LIC Q4 Results: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) announced its January-March quarter results on Tuesday, 27 May 2025. The company recorded a 38 per cent rise in net profit at ₹19,013 crore for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2024-25, compared to ₹13,763 crore in the same quarter a year ago. 

However, India’s largest insurance company’s net premium income (income from core operations) dropped 3 per cent to ₹1,47,586 crore in the fourth quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year, compared year-on-year (YoY) with ₹1,52,293 crore in the same quarter of the previous financial year.

According to the latest filing, the company’s market share in the insurance industry stood at 57.05 per cent as of Tuesday, 27 May 2025.

The company’s gross NPAs dropped 55 basis points to 1.46 per cent in the fourth quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year, compared to 2.01 per cent in the same period a year ago. 

Non-performing assets (NPAs) are loans or advances which have become overdue for 90 days, so a bank or a non-banking financial company marks them as bad loans or NPAs. 

LIC dividend

State-owned LIC’s board of directors announced a final dividend of ₹12 per share for the financial year ended 2024-25.

This means that every eligible shareholder will receive a final dividend payment of ₹12 per share for every share they own in the insurance giant.

The board “recommended a final dividend of ₹12/- per equity share for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, subject to declaration by Members of the Corporation in the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM),” said the company in the exchange filing.

According to the BSE filing, the board of directors also fixed the record date of the dividend issue at 25 July 2025.

LIC share price

LIC shares closed 0.12 per cent higher at ₹871.05 after Tuesday’s stock market session, compared to ₹870 at the previous market close. The company announced its fourth quarter results and final dividend after stock market operating hours on 27 May 2025.

LIC shares have given stock market investors more than 5.42 per cent returns on their investment since their listing on the Indian stock market in 2022. However, the shares have declined nearly 16 per cent in the last one-year period.

On a year-to-date (YTD) basis, the shares are down 2.83 per cent in 2025, but are trading 8.42 per cent higher in the last one-month period. The stock hit its 52-week high level of ₹1,221.50 on 1 August 2024, while the 52-week low level was at ₹715.35 on 3 March 2025, according to BSE data.

The state-owned insurance major’s market capitalisation (M-Cap) was at ₹5,50,938.92 crore at the close of the market on Tuesday, 27 May 2025.

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