Vossloh share indicators
Annual dividend raised by 25 percentBy vote of the AGM held on May 25, 2011, in Düsseldorf, the proposal of Vossloh AG’s Executive and Supervisory Boards to increase the dividend per share from €2.00 to €2.50 has been adopted. The total dividend distribution of €33.3 million corresponds to a payout ratio of 34.2 percent.
Vossloh aims at a sustainable increase in earnings per share and a commensurate dividend payout. Another strategic aim of the Group is to appropriate its earnings mainly to further expansion projects and thus add shareholder value. Accordingly, earnings per share were upgraded in fiscal 2010 from €6.57 to €7.32.
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings per share (EpS) | € | 7.32 | 6.57 | 9.48 | 4.83 | 1.38 |
| Cash flow per share | € | 10.44 | 3.36 | 9.10 | 5.43 | 12.68 |
| Dividend per share | € | 2.50 | 2.00 | 2.00 + 1.001 | 1.70 | 1.30 |
| Total dividend payout | € mill. | 33.3 | 26.6 | 40.0 | 25.2 | 19.2 |
| Book value per share (excl. minority interests) | € | 41.44 | 35.45 | 32.36 | 28.51 | 24.55 |
| Annual average number of shares outstanding | 1,000 | 13,320 | 13,381 | 14,703 | 14,768 | 14,735 |
| Number of shares outstanding at year-end | 1,000 | 13,325 | 13,320 | 13,889 | 14,796 | 14,736 |
| Stock price | € | 95.50 | 69.52 | 79.49 | 80.10 | 57.14 |
| Closing market capitalization | € mill. | 1,272.6 | 926.0 | 1,104.0 | 1,185.1 | 842.0 |
| Annual high/low | € | 96.46/65.75 | 89.80/62.36 | 99.49/45.41 | 94.47/56.21 | 59.20/34.90 |
| Price-earnings ratio (PER) | 13.0 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 16.6 | 41.4 | |
| Price-cash flow ratio | 9.1 | 20.7 | 7.4 | 14.7 | 4.5 | |
| Trading volume (shares) | 1,000 | 17,235 | 20,437 | 27,913 | 24,040 | 15,760 |
| Average trading volume (shares) per day | 1,000 | 67.3 | 80.5 | 109.9 | 95.4 | 61.8 |
1Superdividend of €1.00
Earnings per share| 2010 | 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted average number of common shares | shares | 14,795,908 | 14,795,863 |
| Weighted number of repurchased shares | shares | (1,475,570) | (1,414,955) |
| Weighted average shares issued and outstanding | shares | 13,320,338 | 13,380,908 |
| Dilutive effects of LTIP/ESOP options | shares | 6 | 30 |
| Diluted weighted average shares issued and outstanding | shares | 13,320,344 | 13,380,938 |
| Group earnings | € mill. | 97.5 | 87.9 |
| Basic/fully diluted EpS | € | 7.32 | 6.57 |
| thereof from continuing operations | € | 6.92 | 6.57 |
| thereof from discontinued operations | € | 0.40 | – |