Jet Airways (India) share price

BSE: 532617Transport Services

Jet Airways (India) Ltd · Face value ₹10 · Listed Mar 2005

Trading suspended since 11 Nov 2024

Last traded ₹34.16 on 7 Nov 2024

Latest announcements

Routine notices left out.

Share price history

Daily closes since Jan 2007, BSE closes Jan 2007 to Jul 2007, Jul 2007 to Feb 2008, Feb 2008 to May 2008 and May 2008 to Jul 2010, adjusted for splits and bonuses

Daily close, ₹ per share

Q1 results, quarter to Jun 2023

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. ₹ crore.

Revenue
₹38 Cr+199.8% on a year ago · +203.7% on the quarter before
Operating profit
−₹15 Cr
Net profit
−₹51 Cr
Earnings per share
−₹4.46
Operating margin
−40.4%
Net margin
−134.8%

From revenue to net profit, ₹ crore

  1. Revenue38
  2. Employee costs−3.5
  3. Other expenses−49
  4. Operating profit−15
  5. Depreciation−36
  6. Other income+1.5
  7. Finance costs−0.6
  8. Profit before tax−51
  9. Tax0.0
  10. Net profit−51

Jet Airways (India) results by quarter

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. Latest quarter to Jun 2023. Results for the quarter to Sep 2023 were due by 14 Nov 2023, 45 days after it ends. Every company's dates are on the results calendar.

Revenue and net profit by quarter, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Loss
9.9152Sep 209.5−44Dec 209.2−965Mar 2174−129Jun 2141−306Sep 2111−104Dec 2111−234Mar 2213−390Jun 2212−308Sep 2212−249Dec 2212−55Mar 2338−51Jun 23
A loss in 11 of the 12 quarters shown

Operating and net margin by quarter, per cent

  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
1,536.4%−10,454.7%−128.8%−572.0%−6,582.2%−111.8%−45.8%−585.4%−1,739.9%−2,775.2%−2,150.7%−1,697.1%−179.5%−40.4%1,536.4%−462.2%−10,454.7%−174.7%−745.4%−984.8%−2,123.9%−3,113.5%−2,475.8%−2,011.2%−444.1%−134.8%Sep 20Mar 21Sep 21Mar 22Sep 22Mar 23Jun 23
₹ croreSep 2018Dec 2018Q3Mar 2019worked outJun 2019Q1Sep 2019Dec 2019Q3Mar 2020Jun 2020Q1Sep 2020Dec 2020Q3Mar 2021Jun 2021Q1Sep 2021Dec 2021Q3Mar 2022Jun 2022Q1Sep 2022Dec 2022Q3Mar 2023Jun 2023Q1Filed 8 Aug
Revenue from operations6,1616,1484,738304911–1010109744111111312121238
7,1926,4196,0781,028110116–107236461715660732023602802223553
Materials and goods bought00–6700–0000011000000
Employee costs803781–4221817–66615545655443
Other expenses6,3885,638–5399299–101175860115155671973552762183149
Operating profit before depreciation−1,031−271−1,340−724−101−105–−98−13−55−608−83−19−62−191−348−268−210−22−15
Operating margin−16.7%−4.4%−28.3%−238.0%−1,125.3%−943.1%–−996.6%−128.8%−572.0%−6,582.2%−111.8%−45.8%−585.4%−1,739.9%−2,775.2%−2,150.7%−1,697.1%−179.5%−40.4%
Depreciation and amortisation111110109927168–53495664454543424240383536
Other income7650741233–1163713142111032
Finance costs231257245284113–41744311111111
Profit before one-off items and tax−1,297−588−1,619−1,088−181−173–−15384−44−673−129−61−104−234−390−308−249−55−51
One-off items00−708−4262−10–0680−2920−2450000000
Profit before tax−1,297−588−2,328−1,514−179−184–−153152−44−965−129−306−104−234−390−308−249−55−51
Tax00–000–0000000000000
Tax rate––––––––0.0%–––––––––––
Net profit−1,297−588−2,328−1,514−179−184–−153152−44−965−129−306−104−234−390−308−249−55−51
Other comprehensive income5−15–−3100–0005000000000
Total comprehensive income−1,292−602–−1,545−179−184–−153152−44−960−129−306−104−234−390−308−249−55−51
Net margin−21.1%−9.6%−49.1%−498.0%−1,983.3%−1,648.3%–−1,564.8%1,536.4%−462.2%−10,454.7%−174.7%−745.4%−984.8%−2,123.9%−3,113.5%−2,475.8%−2,011.2%−444.1%−134.8%
Earnings per share−₹114.22−₹51.74–−₹95.75−₹31.80−₹30.52–−₹13.50₹14.82−₹3.88−₹118.46–−₹10.70–−₹20.57−₹34.34−₹27.14−₹21.90−₹4.84−₹4.46
Earnings per share in rupees, restated for later splits and bonuses. No results on record for the quarter to Mar 2020.

The quarters either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the quarter to Mar 2021, the company's revenue for the year to Mar 2021, ₹333 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹38 Cr.

10 years at a glance

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. ₹ crore, years to March.

Revenue, net profit and borrowings, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Borrowings
  • Loss
17,302−3,668Mar 1419,573−1,814Mar 1521,1671,174Mar 1621,552390Mar 1723,287−768Mar 1823,057−5,536Mar 19Mar 20333−2,8413,587Mar 21136−7733,546Mar 2250−1,0023,561Mar 23
A loss in 7 of the 9 years with results on record

Operating and net margin, per cent

  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
5.5%−2,015.4%5.3%0.1%−15.9%−461.1%−259.9%−1,704.8%−21.2%−9.3%5.5%1.8%−3.3%−24.0%−852.1%−566.3%−2,015.4%Mar 14Mar 16Mar 18Mar 20Mar 22Mar 23

The years either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the year to Mar 2021, the company's revenue for that year, ₹333 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹38 Cr.

Results for the year to Mar 2023

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. ₹ crore.

From revenue to net profit

  1. Revenue50
  2. Employee costs−18
  3. Other expenses−880
  4. Operating profit−848
  5. Depreciation−156
  6. Other income+5.6
  7. One-off items0.0
  8. Finance costs−4.3
  9. Profit before tax−1,002
  10. Tax0.0
  11. Net profit−1,002

What the company owns

  • Plant, investments and other assets₹4,909 Cr
  • Inventory₹371 Cr
  • Cash and bank₹347 Cr
  • Receivables₹5 Cr

What pays for it: net worth and liabilities

  • Owed to suppliers₹9,124 Cr
  • Borrowings₹3,561 Cr

Profit and loss

Standalone, ₹ crore, years to March. No results on record for the year to Mar 2020. The last column is the twelve months to Jun 2023, the latest four quarters added.

₹ croreMar 2014Mar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Twelve monthsFiled 8 Aug
Revenue from operations17,30219,57321,16721,55223,28723,057–3331365075
–––20,40123,26326,718–1,871491897590
Materials and goods bought–––––––87000
Employee costs–––––––472201816
Other expenses–––––––1,312471880574
Operating profit before depreciation–––1,15224−3,660–−1,538−355−848−515
Operating margin–––5.3%0.1%−15.9%–−461.1%−259.9%−1,704.8%−689.0%
Materials, % of revenue–––––––26.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Employee costs, % of revenue–––––––141.4%14.9%35.8%21.4%
Other expenses, % of revenue–––––––393.5%345.0%1,769.0%767.5%
Depreciation and amortisation–––887621442–296174156150
Operating profit after depreciation–––265−597−4,103–−1,833−529−1,003−665
Other income4127077441,024672257–21866
Finance costs997884868841843982–302744
Profit before one-off items and tax−2,946−1,0551,095448−768−4,828–−2,115−528−1,002−663
One-off items−722−75979−58–−708–−727−24500
Profit before tax−3,668−1,8141,174390−768−5,536–−2,841−773−1,002−663
Tax0––0–––0000
Net profit−3,668−1,8141,174390−768−5,536–−2,841−773−1,002−663
Other comprehensive income–––––––−26000
Total comprehensive income–––––––−2,867−773−1,002−663
Net margin−21.2%−9.3%5.5%1.8%−3.3%−24.0%–−852.1%−566.3%−2,015.4%−886.3%
Materials, employee costs and other expenses are shown for the years they add up to operating expenses; for the years to Mar 2017, Mar 2018 and Mar 2019 they do not, so they are left blank. Operating expenses, operating profit before depreciation and operating profit after depreciation are left blank for the years to Mar 2014, Mar 2015 and Mar 2016: the statement does not state its depreciation, which operating profit is worked out from, so operating profit is not given.
Earlier years, Mar 2008 to Mar 2013
₹ croreMar 2008Mar 2009Mar 2010Mar 2011Mar 2012Mar 2013
Revenue from operations8,81111,47710,36012,77714,81616,853
Operating expenses8,62411,7849,20611,13614,590–
Operating profit before depreciation188−3071,1541,641225–
Operating margin2.1%−2.7%11.1%12.8%1.5%–
Depreciation and amortisation778900962911940–
Operating profit after depreciation−590−1,207192730−714–
Other income670310263174357551
Finance costs4937389931,0289711,119
Profit before one-off items and tax–−1,635−538−124−1,329−592
One-off items–1,1657017073107
Profit before tax−413−470−46847−1,255−486
Tax−160−67037−19–
Net profit−253−402−46810−1,236−486
Net margin−2.9%−3.5%−4.5%0.1%−8.3%−2.9%
Standalone, ₹ crore, years to March.

Balance sheet

Standalone, ₹ crore, at 31 March.

₹ croreMar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023
−15,580−16,504−17,507
Share capital114114114
Reserves−15,693−16,618−17,620
3,5873,5463,561
21,61821,38822,267
889877871
6,9275,7605,632
3,7372,8512,672
1,4611,4911,542
Net debt3,4673,2383,214
Borrowings are counted again inside the liabilities due within a year and after a year. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2014, Mar 2015, Mar 2016, Mar 2017, Mar 2018 and Mar 2019, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Cash flow

Standalone, ₹ crore, years to March.

₹ croreMar 2022Mar 2023
5314
4715
389204
Receivables539
Inventories14
Other working capital335191
Tax paid60
Capital spending14
Free cash flow5310
6814
−4611
Dividends paid00
Shares bought back00
Shares issued00
Net change in cash7539
Capital spending is part of cash from investing, and dividends paid, shares bought back and shares issued are part of cash from financing. Each is shown as an amount on a line of its own, and the section's other items are in its total only. No cash flow statement is on record for the years to Mar 2014, Mar 2015, Mar 2016, Mar 2017, Mar 2018, Mar 2019 and Mar 2021.

Per share

Standalone, ₹ per share, years to March.

₹ per shareMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023
Earnings per share₹34.37−₹67.57−₹487.31–−₹372.28−₹46.44−₹88.21
Diluted earnings per share₹34.37−₹67.57−₹487.31–−₹372.28−₹46.44−₹88.21
Book value per share–––––−₹1,452.89−₹1,541.07
Shareholder yield–––––0.0%0.0%
Market cap at the year end (₹ crore)––3,054––904654

Ratios

Standalone, years to March.

RatioMar 2014Mar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023
Revenue growth2.7%13.1%8.1%1.8%8.0%−1.0%––−59.1%−63.6%
Operating profit growth––––−97.9%–––––
Net profit growth–––−66.7%––––––
Interest cover–––0.3––––––
Sales per rupee of plant–––––––0.270.160.07
Capital spending to depreciation––––––––0.000.03
Plant being built, % of plant in use–––––––0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover is left blank for the years to Mar 2018, Mar 2019, Mar 2021, Mar 2022 and Mar 2023: operating profit after depreciation is a loss, and a loss covers no interest bill. Return on equity, asset turnover and assets per rupee of net worth are left blank for the years to Mar 2021, Mar 2022 and Mar 2023: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. Debt to equity, receivable days, inventory days, payable days, cash conversion cycle, days, return on capital employed and working capital days are left blank for the years to Mar 2021, Mar 2022 and Mar 2023: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. Change in return on equity, from the net margin, from asset turnover and from borrowing are left blank for the years to Mar 2022 and Mar 2023: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2014, Mar 2015, Mar 2016, Mar 2017, Mar 2018 and Mar 2019, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Growth and returns over 3, 5 and 10 years

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. Each window ends with the year to Mar 2023.

Return on assets, latest year
−17.6%
Measure10 years5 years3 years
Operating margin, average–−610.4%−808.6%
Net margin, average−387.1%−864.5%−1,144.6%

Where the cash came from and went

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. ₹ crore, added up over each window, which ends with the year to Mar 2023.

₹ croreLatest year
Cash from operations14.4
Cash from investing13.6
Cash from financing10.7
Capital spending4.3
Dividends paid0.0
Shares bought back0.0
Shares issued for cash0.0
Borrowings raised15.0
Borrowings repaid0.0

Accounting checks

Standalone, years to March. Published tests of whether reported profit is backed by cash and the balance sheet.

CheckMar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023
Piotroski score, out of 9Published threshold 3 points out of 9––4
Altman Z-scorePublished threshold 1.1−29.67−33.74−36.32
Beneish M-scorePublished threshold −1.78–−3.94−2.36
Profit not backed by cash, % of assetsPublished threshold 10 per cent of average total assets–−14.09−18.08
Receivables growth less revenue growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–−4.6888.97
Inventory growth less cost-of-goods growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–96.5599.04
Other current assets growth less revenue growthOur threshold 5 per cent of revenue–19.48−12.83
A threshold marked as ours has no published figure; it is the line we read the check against.

Business segments

In the year to Mar 2023 the company reports one business segment, AIR TRANSPORTATION, which carries all its revenue.

Where the return came from

Yearly rates to Mar 2023, per-share figures restated for splits and bonuses.

OverReturn a yearEarnings growthChange in P/EDividend yield
1 year−27.6%––0.0%
3 years+61.6%––0.0%
5 years−37.6%––0.0%
Return is price growth plus the average dividend yield. Change in P/E is (1 + price growth) / (1 + earnings growth) - 1, so the parts compound rather than add. Earnings growth and the change in P/E are left empty where earnings per share at either end of the window was a loss or is not on record. Earnings growth over 1 year is on profit divided by shares in issue at both ends: the earnings per share stated for one end does not match that year's profit and share count.

Who owns Jet Airways (India), filing by filing

Per cent of the company's shares. Every filing on record, from Sep 2021; the latest is the filing for Mar 2026.

Mar 2026 filing

  • Promoters24.99%
  • Foreign institutions0.01%
  • Indian institutions28.16%
  • GovernmentsNone
  • Individuals and others46.84%

Shareholding pattern, per cent, from Sep 2022

  • Promoters
  • Foreign institutions
  • Indian institutions
  • Governments
  • Individuals and others
46.84%0.00%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%0.21%0.22%0.22%0.20%0.21%0.21%0.21%0.21%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.01%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%28.16%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%46.64%46.64%46.64%46.65%46.65%46.64%46.64%46.64%46.84%46.84%46.84%46.84%46.84%Sep 22Mar 23Sep 23Mar 24Sep 24Mar 25Mar 26
Per centSep 2021Dec 2021Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%
Indian promotersUnder 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%Under 0.01%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%––
Foreign promoters24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%24.99%
75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%75.01%
Promoter shares pledgedShare of the promoters' own shares0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.77%20.77%20.77%20.77%20.77%20.77%20.77%20.77%
Shares in issue11,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,39511,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,38311,35,97,383
Filings before Sep 2022 are on an older form, which did not split institutions into foreign and Indian and grouped some holders differently, so those columns show only the lines both forms state alike. Pledged is the share of the promoters' own shares given to lenders as security. A dash is a line the filing did not state. “Under 0.01%” is a holding of shares too small to show at two decimals.

Number of Jet Airways (India) shareholders

Shareholders on the company's register in each filing.

Shareholders, filing by filing

1,69,186Sep 211,69,663Dec 211,69,904Jun 221,66,505Sep 221,64,370Dec 221,62,149Mar 231,59,212Jun 231,55,919Sep 231,53,759Dec 231,51,525Mar 241,49,299Jun 241,48,129Sep 241,48,856Dec 241,48,834Mar 251,48,813Dec 251,48,793Mar 26
ShareholdersSep 2021Dec 2021Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
All shareholders1,69,1861,69,6631,69,9041,66,5051,64,3701,62,1491,59,2121,55,9191,53,7591,51,5251,49,2991,48,1291,48,8561,48,8341,48,8131,48,793
2222222222111111
Indian promoters11111111110000––
Foreign promoters1111111111111111
1,69,1841,69,6611,69,9021,66,5031,64,3681,62,1471,59,2101,55,9171,53,7571,51,5231,49,2981,48,1281,48,8551,48,8331,48,8121,48,792
Filings before Sep 2022 are on an older form, which did not split institutions into foreign and Indian and grouped some holders differently, so those columns show only the lines both forms state alike. A dash is a line the filing did not state.

Jet Airways (India) promoters

Promoters are the founders, families and companies that control the company, as its filings name them. Every member of the promoter group holding shares in the filing for Mar 2026; the largest is NARESH KUMAR GOYAL, 24.99%.

Holder
NARESH KUMAR GOYALNon-resident and foreign individuals24.99%2,83,86,98620.77%
Pledged is the share of the holder's own shares pledged to a lender.

Largest public holders of Jet Airways (India), filing by filing

Per cent, on the same shares as the split above.

HolderSep 2021Dec 2021Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANKBanks26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%26.00%
ETIHAD AIRWAYSForeign companies24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%24.00%
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIAInsurance companies––2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%2.07%
A filing names every holder above one per cent, in the company's own words: an insurer's holding can carry one of its funds' names. A dash is a filing that did not name the holder, which includes holding under one per cent.

Jet Airways (India) dividend calendar

Each payment in the month it went ex, as declared, ₹ a share at the time. Years running counted to the year to Mar 2023.

Dividends by the month each went ex
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecIn the year
2007₹6.00₹6.00

Interim or final dividendSpecial dividendNone that month

Jet Airways (India) dividend history

Every payment with its ex-date and record date, year by year.

2007

  • Sep13Thu

    ₹6.00Final

    Ex-date 13 Sep 2007 · books closed to 27 Sep 2007

    0.66%of the price

Grouped by the calendar year each went ex, so a year's total here can differ from the year it was paid for above. Of the price is the dividend as a share of the close on the session before its ex-date. A book closure is the run of days the company's register is frozen to settle who is paid; a record date is the one-day form of it.

Jet Airways (India) share price by year

Each calendar year to 2024.

YearClose at year endChangeHighest closeLowest close
202434.16−40.7%60.4034.16
202357.60−19.2%80.6037.15
202271.25−20.5%131.4065.55
202189.65−25.9%161.8568.50
2020120.95+316.4%120.9513.65
201929.05−89.5%294.4515.45
2018277.45−66.7%870.60171.35
2017831.95+139.3%831.95356.90
2016347.60−50.5%775.80340.35
2015702.85+82.8%702.85253.10
₹ per share, adjusted for splits and bonuses since. Change is on the close at the end of the year before. The 2024 close is its last trade, on 7 Nov 2024.

Recent sessions

The 10 trading days to 7 Nov 2024, as traded on BSE.

DateOpenHighLowCloseAverage priceVolume
7 Nov 202436.6937.7534.1634.1635.552,34,540
6 Nov 202435.9936.0035.2735.9635.8012,288
5 Nov 202436.0536.0534.6535.4235.2626,134
4 Nov 202436.8436.8435.0135.4235.5119,543
1 Nov 202435.9936.4535.0036.1035.9612,926
31 Oct 202434.0735.9934.0735.5535.2911,024
30 Oct 202434.9935.7034.0035.2434.9518,088
29 Oct 202434.5236.0834.4534.7335.0928,331
28 Oct 202434.8634.8734.3034.7834.6726,246
25 Oct 202435.0136.5034.2334.9835.0041,321
Prices in ₹ per share as traded, not adjusted.

Price adjustments

What the price chart is corrected for, so it reads as one share held throughout.

Ex-dateEventPrice factorWhat happened
20 Jun 2019Price move–Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. No corporate action is on record. Not adjusted for.
18 Jun 2019Price move–Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. The company made an announcement in time for trading that day or the trading day before. Not adjusted for.
18 Apr 2019Price move–Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. The company made an announcement in time for trading that day or the trading day before. Not adjusted for.
Each event is noted and not adjusted for.

Company details

BSE code
532617
ISIN
INE802G01018
Industry
Transport Services
Former symbols
JETAIRWAYS
CIN
L99999MH1992PLC066213
Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
Incorporated
1992
Registered office
Commercial Building, 2nd Floor, Plot No. C-68, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex (East), Mumba, Bandra(East), Mumbai 400051, Maharashtra
Share registrar
KFin Technologies Ltd
Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments