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Total shareholder yield: what it means and how to read it
Dividends, buybacks and debt repaid in a year, as a share of market cap.
What is Total shareholder yield?
Dividends, buybacks and debt repaid in a year, as a share of market cap.
A worked example
On a market cap of ₹10,000 Cr: dividends of ₹200 Cr, buybacks of ₹100 Cr and ₹200 Cr of debt repaid make ₹500 Cr, a 5% yield.
Why does Total shareholder yield matter?
Counts every way cash goes back to the people who fund the company.
How do you read Total shareholder yield?
Higher is better.
Higher is usually better.
What is a typical Total shareholder yield in India today?
The median across the 4037 listed companies that report it, as of 12 Oct 2026. Half sit above each figure and half below.
By company size
Median
Large Cap · 95 companies0.7%
Mid Cap · 136 companies0.1%
Small Cap · 3806 companies-0.2%
By industry
Median, largest industries first
Private Sector Bank · 100.4%
Pharmaceuticals · 181-0.1%
Computers - Software & Consulting · 570.6%
Refineries & Marketing · 85.1%
Public Sector Bank · 93.0%
Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC) · 230.8%
Power Generation · 28-12.4%
Heavy Electrical Equipment · 42-0.0%
Auto Components & Equipments · 1080.1%
Cement & Cement Products · 33-0.1%
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