Share profitability
Focus on total return per share
Clear capital discipline
Enables sustainable growth by exploiting attractive market opportunities
Market leadership
Market stability in Germany combined with expansion opportunities in Poland
Decentralised, streamlined organisation
Effective and powerful Pooling expertise
Social responsibility as a competitive advantage
Economic strength creates scope for sustainable action and has been honoured with numerous awards
Share profitability
We clearly focus on an attractive total return per share. Our strategy is therefore centred on maximising returns for our shareholders on the basis of the individual share – rather than absolute company growth. For the 2024 financial year, our shareholders received a dividend of EUR 0.40 per share, which corresponds to a payout ratio of 40% of FFO I. This underlines our clear focus on a sustainable and attractive total return per share.
With the expansion in Poland and the expected increase in operating cash flow, the Executive Board and Supervisory Board plan to raise the payout ratio for the dividend from the current 40% to at least 50% of FFO I, starting in the 2026 financial year. A payout ratio of 40% of FFO I is still planned for the 2025 financial year.
Clear capital discipline
Our capital discipline is and remains a key pillar of our corporate strategy. At the same time, we are making targeted use of attractive market opportunities for sustainable growth – as we have impressively demonstrated with our latest expansion steps in Poland. This development illustrates that our position of financial strength enables us to make targeted and economically sound investments. In doing so, we are consistently adhering to our conservative and disciplined financing policy in order to continue to grow sustainably and profitably in the future.
Market leadership
We identify trends early on and recognise opportunities for returns before they become established on the market. We are one of the market leaders in northern and eastern Germany. We were one of the first residential property companies to successfully implement the ‘ABBA’ approach, which means we focus specifically on A locations in B cities and B locations in A cities. This enables us to create attractive, profitable and affordable living space. Since the 2020 financial year, we have been expanding our focus specifically to the Polish market. There, we are not only building up and managing an extensive residential property portfolio, but also supplementing our business model with targeted sales activities. With the recent acquisition of a large rental apartment portfolio, we are increasingly developing into one of the leading residential landlords in Polish cities.
Effective, streamlined organization
We manage and develop our portfolios with flat hierarchies and a decentralised, regionally oriented organisational structure. Our experienced teams implement targeted measures on site to reduce vacancies, increase net rents and successfully sell apartments. This efficient organisation enables us to make optimum use of market stability in Germany while consistently pursuing expansion opportunities in the Polish market.
Social responsibility as a competitive advantage
Sustainability is essential for a future-oriented housing industry today. That is why we base our business policy not only on economic criteria, but also on ecological and social criteria. Our economic strength forms the basis for our social commitment: it gives us the necessary scope to actively implement sustainable initiatives. The fact that we are successfully pursuing this path is demonstrated by numerous awards that repeatedly recognise our sustainable and responsible actions.