Two Navratna Railway PSU Stocks To Trade Ex-Dividend Next Week; Do You Own?

Upcoming Dividend: Two Navratna Railway PSU stocks, ie RITES Limited and RailTel Corporation of India Limited, will trade ex-dividend next week. Both stocks ended in red during the last trading session, given the overall negative sentiment prevailing across the stock market.

RailTel Corporation of India shares closed 3.37% lower at Rs 345.80 per share with a market capitalisation of Rs 11,098.05 crore on Friday. The BSE SmallCap stock touched an intraday high mark of Rs 358.60 per share and an intraday low mark of Rs 344.95 per share.

Meanwhile, RITES Limited shares closed with a 1.79 % loss at Rs 246.65 per share with a market capitalisation of Rs 246.65 per share on BSE on Friday. The BSE 500 stock had hit an intraday low mark of Rs 245.80 per share and an intraday high mark of Rs 254.95 per share.

RailTel Dividend Record Date

The Railway PSU had announced an 8.5% final dividend for the shareholders for the financial year 2024-25. In a BSE filing, RailTel stated that its board approved the "Recommendation of Final Dividend at the rate of 8.5% of paid-up share capital (Rs. 0.85/- per share) for the financial year 2024-25."

"This Final Dividend is in addition to Interim Dividends of Rs. 2/- per share already paid by the Company for the financial year 2024-25," the company added in its press release. Additionally, the final dividend will be paid only after receiving approval of shareholders at the annual general meeting.

RailTel has fixed Wednesday, 13 August, as the dividend record date. "The Company has fixed Wednesday, 13th August, 2025 as "Record Date" for the purpose of determining the eligibility of Members entitled to receive the Final Dividend of Rs. 0.85/- per share for the FY 2024-25."

RITES Dividend Record Date

RITES, formerly known as Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited, earlier announced that its board of directors had approved a 13% dividend for its shareholders. "The Board of Directors has declared the interim dividend of ₹1.30 per share, amounting ₹62.5 crore. The record date for payment of dividend is 12th August, 2025," read the company press release issued on August 6. The Railway PSU has fixed Tuesday, August 12, as the dividend record date.

To become eligible for the dividend payout by these railway PSUs, investors must purchase the desired railway stock on or before the dividend record date.

RITES, RailTel Share Price Trend

Both the railway stocks ended the Friday's session in red. While, RITES shares closed at 246.65 per share, RailTel shares fell to close at Rs 345.80 per share on BSE. RITES share price value has declined around 16.46% year to date, but has increased by around 12.42% in one month. Meanwhile, RailTel share price value has declined around 14.61% since the beginning of the year 2025, but has surged around 12.10% in one month.