BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND VALUE CREATION
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNANCE
Price development and number of shares
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Adjusted share prices, EUR
A share
high
10.50
11.00 8.50 9.38 9.48 11.01 7.50 8.61 9.14
8.80 4.80 8.64 6.88 8.79 4.47 8.62 6.12
7.98 5.46 6.14 6.56 6.65 3.86 6.00 5.26
10.10 6.00 6.14 8.36
low
7.66
closing average
10.15 9.48
B share
high
10.49
10.30
low
7.09 8.77 8.73
4.98 5.12 7.95
closing average
Trading volume at Nasdaq Helsinki, number of shares A share
849,346
1,802,589
1,758,683
694,519
2,227,788
% of total number of shares
2.6
5.5
5.3
2.1
6.3
B share
87,832,699
98,057,575
155,232,570
220,170,829
180,834,626
% of average number of shares
27.2
30.4
48.1
68.3
56.5
Number of shares at year end A share
32,802,175 322,710,571 355,512,746 355,359,331
32,802,175 322,710,571 355,512,746 355,512,746
32,887,151
33,087,647 322,425,099 355,512,746 355,512,746
35,358,794 320,153,952 355,512,746 355,512,746
B share
322,625,595 355,512,746 355,512,746
Total
Number of shares at year end
Market capitalisation at year end, EUR million
3,161.5 56,887
3,086.2 54,904
3,065.2 48,165
2,136.1 50,420
1,856.3 45,341
Number of shareholders, B shares
Key figures
EUR million
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Earnings per share
Result before tax – Income taxes
524.9 -63.5 461.4
365.8 -51.8 314.0
212.3 -42.2 170.1
165.6 -21.0 144.6
224.2 -20.8 203.4
= Result for the period
– Average number of shares
355,359,331
355,512,746
355,512,746
355,512,746
355,512,746
Earnings per share, basic and diluted, EUR
1.15
0.82
0.48
0.41
0.57
Shareholders’ equity per share, EUR
5.86
4.78 0.41 49.9
3.89 0.26 54.3
3.76 0.24 58.5
3.72 0.29 50.9
Dividend per share, EUR
0.58 1)
Payout ratio, %
50.4
Metsä Board shares have no nominal value.
Dividend yield, % of closing price A share
5.7 1) 6.6 1)
4.4 4.8
3.0 3.0
3.9 4.0
4.7 5.7
B share
Price/earning ratio (P/E ratio) A share
8.8 7.6
11.4 10.5
18.1 18.0
15.0 14.6
10.8
B share
9.0
Price to book value (P/BV), % A share
173.2 149.6
196.2 180.1
222.0 221.5
163.3 159.6
165.1 137.6
B share
1) The Board of Directors has proposed that a dividend of EUR 0.58 per share be distributed for the 2022 financial year.
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