The company’s board recommended a final dividend of Rs 25.50 per equity share for FY26, which will be subject to shareholders’ approval at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM). Aditya Birla Sun Life said it will announce the record date later and pay the dividend to eligible shareholders within 30 days from the conclusion of the AGM.
The shares of Aditya Birla Sun Life jumped nearly 6% to hit the day’s high of Rs 1,078 on the NSE.
The company’s profit after tax (PAT) saw a steeper sequential decline of 31% compared to Rs 263 crore in Q3FY26, while the topline also declined 4% from Rs 478 crore in the October-December quarter of FY26.
The financial services company reported higher expenses in the quarter gone by, incurring costs of Rs 206 crore, which was 5% higher than Rs 196 crore in Q4FY25. They were 2.32% higher on a sequential basis compared to Rs 201 crore in Q3FY26.
The expenses were incurred on items like finance cost, employee benefit expense, and fees and commission expense, among others.
Business snapshot
The company’s overall average AUM for Q4FY26 stood at Rs 4,74,000 crore. Of this, the mutual fund AUM stood at Rs 4,35,900 crore, cornering a 6.02% market share. The equity AUM stood at Rs 1,97,400 crore, a 4.06% market share.
The investor folios stood at 11 million.
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