HSBC 2009 Annual Report Download - page 4

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Financial Highlights
Highlights / Ratios
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For the year
• Total operating income down by 11 per cent to US$78,631 million (2008: US$88,571 million).
• Net operating income before loan impairment charges and other credit risk provisions down by
19 per cent to US$66,181 million (2008: US$81,682 million).
• Underlying group pre-tax profit up by US$15,308 million to US$13,286 million.
• Group pre-tax profit down by 24 per cent to US$7,079 million (2008: US$9,307 million).
• Profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company up by 2 per cent to US$5,834 million
(2008: US$5,728 million).
• Return on average shareholders’ equity of 5.1 per cent (2008: 4.7 per cent).
• Earnings per ordinary share down by 17 per cent to US$0.34 (2008: US$0.41).
At the year-end
• Total equity up by 35 per cent to US$135,661 million (2008: US$100,229 million).
• Loans and advances to customers down by 4 per cent to US$896,231 million (2008:
US$932,868 million).
• Customer accounts up by 4 per cent to US$1,159 billion (2008: US$1,115 billion).
• Ratio of customer advances to customer accounts 77.3 per cent (2008: 83.6 per cent).
• Risk-weighted assets down by 1 per cent to US$1,133 billion (2008: US$1,148 billion).
Dividends and capital position
• Total dividends declared in respect of 2009 of US$0.34 per ordinary share, a decrease of 47 per
cent on dividends for 2008; fourth interim dividend for 2009 of US$0.10 per ordinary share, no
change from 2008.
• Core tier 1 ratio of 9.4 per cent and tier 1 ratio of 10.8 per cent.
Rights issue
• In April 2009, HSBC Holdings raised £12.5 billion (US$17.8 billion), net of expenses, by way of a
fully underwritten rights issue, offering its shareholders 5 new ordinary shares for every 12
ordinary shares at a price of 254 pence per new ordinary share.
Dividends per ordinary share1
(US dollars)
Earnings per ordinary share
(US dollars)
0.69
0.76
0.87
0.93
0.34
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
1.18
1.22
1.44
0.41
0.34
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
For footnotes, see page 5.