and reduced discretionary spending in the telecom sector.

Also, geopolitical uncertainty and softness in Europe further cap upside. While structural AI opportunities remain intact, nearterm headwinds temper the outlook.

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