Key Figures
Key Figures | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Market price 31. December, NOK | 66,25 | 68,41 | 83,25 | 52,12 | 38,98 |
Taxable price as of 1 January following year, NOK | 56,10 | 54,44 | 54,00 | 33,88 | 25,21 |
Dividend per certificate, NOK | 4,75 | 4,34 | 5,07 | 3,33 | 2,43 |
Direct return 1) | 7,2 % | 6,3 % | 6,1 % | 6,4 % | 6,2 % |
Effective return 2) | 3,2 % | -11,7 % | 66,1 % | 40,0 % | 85,0 % |
Book value per certificate, NOK 3) | 40,8 | 34,9 | 34,3 | 31,8 | 28,7 |
Earnings per certificate, NOK 4) | 7,85 | 7,78 | 7,75 | 5,72 | 3,95 |
Payout ratio, net 5) | 84 % | 68 % | 67 % | 61 % | 61 % |
Primary capital certificate percentage 6) | 54,9 % | 51,0 % | 53,0 % | 56,3 % | 58,4 % |
RISK amount as of 1. January following year, NOK | n.a. | n.a. | 0,65 | 2,19 | 1,56 |
Number of issued primary capital certificates 31. December | 70 969 909 | 60 305 560 | 60 305 560 | 60 305 560 | 60 305 560 |
Own primary capital certificates 31. December | 294 264 | 244 264 | 157 269 | 3 827 | 309 293 |
Number of primary capital certificates outstanding 31. December | 70 675 645 | 60 061 296 | 60 148 291 | 60 301 733 | 59 996 267 |
Primary capital certificates traded per year (in percent of issued certificates) | 23 % | 35 % | 36 % | 27 % | 31 % |
1) Dividend as percentage of year-end market price
2) Price increase during the year plus dividend paid as percentage of market price at beginning of the year
3) Primary capital, equalisation reserve and premium reserve divided by the number of outstanding certificates
4) Primary capital certificates' share of the group's profit after tax
5) Dividend per certificate as a percentage of allocated profit
6) Primary capital, equalisation reserve and premium reserve as a percentage of parent company's equity at year-end (excluding allocated dividend, valuation difference fund and unrealised gains fund). Due to the issue in 2007 the primary capital certificate ratio applied in 2007 rose from 51.0% to 55.9%).