GB00_erste lage_E - Erste Group

Key figures of Erste Bank share
2000 1999 1998* 1997*
in EUR in EUR in EUR in EUR
Share price
High 51.30 57.25 62.50 46.87
Low 40.85 36.77 36.92 44.331) Closing price 48.00 44.00 45.60 45.75
Share ratios
Earnings per share 4.21 3.74 3.02 2.912) Price-earnings ratio 11.4 11.8 15.1 15.7
Dividend per share 1.24** 1.24 1.16 1.16
Pay-out ratio 32.6% 33.5% 38.8% 42.3%
Dividend yield 2.6% 2.8% 2.5% 2.5%
Book value per share 36.82 32.34 29.62 30.60
“Operating result” per share 9.40 7.91 7.45 n.a.
Price-book value ratio 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5
Total shareholder return (TSR)
TSR + 11.7% (0.7%) + 2.2% + 5.7%
Average TSR + 4.7% + 2.4% + 3.9% 0
Number of shares
Number of shares outstanding 50,360,799 44,360,799 44,360,799 44,360,799
Average number of shares outstanding 45,543,554 43,994,534 44,172,171 44,360,799
Market capitalisation (EUR billion) 2.42 1.95 2.02 2.03
Trading volume (EUR billion) 0.95 1.34 1.55 0.043) 1) IPO subscription price, first quotation on 4 December 1997: EUR 44.69
2) Earnings per share for 1997 adjusted for extraordinary risk provisions
3) Since beginning of quotation on 4 December 1997
* 1997: Accounting standards according to Austrian Commercial Code; from 1998: IAS
** Recommendation to annual general meeting
Ratings
Moody’s Investors Service
Long-term A2
Short-term P-1
Bank Financial Strength Rating C
FITCH
Long-term A
Short-term F1
Individual C/D
Standard & Poor’s
Short-term A-2
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
Performance of Erste Bank share
and ATX since the initial public offering in 1997 (indexed)
70
4/12/1997 28/2/2001
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