Marico Bangladesh has declared a 500 per cent interim cash dividend based on audited financial statements for the three-month period ended June this year.
The India-based personal care products manufacturer, whose financial year runs from April to March, reported 4 per cent year-on-year revenue growth in the April-June quarter of 2026.
However, the company’s net profit dropped nearly 13 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1.70 billion for April-June this year, due to higher input costs and lower net finance income.
Earnings per share (EPS) came down to Tk 54.12 for April to June this year, from Tk 61.77 in the same period of the previous year, according to its audited financial statements released on Wednesday.
The net operating cash flow per share, a measure of a company’s ability to generate cash from its operations, dropped to Tk 20.28 per share, down from Tk 66.73 in the same quarter last year.
The net asset value, which refers to the excess of total assets over total liabilities, reached Tk 146.14 per share as of June this year, up from Tk 105.90 in June 2025.
The company’s stock price shed 0.17 per cent to Tk 2,749.7 on Wednesday at the Dhaka Stock Exchange.
However, Marico’s annual profit also jumped 28 per cent year-on-year to Tk 5.91 billion for the year ended March 2025, driven by higher sales.
Moreover, the company paid a total 3840 per cent cash dividend for the year ended March 2025, the highest-ever annual cash dividend for Marico since its stock market listing in 2009 and the second-highest annual dividend for any company listed in the country’s capital market history.
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