BASF on the Capital Market In 2020, the stock markets were dominated by the spread of the coronavirus and the resulting social and economic effects. Despite the exceptionally high economic burden caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a dividend of €3.30 per share is to be proposed to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, as in the previous year. Based on the year-end share price for 2020, BASF shares continue to offer an attractive dividend yield of around 5.1%. Further information on BASF share Securities code numbers Germany BASF11 United States (CUSIP number) 055262505 ISIN International Securities Identification Number DE000BASF111 International ticker symbols Deutsche Börse BAS Pink Sheets / OTCQX BASFY (ADR) Bloomberg (Xetra trading) BAS GY Reuters (Xetra trading) BASFn.DE (XLSX:) XLS Key BASF share data 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Year-end price € 88.31 91.74 60.40 67.35 64.72 Year high € 88.31 97.46 97.67 74.49 68.29 Year low € 56.70 79.64 58.40 56.20 39.04 Year average € 70.96 88.16 80.38 64.77 53.31 Daily trade in sharesa million € 201.9 185.7 229.6 187.6 219.2 million shares 2.9 2.1 2.9 2.9 4.1 Number of shares December 31 million shares 918.5 918.5 918.5 918.5 918.5 Market capitalization December 31 billion € 81.1 84.3 55.5 61.9 59.4 Earnings per share € 4.42 6.62 5.12 9.17 –1.15 Adjusted earnings per share € 4.83 6.44 5.87 4.00 3.21 Dividend per share € 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3.30 Dividend yieldb % 3.40 3.38 5.30 4.90 5.10 Payout ratio % 68 47 63 36 . Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)b 20.0 13.9 11.8 7.3 . a Average, Xetra trading b Based on year-end share price More in this chapter: Share PerformanceDividendShareholder BaseSustainable InvestmentAnalysts’ RecommendationsInvestor Relations back next