{"id":9917,"date":"2026-04-28T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9917"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:00:52","slug":"romanias-hidroelectrica-to-disburse-part-of-retained-earnings-as-special-dividend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9917","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s Hidroelectrica to disburse part of retained earnings as special dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After already distributing almost the entire RON 3.4 billion (EUR 666 million) profit achieved last year, Romanian state-controlled hydropower group Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O) summoned its shareholders on May 29 to approve a special dividend in amount of RON 1 billion (EUR 200 million) funded from its own retained earnings account.<\/p>\n<p>The supplementary dividend would bring the overall dividend yield to some 6.5%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bursa.ro\/conducerea-hidroelectrica-propune-dividende-speciale-de-un-miliard-lei-86979854?mc_cid=9a2a6527d1&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Bursa.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Per share, the dividend would reach RON 9.6, up from the RON 9.0 paid in 2025 out of the 2024 profit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the electricity producer and supplier reported a lower-than-usual profit. Its revenues increased by only 5% y\/y to RON 9.62 billion, while the net profit plunged by 18% y\/y to RON 3.37 billion, the company&#8217;s results being affected by less favorable hydrological conditions, which reduced hydropower production and, implicitly, the volumes available for sale, according to Hidroelectrica.<\/p>\n<p>Hidroelectrica\u2019s market capitalisation reached RON 72 billion (EUR 14.1 billion) after the price of its shares rose by 32% y\/y.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Octav Ganea)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After already distributing almost the entire RON 3.4 billion (EUR 666 million) profit achieved last year, Romanian state-controlled hydropower group Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O) summoned its shareholders on May 29 to approve a special dividend in amount of RON 1 billion (EUR 200 million) funded from its own retained earnings account. The supplementary dividend would bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}