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For Immediate Release : Consolidated Financial Statements for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2021 ( Six months ended September 30 , 2021 ) Company Name : Stock Code Number ( Japan ) : URL : 8411 ( Under Japanese GAAP ) Mizuho Financial Group , Inc. ( " MHFG " ) Tokyo Stock Exchange ( First Section ) , New York Stock Exchange https://www.mizuhogroup.com Accounting Standards FASF MEMBERSHIP November 12 , 2021 Stock Exchange Listings : Representative : Tatsufumi Sakai President & CEO For Inquiry : Tomomichi Fujita Filing of Shihanki Hokokusho ( scheduled ) : November 29 , 2021 Commencement of Dividend Payment ( scheduled ) : December 7 , 2021 Supplementary Materials on Quarterly Results : Attached IR Conference on Quarterly Results : Scheduled General Manager of Accounting Trading Accounts : Established Phone : + 81-3-6838-6101 Amounts less than one million yen are rounded down . 1. Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter ( First Half ) of Fiscal 2021 ( for the six months ended September 30 , 2021 ) ( 1 ) Consolidated Results of Operations Ordinary Income ¥ million % 1H F2021 1,579,249 1H F2020 1,576,761 Note : Comprehensive Income : 1H F2021 : Y 0.1 ( 20.6 ) 382,910 million , 1.7 % ; Ordinary Profits ¥ million ( % : Changes from the previous first half ) Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent % ¥ million % 399,340 49.2 385,657 78.9 267,610 ( 32.5 ) 215,523 ( 25.0 ) 1H F2020 : Y 376,172 million , 97.5 % Net Income Diluted Net Income per Share of Common Stock per Share of Common Stock ¥ ¥ 1H F2021 1H F2020 152.12 84.99 152.12 84.98 Note : MHFG conducted a share consolidation of common stock on the basis of one post - consolidation share per ten pre - consolidation shares effective as of October 1 , 2020 . The impact of 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 Total Assets Total Net Assets Own Capital Ratio ¥ million ¥ million % 1H F2021 Fiscal 2020 Reference : Own Capital : 227,195,390 225,586,211 9,640,884 9,362,207 4.1 4.1 As of September 30 , 2021 : As of March 31 , 2021 : Note : Own Capital Ratio is calculated as follows : ( Total Net Assets - Stock Acquisition Rights - Non - controlling Interests ) / Total Assets 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 Y 9,523,829 million ; Y x 100 9,256,275 million Fiscal 2020 Annual Cash Dividends per Share First Quarter - end Second Quarter - end Third Quarter - end Fiscal Year - end Total ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ 3.75 40.00 37.50 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2021 ( estimate ) Notes : 1. Revision of the latest announced estimates for cash dividends for shareholders of common stock : Yes 40.00 80.00 2. MHFG conducted a share consolidation of common stock on the basis of one post - consolidation share per ten pre - consolidation shares effective as of October 1 , 2020 . The impact of the share consolidation is not reflected in Cash Dividends per Share of Common Stock for the end of the second quarter of Fiscal 2020. If the share consolidation were taken into consideration , it would be ¥ 37.50 per share . 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 Fiscal 2020 . 3. Consolidated Earnings Estimates for Fiscal 2021 ( for the fiscal year ending March 31 , 2022 ) Fiscal 2021 Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent ( % : Changes from the previous fiscal year ) Net Income per Share of Common Stock % ¥ 12.5 209.03 ¥ million 530,000 Notes : 1. Revision of the latest announced earnings estimates for Fiscal 2021 : Yes Following the result from 1H , MHFG revised Consolidated Earnings Estimates for Fiscal 2021 ( for the fiscal year ending March 31 , 2022 ) . Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent : The latest announced estimates : ¥ 510,000 million , Revised estimates : ¥ 530,000 million , Changes from the original estimates : ¥ 20,000 million , 3.9 % 2. The number of shares of common stock used in the above per share information is based on the weighted average of the average number of outstanding shares during 1H and the number of outstanding shares as of September 30 , 2021 ( which is used as a proxy for the average number of outstanding shares during the remainder of the relevant period ) .