245% rally in five years! Multibagger small-cap stock declares record date for final dividend in FY25
In an exchange filing on Friday, July 4, Bhatia Communications announced it had fixed Wednesday, July 23, as the record date for the payment of the final dividend for the last financial year.
"Upon approval, dividend entitlement will be to all those beneficial owners as per details furnished by the National Securities Depository Limited and the Central Depository Services (India) Limited as on the close of Wednesday, July 23, 2025," said the company.
The speciality retail players' net profit jumped 20 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to ₹ 13.82 crore in FY25 compared to ₹ 11.52 crore in FY24. The profit margin improved to 3.1 per cent from 2.8 per cent in FY24.
Revenue grew 7 per cent YoY to ₹ 444.67 crore in FY25 from ₹ 415.40 crore in FY24.
EBITDA jumped 18 per cent YoY to ₹ 21.85 crore against ₹ 18.45 crore, while EBITDA margin improved to 4.91 per cent from 4.44 per cent.
The small-cap stock has given multibagger returns of 245 per cent over the last five years. However, in the recent past, the stock has seen selling pressure. Year-to-date, the stock has fallen 19 per cent.
Bhatia Communications' share price hit a 52-week high of ₹ 36 on September 23 and a 52-week low of ₹ 19.60 on July 10 last year.
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