BASF Report 2021

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%
Further information on BASF stock

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

Key BASF share data

 

 

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Year-end price

91.74

60.40

67.35

64.72

61.78

Year high

97.46

97.67

74.49

68.29

72.61

Year low

79.64

58.40

56.20

39.04

57.88

Year average

88.16

80.38

64.77

53.31

66.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daily trade in sharesa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

million €

185.7

229.6

187.6

219.2

170.8

 

million shares

2.1

2.9

2.9

4.1

2.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of shares December 31

million shares

918.5

918.5

918.5

918.5

918.5

Market capitalization December 31

billion €

84.3

55.5

61.9

59.4

56.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share

6.62

5.12

9.17

–1.15

6.01

Adjusted earnings per share

6.44

5.87

4.00

3.21

6.76

Dividend per share

3.10

3.20

3.30

3.30

3.40

Dividend yieldb

%

3.38

5.30

4.90

5.10

5.50

Payout ratio

%

47

63

36

.

57

Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)b

 

13.9

11.8

7.3

.

10.3

a

Average, Xetra trading

b

Based on year-end share price