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Ownership information

The largest shareholders in AB Volvo are listed below. The table is updated quarterly.

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Ownership statistics

Volvo share statistics

 

Distribution of shares, December 31, 2021

  Number of shareholders % of total votes* Share of capital, %*
1-1,000 shares 308,069 2.9 3.1
1,001-10,000 shares 49,694 5.9 6.8
10,001-100,000 shares 3,834 3.3 4.6
100,001- 547 87.9 85.5
Total 362,144 100.0 100.0

Data per share (adjusted for issues and splits)1

  2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Basic earnings, SEK1 12.12 9.50 17.64 12.25 10.08 6.47 7.42 1.03 1.77 5.44 8.75
Ordinary dividend, SEK 6.508 6.00 0 5.00 4.25 3.25 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Extraordinary dividend 16.009 9.00 0 5.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Share price at year end (B share), SEK 209.65 193.80 156.90 115.95 152.70 106.40 79.10 84.70 84.45 88.80 75.30
Dividend yield (B share), %2 10.7 7.7 0
 8.6 2.8 3.1 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.4 4.0
Effective return (B share), %3 20 33 35 -21 48 39 -3 4 -2 22 -34
Price/earnings ratio (B share)4 13.0 20.4 8.9 9.5 14.8 16.4 10.7 82.2 47.7 16.3 8.6
EBIT multiple5 8.3 12.5 6.1 6.5 9.9 11.7 7.7 26.3 19.6 9.0 5.1
Payout ratio, %6 140 158 0 82 41 50 40 291 169 55 34
Total equity, SEK7 69 72 68 61 54
 47 41 39 38 43 42
Return on total equity, % 23.4 13.8 27.0 21.3 20.5 14.9 18.4 2.8 5.0 12.9 23.1
  1. Basic earnings per share is calculated as income for the period divided by average number of shares outstanding.
  2. Proposed dividend in SEK per share divided by share price at year end.
  3. Share price at year end, including proposed dividend during the year, divided by share price at beginning of the year.
  4. Share price at year end divided by basic earnings per share.
  5. Market value at year end less net financial position and non-controlling interests divided by operating income.
  6. Cash dividend divided by basic earnings per share.
  7. Total equity for shareholders in AB Volvo divided by number of shares outstanding at year end.
  8. Proposed by the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting 2022.
  9. Of which SEK 9.50 per share in dividend relating to the distribution of the proceeds from the sale of UD Trucks paid out in July 2021 and SEK 6.50 per share proposed by the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting 2022.

Other share data

  2021 2020   2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Numbers of shareholders at year end 362,144 283,731   250,798 245,663 240,521 237,654 234,989 237,871 246,265 242,482 251,715
Number of Series A shares outstanding at year end, million 445 448   456 457
 459 472 485 492 499 526 643
Number of Series B shares outstanding at year end, million 1,588 1,585   1,577 1,576 1,573 1,560 1,546 1,537 1,530 1,502 1,385
Average number of shares outstanding, million 2,033 2,033   2,033 2,032 2,032 2,031 2,030 2,028 2,028 2,028 2,027
Number of Series A shares traded in Stockholm during the year, million 88.1 65.7   43.8 51.8 46.7 67.2 51.7 86.3 53.0 45.4 130.5
Number of Series B shares traded in Stockholm during the year, million 1,065.9 1,407.6   1,146.1 1,293.8 1,341.3 1,667.9 2,052.1 2,068.7 1,878.5 2,081.2 2,944.1