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The seven loss-incurring companies deal with producing sugar, motorcycles, hotel services, cables and glass sheets.
A big number of government run companies are not giving any dividends for many years so the stocks are providing nothing to their investors, said stock investor Abdul Alim.
Renwick Jajneswar and Usmania Glass did not provide any dividend for the last two years.
Moreover, Shyampur Sugar and Zeal Bangla Sugar have not paid any dividends in at least for the past two decades, the DSE data shows.
The state-run sugar mills are 60 years old but their economic lifespan ended at least 30 years ago, said Sanat Kumar Saha, chairman of the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC).