Vedanta, Coal India among top dividend-yield stocks in 2025, offering returns of up to 25% - Yield Spotlight

Domestic brokerage firm SBI Securities’ latest Dividend Yield Monitor highlights companies that have consistently rewarded shareholders with strong payouts over the past three years. A dividend yield is a financial ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price. It is a key metric for investors, particularly those focused on income generation, as it indicates the return on investment strictly from dividends.

The stock, trading at Rs 214 per share, offers a stellar dividend yield of up to 24.8%. The company manufactures and sells high-tech polymer compounds, specifically thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), serving the automotive, electronics, consumer goods and construction industries with materials for components such as grips, seals, housings and films.

The counter, trading at Rs 10.1, offers a yield of 10.8%, the SBI Securities report added. The company provides integrated, end-to-end logistics solutions, specialising in global supply chain management.

With a current market price of Rs 433.4, the stock offers a dividend yield of 10.4% in FY25. Premco is a manufacturer of woven and knit elastic and non-elastic narrow fabric, tape and webbing for use across multiple industries.

At a CMP of Rs 71.6, the media company boasts an 8.4% dividend yield in FY25. Jagran Prakashan is a major Indian media conglomerate involved in newspapers, magazines and digital content, including Jagran.com and Jagran New Media, and operates Radio City FM.

The stock, priced at Rs 523, delivers a healthy 7.7% dividend yield. The company provides e-commerce services such as e-auctions and e-procurement, handles domestic and international trading of raw materials like coal, and operates in the recycling sector by dismantling end-of-life vehicles into scrap.

At Rs 161.4, PTC India’s dividend yield stands at a solid 7.3% for FY25. It is a public-private partnership company that acts as a power trading solutions provider, focused on developing India’s power market by facilitating long-term and short-term electricity trading. The stock is up over 200% in the last five years.

Trading at Rs 604, Vedanta provides an impressive 7.2% dividend yield for FY25. Vedanta is a global natural resources and technology conglomerate that explores, extracts and processes minerals such as zinc, lead, silver, copper and aluminium, and operates in oil and gas, power generation and steel.

The software solutions firm trades at Rs 1,309 with a 6.9% dividend yield for FY25. It provides software solutions to the global airline industry, focusing on helping airlines manage their commercial and financial operations.

Priced at Rs 193, the lubricant maker’s FY25 dividend yield stands at 6.8%. It manufactures and distributes a wide range of lubricants and fluids for automotive, industrial and other sectors, including motorcycles, commercial vehicles, machinery and marine applications.

The mining major, with a CMP of Rs 399, offers investors a 6.6% dividend yield. The PSU major has delivered solid returns of over 200% in the last five years.(Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times.)