Share and dividend

Useful information on the Hermès share

Number of share outstanding

105,569,412 shares with a nominal value of €0.51 are outstanding today.

Listing

The Hermès shares are listed and traded on Euronext Paris, Compartment A, under the ISIN code: FR0000052292.
They are eligible for the Deferred Settlement Service and for the share savings plan (French PEA).

Main codes and tickers 

• ISIN: FR0000052292

• BLOOMBERG: RMS-FP

• REUTERS: HRMS.PA

Summary of stock-market information

	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Number of shares as at 31 December	105,569,412	105,569,412	105,569,412	105,569,412	105,569,412
Average number of shares (excluding treasury shares)	104,648,079	104,564,729	104,623,330	104,430,772	104,233,233
Market capitalisation as at 31 December	€202.57 billion	€152.55 billion	€162.15 billion	€92.86 billion	€70.33 billion
Earnings per share (excluding treasury shares)	€41.19	€32.20	€23.37	€13.27	€14.66
Dividend per share	€25.00 (1)	€13.00	€8.00	€4.55	€4.55(2)
Average daily volume (Euronext)	57,338	77,527	55,257	66,151	54,467
12-month high share price	€2,063.50	€1,585.50	€1,678.00	€890.20	€689.20
12-month low share price	€1,450.00	€957.60	€839.40	€516.00	€462.40
12-month average share price	€1,846.59	€1,264.22	€1,190.97	€729.42	€607.44
Share price as at 31 December	€1,918.80	€1,445.00	€1,536.00	€879.60	€666.20

(1) Corresponds to an ordinary dividend of €15.00 and an exceptional dividend of €10.00. Subject to the decisions of the Ordinary General Meeting of 30 April 2024, an interim dividend of €3.50 was paid on 15 February 2024

(2) In the context of the health crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, on 30 March 2020, on the proposal of the Executive Management, the Supervisory Board decided to modify the dividend distribution proposal initially submitted to the Shareholders’ General Meeting of 24 April 2020 and to reduce the amount from €5.00 to €4.55 per share, i.e. the same amount as that paid in 2019.

 

Dividends

Dividend for the financial year 2023

A dividend of 25.00 euros per share, corresponding to an ordinary dividend of 15.00 euros and an exceptional dividend of 10.00 euros,  is submitted to the approval of the General Meeting as of 30th April 2024.

The dividend is the proportion of net profit for the financial year to be allotted to shareholders.

The dividend, the date of coupon detachment and the payment date are proposed by the Supervisory Board and approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders. In order to be eligible, the shareholder must hold at least one Hermès security on the evening (Paris time) of the day preceding payment.

The dividend is automatically paid, without any specific steps to be taken by the shareholder.

For the 2022 financial year, an interim dividend of €3.50 per share was paid on 22 February 2023 and the balance of the ordinary dividend of €9.50 was paid on 27 April 2023.