Wärtsilä Corporation's shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Large Cap list under the trading code WRT1V. At the end of the financial period 2017, the number of Wärtsilä shares totalled 197,241,130 and the share capital entered in the trade register was EUR 336,002,138.50. Wärtsilä has one share series with each share entitling its holder to one vote at the General Meeting and to an equal dividend.
Key figures for the Wärtsilä share
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||
| Earnings per share (EPS) | EUR | 1.95 | 1.79 | 2.25 | 1.76 | 1.98 | |
| Book-value of equity per share | EUR | 12.02 | 11.60 | 11.16 | 9.94 | 9.35 | |
| Dividend per share | EUR | 1.381 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.15 | 1.05 | |
| Dividend per earnings | % | 70.81 | 72.8 | 53.3 | 65.4 | 53.0 | |
| Dividend yield | % | 2.61 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | |
| Price per earnings (P/E) | 27.0 | 23.8 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 18.1 | ||
| Price to book-value (P/BV) | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| Adjusted number of shares | x 1 000 | ||||||
| End of financial year | 197 241 | 197 241 | 197 241 | 197 241 | 197 241 | ||
| On average | 197 241 | 197 241 | 197 241 | 197 241 | 197 241 | ||
| 1 | Proposal of the Board of Directors. | ||||||
Wärtsilä shares on Nasdaq Helsinki
Wärtsilä's share price increased by 23.2% during 2017, while the OMX Helsinki Cap index increased by 7.3%. The highest quoted price for Wärtsilä's share during the financial period was EUR 62.30 and the lowest EUR 41.90. The closing price on 31 December 2017 was EUR 52.60 and the volume weighted average price for the year was EUR 53.70. At year-end, Wärtsilä's market capitalisation was EUR 10,375 million. The volume of trades on Nasdaq Helsinki was 89,407,327 shares, equivalent to a turnover of EUR 4,800 million. Wärtsilä's shares are also traded on alternative exchanges, including Turquoise, BATS CXE and BATS BXE. The total trading volume on these alternative exchanges was 60,463,921 shares. Further information on the company’s share price development can be found on Wärtsilä’s IR pages at www.wartsila.com/investors.
Wärtsilä shares on Nasdaq Helsinki
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||
| Trading volume | MEUR | 4 800 | 3 826 | 4 529 | 5 114 | 3 328 | |
| Number of traded shares | x 1 000 | 89 407 | 98 870 | 113 737 | 132 525 | 95 127 | |
| Stock turnover | % | 45.3 | 50.1 | 80.0 | 67.2 | 48.2 | |
| Share price, high | EUR | 62.30 | 43.44 | 44.97 | 43.82 | 39.00 | |
| Share price, low | EUR | 41.90 | 33.90 | 33.22 | 31.85 | 30.66 | |
| Average share price | EUR | 53.70 | 38.68 | 39.83 | 38.09 | 35.00 | |
| Share price at year-end | EUR | 52.60 | 42.68 | 42.15 | 37.09 | 35.77 | |
| Year-end market capitalisation | MEUR | 10 375 | 8 418 | 8 314 | 7 315 | 7 055 | |