180% Dividend per share: Equipment maker announces cash reward for shareholders; record date fixed

180% Dividend per share: Escorts Kubota Limited on Tuesday announced a special dividend along with its December quarter results.

The board of directors declared a special dividend of Rs 18 per fully paid-up equity share of face value Rs 10 each, representing 180 per cent, for the financial year 2025–26.

The company said the record date for the payment of the special dividend has been fixed as February 16, 2026. The dividend will be paid within 30 days, subject to applicable approvals.

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Escorts Kubota share price

Shares of Escorts Kubota ended higher on the NSE on Tuesday. The stock closed at Rs 3,823.60, up Rs 46, or 1.22 per cent, for the day.

Q3 earnings performance

For the third quarter ended December 2025, Escorts Kubota reported an 11.8 per cent year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 358.3 crore, compared with Rs 320.6 crore in the same period last year.

Consolidated revenue grew 11.3 per cent year-on-year to Rs 3,280.5 crore from Rs 2,948 crore.

EBITDA rose 30.7 per cent year-on-year to Rs 434.8 crore from Rs 332.6 crore a year ago. EBITDA margin expanded to 13.3 per cent from 11.3 per cent in the corresponding quarter, reflecting improved operating performance.

Agri machinery business

In the agri machinery segment, tractor volumes for the December quarter stood at 36,955 units, up 13.5 per cent year-on-year and 9.1 per cent sequentially. Segment revenue rose 14.6 per cent year-on-year to Rs 2,769.6 crore and increased 13.8 per cent over the previous quarter.

The EBIT margin for the quarter improved to 13.5 per cent, up 310 basis points year-on-year and 72 basis points sequentially.

For the nine months ended December 2025, tractor volumes rose 14.0 per cent year-on-year to 1,01,413 units. Segment revenue increased 14.1 per cent to Rs 7,383.9 crore, while EBIT margin improved to 13.0 per cent from 10.5 per cent a year ago.

Construction equipment segment

The construction equipment segment saw mixed performance. For the December quarter, sales volumes stood at 1,716 units, lower on a year-on-year basis but higher sequentially. Segment revenue came in at Rs 489.9 crore, lower year-on-year but sharply higher compared with the previous quarter.

EBIT margin for the quarter improved sequentially to 6.6 per cent from 3.8 per cent, though it remained lower than the year-ago level of 11.0 per cent.

For the nine months ended December 2025, construction equipment volumes declined to 3,917 units from 4,765 units a year earlier. Segment revenue fell to Rs 1,129.5 crore, while EBIT margin dropped to 5.5 per cent from 10.3 per cent in the corresponding period last year.