(Vienna) According to the index rules, the ATX committee reviewed the calculation parameters for Austrian indices today. For the real estate company CA Immobilien Anlagen AG the free float factor drops from 0.8 to 0.7 due to S Immo AG’s purchase of shareholdings. The free float factor represents the portion of a company’s shares that are in the hands of a multitude of public investors and tradable on the stock exchange. It also impacts the weighting of a stock in an index. The changes will become effective on 18 December 2017. The next orderly review of the ATX composition is scheduled for March 2018.
Benchmark for Austrian top dividend stocks
Furthermore, Wiener Börse announces component changes to ATX Top Dividend index. The benchmark is calculated as price and performance index and represents the following 15 stocks in the ATX prime universe with the highest dividend yield.
| Company | Dividendenrendite in %* |
|---|---|
| UNIQA INSURANCE GROUP AG | 6.32 |
| OESTERREICHISCHE POST AG | 5.13 |
| UBM DEVELOPMENT AG | 4.33 |
| EVN AG | 3.60 |
| PORR AG | 3.52 |
| AGRANA BETEILIGUNGS-AG | 3.45 |
| KAPSCH TRAFFICCOM AG | 3.40 |
| S IMMO AG | 3.17 |
| VIENNA INSURANCE GROUP AG | 3.16 |
| ANDRITZ AG | 3.04 |
| CA IMMOBILIEN ANLAGEN AG | 2.99 |
| ERSTE GROUP BANK AG | 2.94 |
| IMMOFINANZ AG | 2.90 |
| TELEKOM AUSTRIA AG | 2.82 |
| AMAG AUSTRIA METALL AG | 2.76 |
*calculated based on last dividend payments and stock prices on day previous to ex-date
According to "The Rules for the Austrian Indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange", the inclusion or exclusion of stocks from the Austrian indices is reviewed twice a year (March and September). Decisions on new additions to the index are based on average daily trading volumes and the free float capitalization of companies. The Vienna Stock Exchange reviews the calculation parameters (number of shares, free float factors, representation factors) of the index on a quarterly basis. Once a month, the "ATX Watchlist" is published. Representatives of institutional investors, financial institutions that issue financial products on the indices, trading members of the Vienna Stock Exchange, academics advisors and the Vienna Stock Exchange contribute their know-how to the Index Committee, which approves the index rules.
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