Dividends
DIVIDEND PER SHARE
The Software AG Annual General Meeting took place in Darmstadt, Germany, on June 26, 2020, and approved a dividend of €0.76 per share for the 2019 fiscal year (previous year: €0.71).
DIVIDEND POLICY
We plan to maintain our stable, continuity-focused dividend policy in the future. The economic environment and our current liquidity requirements must, however, also be taken into account.
STOCK INFO
| IPO: | April 26, 1999 |
| Issuing price: | € 10 per share (3-for-1 split in May 2011) |
| Type of Shares: | Registered Shares |
| Number of shares outstanding: | 74,000,000 |
| listed on: | Frankfurt Stock Exchange |
| Segment: | Prime Standard |
| Index: | MDAX |
| German Securities Code Number (WKN): | A2GS40 |
| ISIN: | DE000A2GS401 |
| Symbol: | SOW |
| Reuters: | SOWGn.DE |
| Bloomberg: | SOW:GR |
| LEI: | 529900M1LIO0SLOBAS50 |
Key figures
Key Figures
|
2020
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year's closing price (XETRA®) in €
|
33.34
|
31.10
|
31.59
|
46.86
|
34.49
|
26.42
|
Total number of shares at close of the fiscal year
|
74,000,000
|
74,000,000
|
74,000,000
|
76,400,000
|
79,000,000
|
79,000,000
|
Market capitalization at close of the fiscal year in € millions
|
2,467.16
|
2,301.4
|
2,337.70
|
3,580.1
|
2,724.7
|
2,087.10
|
Dividend per share in €
|
0.76*
|
0.76
|
0.71
|
0.65
|
0.60
|
0.55
|
Dividend yield in % (based year's closing price on Xetra®)
|
2.28
|
2.44
|
2.25
|
1.39
|
1.74
|
2.08
|
Earnings per share in € (IFRS)
|
1.29
|
2.09
|
2.23
|
1.88
|
1.84
|
1.78
|
Price/Earnings ratio at the close of the fiscal year
|
25.7
|
14.9
|
14.2
|
24.9
|
18.7
|
14.8
|
Free cash flow per share at year end in €
|
1.18
|
1.97
|
2.49
|
2.17
|
2.45
|
2.17
|
Year high
|
44.26
|
34.2
|
48.69
|
47.54
|
38.88
|
28.00
|
Year low
|
22.60
|
23.51
|
30.83
|
31.63
|
25.41
|
20.02
|
*Subject to approval by AGM 2021
|
PAYING AGENT
Paying agent within the meaning of para. 48, sec. 1, n° 4 of the German Security Trading Act (WpHG) is Commerzbank AG and all its branches.
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