Dividend Stocks 2025, Aug. 26 -- Vedanta, HDFC Bank, and Karur Vysya are among the key stocks to trade ex-date for dividend and bonus shares soon. Today is the last date to buy shares of some of these companies, while yesterday was the record date to buy shares of these companies to be eligible for receiving dividend or bonus shares.

These firms, like many others, have set August 27 as the record date for identifying and approving a list of eligible shareholders for dividend payments or bonus share issues.

To qualify for dividends under the T+1 settlement method, investors must have purchased stock in these companies at least one day prior to the record date. Hence for some stocks yesterday and for others today is the last date to buy s...