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For Immediate Release : Consolidated Financial Statements for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2020 Company Name : Stock Code Number ( Japan ) : 8411 Stock Exchange Listings : ( Nine months ended December 31 , 2020 ) ( Under Japanese GAAP ) Mizuho Financial Group , Inc. ( " MHFG " ) Tokyo Stock Exchange ( First Section ) , New York Stock Exchange https://www.mizuho-fg.com/index.html URL : Representative : For Inquiry : Tatsufumi Sakai Tomomichi Fujita Filing of Shihanki Hokokusho ( scheduled ) : February 12 , 2021 Commencement of Dividend Payment ( scheduled ) : - Supplementary Materials on Quarterly Results : Attached President & CEO General Manager of Accounting Trading Accounts : Established Accounting Standards FASF MEMBERSHIP February 1 , 2021 Phone : + 81-3-6838-6101 IR Conference on Quarterly Results : Not Scheduled 1. Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2020 ( for the nine months ended December 31 , 2020 ) ( 1 ) Consolidated Results of Operations ( Accumulated Period ) Amounts less than one million yen are rounded down . ( % : Changes from the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year ) Ordinary Income Ordinary Profits Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent 3Q F2020 3Q F2019 ¥ million 2,313,082 2,953,825 % ¥ million % ( 21.6 ) 3.3 448,868 561,550 ( 20.0 ) 2.5 ¥ million 354,404 % 403,963 ( 12.2 ) ( 1.4 ) Note : Comprehensive Income : 3Q F2020 : ¥ 576,850 million , 94.0 % ; 3Q F2019 : ¥ 297,224 million , - % 3Q F2020 3Q F2019 Net Income per Share of Common Stock 139.76 159.28 Diluted Net Income per Share of Common Stock Y 139.76 159.27 Note : MHFG adopted the share consolidation of the shares of common stock on the basis of one post - consolidation share per ten pre - consolidation shares effective as of October 1 , 2020 . The impact from the share consolidation is reflected in Net Income per Share of Common Stock and Diluted Net Income per Share of Common Stock . ( 2 ) Consolidated Financial Conditions 3Q F2020 Fiscal 2019 Reference : Own Capital : Total Assets ¥ million 217,901,468 214,659,077 ¥ 8,905,964 million ; As of December 31 , 2020 : Total Net Assets As of March 31 , 2020 : ¥ million 9,009,445 8,663,847 ¥ 8,553,971 million Note : Own Capital Ratio is calculated as follows : ( Total Net Assets - Stock Acquisition Rights - Non - controlling Interests ) / Total Assets × 100 Own Capital Ratio stated above is not calculated based on the public notice of Own Capital Ratio . 2. Cash Dividends for Shareholders of Common Stock Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Own Capital Ratio % 4.0 3.9 Annual Cash Dividends per Share First Quarter - end Second Quarter - end Third Quarter - end Fiscal Year - end Total ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ 3.75 7.50 3.75 3.75 Fiscal 2020 ( estimate ) Notes : 1. Revision of the latest announced estimates for cash dividends for shareholders of common stock : No 37.50 2. MHFG adopted the share consolidation of the shares of common stock on the basis of one post - consolidation share per ten pre - consolidation shares effective as of October 1 , 2020 . The impact from the share consolidation is reflected in the estimate of Cash Dividends per Share of Common Stock for the end of fiscal 2020. If the share consolidation were not taken into consideration , it would be ¥ 3.75 . In addition , MHFG left the value of total annual dividend blank ( - ) as it is inappropriate simply to total the value of the dividend at the end of the first half of fiscal 2020 and the value of the dividend at the end of the fiscal 2020 . 3. Consolidated Earnings Estimates for Fiscal 2020 ( for the fiscal year ending March 31 , 2021 ) Fiscal 2020 Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent ( % : Changes from the previous fiscal year ) Net Income per Share of Common Stock ¥ million 350,000 % ( 21.9 ) ¥ 138.02 Notes : 1. Revision of the latest announced earnings estimates for fiscal 2020 : No 2. MHFG adopted the share consolidation of the shares of common stock on the basis of one post - consolidation share per ten pre - consolidation shares effective as of October 1 , 2020 . The number of share of common stock used in above per share information is based on the weighted average of the average number of outstanding shares during 1Q , 2Q and 3Q and the number of outstanding shares as of December 31 , 2020 ( which is used as a proxy for the average number of outstanding shares during 4Q of fiscal 2020 ) . If the share consolidation were not taken into consideration , the Consolidated Earnings Estimates for Net Income per Share of Common Stock for Fiscal 2020 ( for the fiscal year ending March 31 , 2021 ) would be ¥ 13.80 .