ITC has declared a final dividend of Rs 8 per share for FY26, with May 27 (Wednesday) set as the record date to determine eligible shareholders. This brings the FMCG major’s total dividend payout to Rs 90.5 per share since 2020.Notably, this is the largest dividend announced by the company in nearly six years, since the final dividend of Rs 10.15 per share paid in 2020. Along with the interim dividend of Rs 6.5 per share declared in January this year, ITC’s total dividend payout for FY26 stands at Rs 14.50 per share with a face value of Re 1 each. The FMCG company has declared 32 payouts since July 3, 2001, and has a dividend yield of 4.71%, according to data on Trendlyne. The latest dividend will be paid to eligible shareholders between July 24 and 29. However, it is important to note that the dividend is subject to shareholders’ approval at its upcoming Annual General Meeting scheduled on July 23. In the previous financial year, ITC paid a final dividend of Rs 7.85 in May 2025 and an interim dividend of Rs 6.5 in February. This took the total dividend payout for FY25 to Rs 14.35 per share.Apart from dividends, ITC issued bonus shares to eligible shareholders in 2016 (1:2) and 2010 (1:1). The company also executed a mega demerger of its hotels segment, with the stock adjusting to the restructuring the January last year, followed by the listing of ITC Hotels on stock exchanges.ITC Q4 ResultsITC announced the dividend along with its results for the January-March quarter of FY26. The company reported a 5% year-on-year (YoY) growth in its standalone net profit at Rs 5,113 crore for Q4 FY26, compared to Rs 4,875 crore in the year-ago quarter. Revenue from operations meanwhile rose 17% YoY to Rs 21,695 crore during the quarter under review, from Rs 18,495 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.ITC’s cigarettes business remained the largest contributor to profitability. Revenue from the FMCG-cigarettes segment rose 32% YoY to Rs 11,066 crore during the quarter, compared with Rs 8,400 crore a year ago.Also read: What Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and others are saying after ITC's Q4 results?(Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times)