Dividend stocks to watch out for in 2025: 66 stocks from BSE500 universe can dole out whopping dividend of up to Rs 99,100 crore

Other than capital appreciation, investors also look out for stocks that can offer dividend income to boost their overall return. So, if you are also scouting for stocks that can offer decent dividends, here's a good news for you. As per Zee Business research inputs, as many as 66 companies from the BSE 500 univese can give a whopping dividend totalling to Rs 99,100 crore.

Companies including the likes of HCL Technologies, Bharat Electronics, LTI Mindtree, Siemens are estimated to be siitting on an excess cash of up to 32,500 crore.

Companies like Oracle Financial (OFSS) Services Software  ZF Commercial, Sun TV have excess cash up to 75 per cent of their balance sheet cash.

Furthermore, other companies including 

Honeywell Auto, Bosch, ZF Commercial, Abbott India can give an incremental dividend of up to Rs 500 per share.

Other companies like can increase dividend yield by up to 10 per cent including Graphite India, Rites Ltd and Sun TV. Graphite India can emerge as the scrip with the highest dividend yield.

In the last 5 years, these 66 companies have made 15 per cent of their payouts through the share buyback route. But, only 16 companies have implemented their target payout policy. Furthermore, out of these, 4 companies follow the government's DIPAM policy.