Ceinsys Tech Dividend 2026 – ₹3.50, Record Date, Yield | ShareBazaar

Ceinsys Tech Limited, which now trades under the brand CS TECH Ai, is a Nagpur-based Meghe Group company founded in 1998. It works on the digital side of infrastructure: GIS mapping, LiDAR, water-network design for programmes such as the Jal Jeevan Mission, vehicle and manufacturing engineering, and software resale. For FY26, the board recommended a Ceinsys Tech dividend of ₹3.50 per share on 14 May 2026. It was placed before shareholders at the 28th AGM on 26 September 2026.

The profit line doubled. The cash line did not. Ceinsys Tech converted only 2.6% of its FY26 net profit into operating cash, and that gap runs through the rest of this analysis. Source: audited consolidated results filed on 14 May 2026.

Red marks a cut from the prior year. Ceinsys Tech has not done a bonus issue or stock split in this period, and face value has stayed at ₹10, so no per-share restatement is needed. Payout is DPS divided by annual EPS. Sources: Trendlyne dividend record, Screener.in EPS series, company filings.

Management calls FY27 a “year of acceleration”. Early numbers are mixed. Q1 FY27 revenue was ₹157.8 crore, up only 0.8% year on year. EBITDA margin improved to 24.4%, while consolidated net profit came in at ₹31.0 crore, 16.6% lower than Q4 FY26.

CMP is ₹686 as of 28 September 2026 at 9:59 am (Screener.in). The outflow of ₹732.82 lakh matches the FY26 Board’s Report exactly: 2,09,37,661 shares multiplied by ₹3.50. The payout ratio is the lowest in the company’s 12-year dividend record, even though absolute profit is at a record high.

The board met on Thursday, 14 May 2026, from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM. It approved the audited FY26 results and recommended a final dividend of ₹3.50 per share (35%), subject to shareholder approval at the AGM. There was no interim dividend in FY26.

Other Items Cleared at the Same Meeting

• Change in how the preferential-issue money will be used, subject to a shareholder vote
• Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Services LLP as internal auditor for FY27
• Resignation of Anand Paranjape, Head of Mobility, effective 5 June 2026
• Postal ballot on pay revisions for the Chairman, two Managing Directors and a related party

The record date fell on a Saturday. Under India’s T+1 settlement, that puts the ex-date on the previous trading day, 18 September. Ventura Securities lists the same date, but readers should confirm it against the NSE/BSE corporate-action circular. Section 127 of the Companies Act requires a declared dividend to be paid within 30 days of declaration, which means by 26 October 2026.

The “35% dividend” headline overstates what an investor actually earns by about 68.6 times. On announcement day, the yield was even lower, at 0.35%, against a derived closing price of about ₹1,002.56 on 14 May 2026. The yield rose from 0.35% to 0.51% for one reason: the share price fell roughly 56% over the past year (Screener.in). The dividend did not change. This is a yield created by a falling price, not by higher payouts.

Ceinsys Tech has paid a final dividend every year for 12 years, rising from ₹0.75 in FY15 to ₹3.50 in FY26, a 15.0% compound annual growth rate. The path has not been smooth. The dividend was cut in FY21 (₹2.50 to ₹2.25) and again in FY23 (₹2.25 to ₹2.00). The FY26 payout was held at ₹3.50 even though EPS roughly doubled.

On the cost side, project and operating expenses rose 106.8% while employee cost rose only 8.4%. That points to a shift toward pass-through project work, where margins depend more on execution than on headcount.

Total trade receivables are ₹469.27 crore, equal to 71% of annual revenue and 70% of net worth. CARE upgraded the company’s bank facilities to BBB+/Stable in September 2026. The balance sheet can easily absorb the dividend. Its weak point is how quickly receivables turn into cash.

Verdict: Moderately Sustainable. A ₹7.33 crore payout is small next to a net-cash balance sheet and a 5.5% payout ratio. It fails the cash-flow tests, though. Keeping the dividend at this level carries little risk. Raising it will need operating cash to catch up with reported profit. Two of the four tests pass, both on the strength of the balance sheet rather than cash generation.

Ceinsys Tech has the highest ROE and ROCE in this group, but its cash conversion is by far the weakest. Cyient pays the most because its operating cash flow runs ahead of its profit. Peer figures are consolidated, from Screener.in (prices as of 25 September 2026).

Promoter family members put ₹67.50 crore into the company in FY26 through warrant conversion at ₹559.90. Set against that capital, their ₹3.73 crore dividend is small. With a 5.5% payout, this dividend is not a meaningful route for moving cash to the promoters. Its benefit is spread across all holders in proportion to their stakes.

Dividends are taxed at the shareholder’s income-tax slab rate. From 1 April 2026, TDS falls under Section 393 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 (which replaces Section 194). The rate is 10% when a company pays a resident more than ₹10,000 in a year, and 20% if PAN is missing. The company’s AGM notice asked for Form 15G/15H by 19 September 2026. The new Act uses Form 121 for this.

• Receivable conversion: ₹318.60 crore of work is completed but not yet billed. Payment depends on government milestone certification.
• Government funding exposure: The reported ₹112.4 crore SWSM cancellation shows that Jal Jeevan Mission-linked orders can be withdrawn.
• Tax normalisation: Without the one-time ESOP deduction, the tax rate returns toward 29%, which would reduce EPS growth.
• Capital deployment: ₹235 crore is earmarked for acquisitions and the AI JV, and execution risk is high.
• Leadership change: The CFO leaves on 15 October 2026, while receivables are the central issue.
• Dilution: Equity capital rose 20.1% in FY26, spreading future per-share gains across more shares.

• H1 FY27 operating cash flow: whether OCF rises to at least half of net profit
• Unbilled receivables: whether the ₹318.60 crore balance falls in the September 2026 balance sheet
• Order inflow: new wins against the reported ₹990 crore order book at June 2026
• Use of preferential money: any acquisition announcement and its price
• Effective tax rate: the FY27 quarterly trend back toward 25–29%
• FY27 dividend decision: whether the payout ratio moves up from 5.5%
• Dividend credit: whether the FY26 payment reaches bank accounts by the 26 October 2026 statutory deadline

The Ceinsys Tech dividend of ₹3.50 is safe for now, but it is a token amount. The stock is a growth and receivables story, not an income one. Investors should weigh the cash-flow evidence alongside the profit headline.

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