Dividends
DIVIDEND PER SHARE
The Software AG Annual General Meeting took place in Darmstadt, Germany, on May 12, 2021, and approved a dividend of €0.76 per share for the 2020 fiscal year (previous year: €0.76).
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 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.
Please select a language.
- © 2020-2021 Software AG
- Social Responsibility
- Legal aspects
- Imprint
- Privacy
-
