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Vedanta Demerger Update: As soon as the date was fixed, there was rain of money, rapid buying, know how stocks became rockets?

Samira Vishwas | April 22, 2026 12:24 AM CST

Business Desk – Vedanta Demerger Update: A record date has been set for the demerger of mining sector giant Vedanta. It has been scheduled for May 1. The company gave this information in its exchange filing on the evening of the last trading day. As a result, Vedanta shares saw a positive impact today, with the stock rising more than 3% in early trading hours.

Some investors took advantage of this boom, causing share prices to soften slightly. However, due to buying interest at lower levels, the stock is maintaining its strong position. Currently, as of 09:46 AM on BSE, the stock is trading at Rs 775.35 (Vedanta share price), registering a gain of 0.61%. During intra-day trading, the stock jumped 3.15% to a one-year high of 794.90.

Vedanta demerger: Vedanta will be divided into five different companies.

May 1, 2026 has been fixed as the record date for Vedanta’s demerger. This means that any person whose name is registered in the shareholder register of Vedanta till this record date will get one share of Vedanta in exchange for every share of Vedanta. Each of the new companies will get one share.

Four different companies will be separated from Vedanta and will be listed later. These include Vedanta Aluminum Metal, Talwandi Sabo Power (now known as Vedanta Power); Malco Energy (now known as Vedanta Oil & Gas); And Vedanta Iron and Steel.

Vedanta has said that this division is being done to simplify the company structure and to help in strategic rebranding of these companies. Regarding the listing of these new companies, a total of five companies will be listed under Vedanta Group.

Vedanta itself is already a listed company. The listing of the remaining new companies is expected to happen within four to eight weeks of the record date. This time frame will depend on regulatory approval. In practical terms, this means that listing of new companies is expected to happen within two months.

Vedanta Business Valuation

Global brokerage firm Nuvama has set a target price of Rs 899 for Vedanta shares. The brokerage firm has fixed the value of its aluminum business at Rs 449, while the value of the existing listed company has been estimated at Rs 296. Similarly, domestic brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities has set a target price of Rs 915 for Vedanta shares. In this, aluminum business has been given a value of 493 and the existing listed company has been given a value of 282.

How have stocks performed in the last one year?

Vedanta shares have given fast and excellent returns to investors. His money has almost doubled in just 11 months. May 9, 2025 Exactly a year ago, this stock was trading at 398.85 on BSE, which was the 52-week low of these stocks. From this low, the stock has jumped 99.30% in just 11 months to reach the level of 794.90 today on April 21, 2026, which is the 52-week high of these shares.