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Case Code: FINC149
Case Length: 11 Pages 
Period: 2013-18   
Pub Date: 2019
Teaching Note: Available
Price:Rs.300
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Countries : India
Themes: Dividend Policy/Mergers and Acquisitions/ Company Valuation/Dividend Growth
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Dividend Policy at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

 
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On February 28, 2018, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), one of the dominant players in the Indian Oil and Gas (O&G) industry, distributed an interim dividend of Rs. 14.50 per equity share with a face value of Rs. 10 each for the Financial Year (FY) 2017-18. Soon after, on March 9, 2018, the share price of HPCL fell below Rs. 360 (Refer to Figure I for Share Price Movement of HPCL (January – December, 2018). Again on June 28, 2018, the company distributed a final dividend of Rs. 2.50 per equity share for the FY 2017-18 and the share price fell below Rs. 260. By July 4, 2018, the share price further came down to Rs. 252 and on October 5, 2018, it was close to Rs. 165, the lowest for the year. Afterward, the share price recovered and moved with small ups and downs to reach nearly Rs. 250 by the end of December 2018...

 

 
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