| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year-end price | € | 70.72 | 88.31 | 91.74 |
60.40 | 67.35 |
| Year high | € | 96.72 | 88.31 | 97.46 |
97.67 | 74.49 |
| Year low | € | 65.74 | 56.70 | 79.64 |
58.40 | 56.20 |
| Year average | € | 79.28 | 70.96 | 88.16 |
80.38 | 64.77 |
| Daily trade in shares a | ||||||
| million € | 264.5 | 201.9 | 185.7 |
229.6 | 187.6 | |
| million shares | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
2.9 | 2.9 | |
| Number of shares December 31 | million shares | 918.5 | 918.5 | 918.5 |
918.5 | 918.5 |
| Market capitalization December 31 | billion € | 65.0 | 81.1 | 84.3 |
55.5 | 61.9 |
| Earnings per share | € | 4.34 | 4.42 | 6.62 |
5.12 | 9.17 |
| Adjusted earnings per share | € | 5.00 | 4.83 | 6.44 |
5.87 | 4.00 |
| Dividend per share | € | 2.90 | 3.00 | 3.10 |
3.20 | 3.30c |
| Dividend yieldb | % | 4.10 | 3.40 | 3.38 |
5.30 | 4.90 |
| Payout ratio | % | 67 | 68 | 47 |
63 | 36 |
| Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)b | 16.3 | 20.0 | 13.9 |
11.8 | 7.3 |
a Average, Xetra trading
b Based on year-end share price
c Dividend proposal