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Key Share Ratios
Key Share Ratios 1997-2001
According to Helsinki Stock Exchange 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Earnings/share, EUR* 0.53 0.24 0.98 1.77 1.03
Earnings/share, diluted, EUR* 0.53 0.24 0.98 1.76 1.03
Earnings/share, excluding non-recurring items, EUR* 0.58 0.59 0.89 1.32 0.94
Cash earnings/share, EUR* 1.63 1.79 2.18 3.16 2.43
-excluding non-recurring items, EUR* 1.65 1.80 2.09 2.61 2.34
Equity/share, EUR* 7.28 6.94 7.84 9.41 10.03
Dividend/share, EUR* 0.33 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.45**
Payout ratio, excluding non-recurring items, %* 57 59 45 34 48
Dividend yield, %*          
Series A 4.6 4.6 2.3 3.5 3.2
Series R 4.6 4.6 2.3 3.6 3.1
Price/earnings ratio (P/E)*          
Series A 13.4 31.1 17.9 7.3 15.1
Series R 13.3 31.5 17.6 7.1 15.3
Share prices for the period, EUR***          
Series A          
-closing price 7.15 7.57 17.60 12.86 14.20
-average price 7.75 9.14 11.21 12.01 12.24
-highest price 9.86 11.77 17.60 18.70 15.50
-lowest price 6.22 5.40 6.45 8.95 10.10
Series R          
-closing price 7.10 7.67 17.31 12.60 14.38
-average price 7.97 8.35 11.84 11.27 12.57
-highest price 10.01 11.86 17.70 19.00 15.67
-lowest price 6.17 5.30 6.60 8.70 10.12
Market capitalisation at year-end, EUR million***          
Series A 834 1 842 3 677 2 501 2 617
Series R 1 379 3 959 9 532 9 232 10 389
Total market capitalisation at year-end, EUR million*** 2 214 5 801 13 209 11 733 13 006
Number of shares at end of period, (thousands)***          
Series A 116 729 243 395 208 951 194 496 184 274
Series R 194 362 516 185 550 659 732 727 723 638
Total number of shares at end of period, (thousands)*** 311 091 759 580 759 610 927 223 907 912
Trading volume, (thousands)          
Series A 16 321 12 749 28 349 12 917 10 737
% of total number of A shares**** 9.4   12.1 6.7 5.8
Series R 109 698 87 113 259 287 396 783 548 547
% of total number of R shares**** 80.3   49.3 55.4 75.8
Average number of shares (thousands)          
-basic* 759 574 759 574 759 580 812 040 901 506
-diluted* 759 691 759 822 760 628 813 488 902 297
*Proforma STORA and Enso figures for years 1997-1998.
**Board of Director's proposal to the AGM.
***Figures based on market information are calculated from Enso Oyj's figures before 29 December 1998.
****1998 figures are not available due to the merger on 29 December 1998, figures before 1998 are based on Enso Oyj's figures.