BASF on the Capital Market
In 2021, the stock markets were characterized by a significant recovery of the global economy. This was due in particular to the approval and increasing availability of effective coronavirus vaccines. BASF stands by its ambitious dividend policy and will propose a dividend of €3.40 per share to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting – an increase of 10 euro cents compared with the previous year. Based on the year-end share price for 2021, BASF shares offer a high dividend yield of around 5.5%.
At a glance
- BASF share price declines 4.5% in 2021
- Assuming that dividends were reinvested, BASF’s share performance rose by 0.2%
Securities code numbers |
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Germany |
BASF11 |
United States (CUSIP number) |
055262505 |
ISIN International Securities Identification Number |
DE000BASF111 |
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International ticker symbols |
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Deutsche Börse |
BAS |
Pink Sheets/OTCQX |
BASFY (ADR) |
Bloomberg (Xetra trading) |
BAS GY |
Reuters (Xetra trading) |
BASFn.DE |
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2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
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Year-end price |
€ |
91.74 |
60.40 |
67.35 |
64.72 |
61.78 |
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Year high |
€ |
97.46 |
97.67 |
74.49 |
68.29 |
72.61 |
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Year low |
€ |
79.64 |
58.40 |
56.20 |
39.04 |
57.88 |
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Year average |
€ |
88.16 |
80.38 |
64.77 |
53.31 |
66.20 |
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Daily trade in sharesa |
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million € |
185.7 |
229.6 |
187.6 |
219.2 |
170.8 |
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million shares |
2.1 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
4.1 |
2.6 |
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Number of shares December 31 |
million shares |
918.5 |
918.5 |
918.5 |
918.5 |
918.5 |
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Market capitalization December 31 |
billion € |
84.3 |
55.5 |
61.9 |
59.4 |
56.7 |
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Earnings per share |
€ |
6.62 |
5.12 |
9.17 |
–1.15 |
6.01 |
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Adjusted earnings per share |
€ |
6.44 |
5.87 |
4.00 |
3.21 |
6.76 |
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Dividend per share |
€ |
3.10 |
3.20 |
3.30 |
3.30 |
3.40 |
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Dividend yieldb |
% |
3.38 |
5.30 |
4.90 |
5.10 |
5.50 |
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Payout ratio |
% |
47 |
63 |
36 |
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57 |
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Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)b |
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13.9 |
11.8 |
7.3 |
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10.3 |
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