Deutsche Post Shares

Deutsche Post shares, multi-year review
		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Year-end closing price	€	16.90	20.48	22.84	23.51	11.91	13.49
High	€	19.80	21.23	23.75	25.65	24.18	13.79
Low	€	14.92	16.48	18.55	19.95	7.18	6.65
Number of shares	millions	1,112.8	1,193.9	1,204.0¹⁾	1,208.2¹⁾	1,209.0¹⁾	1,209.0
Market capitalisation as at 31 December	€m	18,840	24,425	27,461	28,388	14,399	16,309
Average trading volume per day	shares	2,412,703	3,757,876	5,287,529	6,907,270	7,738,509	5,446,920
Annual performance including dividend	%	6.4	24.1	14.9	6.9	−45.5	18.3
Annual performance excluding dividend	%	3.4	21.2	11.5	2.9	−49.3	13.3
Beta factor²⁾		0.84	0.75	0.80	0.68	0.81	0.91
Earnings per share³⁾	€	1.44	1.99	1.60	1.15	−1.40	0.53
Cash flow per share⁴⁾	€	2.10	3.23	3.28	4.27	1.60	−0.48
Price-to-earnings ratio⁵⁾		11.7	10.3	14.3	20.4	−8.5	25.5
Price-to-cash flow ratio^4),⁶⁾		8.1	6.4	7.0	5.5	7.4	−28.1
Dividend	€m	556	836	903	1,087	725	725
Payout ratio	%	34.8	37.4	47.1	78.6	-	112.6
Dividend per share	€	0.50	0.70	0.75	0.90	0.60	0.60
Dividend yield	%	3.0	3.4	3.3	3.8	5.0	4.4

1)	Increase due to exercise of stock options.
2)	From 2006: Beta 3 years; source: Bloomberg.
3)	Based on consolidated net profit excluding minorities.
4)	Cash flow from operating activities.
5)	Year-end closing price/earnings per share.
6)	Year-end closing price/cash flow per share.