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For Immediate Release : Consolidated Financial Statements for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2021 Company Name : Stock Code Number ( Japan ) : 8411 Stock Exchange Listings : ( Under Japanese GAAP ) Mizuho Financial Group , Inc. ( " MHFG " ) Tokyo Stock Exchange ( First Section ) , New York Stock Exchange URL : Representative : For Inquiry : https://www.mizuhogroup.com Tatsufumi Sakai Tomomichi Fujita Filing of Shihanki Hokokusho ( scheduled ) : August 13 , 2021 Commencement of Dividend Payment ( scheduled ) : - Supplementary Materials on Quarterly Results : Attached IR Conference on Quarterly Results : Scheduled Accounting ndards Found FASF MEMBERSHIP July 30 , 2021 President & CEO 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 First Quarter of Fiscal 2021 ( for the three months ended June 30 , 2021 ) ( 1 ) Consolidated Results of Operations 1Q F2021 1Q F2020 Ordinary Income ¥ million 737,009 835,835 Ordinary Profits ( % : Changes from the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year ) Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent % ¥ million ( 11.8 ) ( 15.4 ) 218,757 175,421 % 24.7 ( 20.2 ) ¥ million 250,541 % 104.7 122,375 ( 24.6 ) Note : Comprehensive Income : 1Q F2021 : ¥ 204,730 million , 6.2 % ; 1Q F2020 : ¥ 192,626 million , 104.2 % 1Q F2021 1Q F2020 Net Income per Share of Common Stock ¥ 98.81 48.25 Diluted Net Income per Share of Common Stock ¥ 98.81 48.25 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 Total Assets Total Net Assets 1Q F2021 Fiscal 2020 Reference : Own Capital : As of June 30 , 2021 : ¥ million 226,889,093 225,586,211 ¥ 9,350,232 million ; As of March 31 , 2021 : ¥ million 9,464,209 9,362,207 ¥ 9,256,275 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 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2021 ( estimate ) Own Capital Ratio % 4.1 4.1 Annual Cash Dividends per Share First Quarter - end Second Quarter - end Third Quarter - end Fiscal Year - end Total ¥ ¥ ¥ Y ¥ 3.75 37.50 37.50 37.50 75.00 Notes : 1. Revision of the latest announced estimates for cash dividends for shareholders of common stock : 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 impact from 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 . 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 HI Fiscal 2021 Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent ( % : Changes from the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year ) Net Income per Share of Common Stock ¥ million % ¥ 510,000 8.2 201.06 Notes : 1. Revision of the latest announced earnings estimates for fiscal 2021 : No 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 1Q and the number of outstanding shares as of June 30 , 2021 ( which is used as a proxy for the average number of outstanding shares during 2Q - 4Q ) .