HSBC 2008 Annual Report Download - page 4

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Financial Highlights
Highlights / Ratios
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For the year
• Total operating income up by 1 per cent to US$88,571 million (2007: US$87,601 million).
• Net operating income before loan impairment charges up by 3 per cent to US$81,682 million
(2007: US$78,993 million).
• Group pre-tax profit down by 62 per cent to US$9,307 million (2007: US$24,212 million).
• Profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company down by 70 per cent to
US$5,728 million (2007: US$19,133 million).
• Return on average shareholders’ equity of 4.7 per cent (2007: 15.9 per cent).
• Earnings per ordinary share down by 72 per cent to US$0.47 (2007: US$1.65).
At the year-end1
• Total equity down by 26 per cent to US$100,229 million (2007: US$135,416 million).
• Customer accounts and deposits by banks up by 1 per cent to US$1,245,411 million (2007:
US$1,228,321 million).
• Risk-weighted assets up by 2 per cent to US$1,147,974 million (2007: US$1,123,782 million).
Dividends and capital position1
• Total dividends declared in respect of 2008 of US$0.64 per share, a decrease of 28.9 per cent
over dividends for 2007; fourth interim dividend for 2008 of US$0.10 per share, a decrease of
74.4 per cent.
• Tier 1 ratio of 8.3 per cent and total capital ratio of 11.4 per cent.
Dividends per share2
(US dollars)
Return on average invested capital
(per cent)
0.63
0.69
0.76
0.87
0.93
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
15.0
15.9
14.9
15.3
4.0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Earnings per share
(US dollars)
Cost efficiency ratio
(per cent)
1.18
1.36
1.40
1.65
0.47
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
51.6
51.2
51.3
49.4
60.1
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
For footnotes, see page 5.